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Every year, hundreds of people from across the globe immigrate to Australia on a PR visa.
With this visa, you can live and work in Australia for five years. After three years, you can apply for permanent citizenship.
The two main eligibility criteria for visas are scoring a minimum of 65 points, and your occupation should be on the Skilled Occupations List.
You need PR points to apply to any of the following three subclasses:
The 65 points that you need to achieve for a PR visa are dependent on several factors.
The table below shows how the points are distributed:
Factors |
Maximum Points |
Age (25-33 years) |
30 points |
English proficiency (8 bands) |
20 points |
Work Experience outside Australia (8-10 years) |
15 points |
Work Experience in Australia (8-10 years) |
20 points |
Education (outside Australia) – Doctorate degree |
20 points |
Doctorate or master’s degree by research in Australia or similar skilled degrees |
10 points |
Study in a regional area |
5 points |
Proficient in community language |
5 points |
Professional year in a skilled program in Australia |
5 points |
State sponsorship (190 visa) |
5 points |
Skilled spouse (Age, Skills & English language requirements to be met) |
10 points |
Spouse or de facto partner with competent English (No need to meet Skills requirement or age factor) |
5 points |
Applicants without a spouse or de facto partner or where a spouse is an Australian citizen or PR holder |
10 points |
The following documents are required when applying for Australia PR:
The main factors that determine this is your work experience, education and number of points scored.
Work experience (in Years) |
Points Awarded |
Minimum 1 year |
5 |
Minimum of 3 years |
10 |
Minimum of 5 years |
15 |
Minimum of 8 years |
20 |
Work experience (in Years) |
Points Awarded |
Minimum of 3 years |
5 |
Minimum of 5 years |
10 |
Minimum of 8 years |
15 |
Qualification |
Points Awarded |
Doctorate |
20 |
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree |
15 |
Australian diploma or trade qualification |
10 |
Awards or qualification recognized by the assessing |
10 |
Recognized standard in the assessment of the skilled nominated occupation |
10 |
You can prove your language proficiency by taking a recognised test. Australian immigration authorities accept scores tests like IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, etc. It is important to take the test and get a high score.
Language competency is a vital fact which is taken into account. Your score will determine your points in the points calculator.
Try to score eight or more per band in each category to receive good points:
Proficiency in the English language |
Points awarded |
Superior English or an IELTS score of 8 or more per band in each group | 20 |
Proficient English or an IELTS score of 7 or more per band in each group | 10 |
Competent English or an IELTS score of 6 or more per band in each group | 0 |
Get your skills assessed by the Skills assessment authority which is an organization that will assess your skills, education and work experience based on Australian standards.
For getting a PR visa in the General Skilled Migration Program, all candidates get nominations based on Medium and Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSS) or sponsorship based on Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL).
Potential applicants who have their specific nominated occupation in MLTSS are eligible for the following PR visa categories and subclasses:
Potential applicants who have their occupations nominated under CSOL are eligible for the following PR visa categories and subclasses:
The next step is to submit a form online through their Skill Select website. This involves answering questions on your skills based on the visa sub--class you are applying under.
There are three visa subclasses that you can look at:
Age groups |
Points |
18-24 |
25 |
25-32 |
30 |
33-39 |
25 |
40-44 |
15 |
Sponsorship or nomination | Points |
Nomination by a State or territory government under a State Migration | 5 |
Plan for a Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) application | |
Nomination by a State or territory government under a State Migration | 10 |
Plan, or an eligible relative, to a designated area for a Skilled | |
Nominated or Sponsored visa (Provisional) (subclass 489) application |
English language proficiency level | Test component | PTE Academic Score |
Functional | Overall score | 30 |
Vocational | Listening | 36 |
Reading | 36 | |
Writing | 36 | |
Speaking | 36 | |
Competent | Listening | 50 |
Reading | 50 | |
Writing | 50 | |
Speaking | 50 | |
Proficient (for points tested Skilled visas) | Listening | 65 |
Reading | 65 | |
Writing | 65 | |
Speaking | 65 | |
Superior (for points tested Skilled visas) | Listening | 79 |
Reading | 79 | |
Writing | 79 | |
Speaking | 79 |
The cost of applying for Australia PR varies. It changes periodically, and largely depends on a few factors. You would need to pay Skill Assessment tests, Language Proficiency tests and for state sponsorship. This varies with the tests taken, and the streams applied through.
Before immigrating, you need to pay the following:
This entirely depends on the visa category you have applied to, as well as other factors, like document submission.
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