Why it’s the right time to Apply for an Australian PR Visa?

Highlights about applying for an Australian PR visa at the right time

• Australia maximized the migrant cap for immigrants by 35,000 for the 2022-2023 program year
• Australia’s FY 2022-23 immigration target was set to 195,000
• DHA plans to accept 109,900 skilled migrants for this program year based on the increase in Australian immigration

All you need to know about Australia immigration in 2022-23

Australia has always been a key destination for aspiring immigrants willing to settle abroad for the last few years. Thousands of foreign individuals apply for immigrating to Australia to study, work, live and settle permanently every year.

These days, there much more reasons for skilled professionals to obtain permanent residence in Australia. For the last few years, Australia is been inviting 160,000 PRs annually.

The Australian government increased its migration cap for immigrants by 35,000 for the years 2022-23 to meet the shortages of skills across different states. Australia is going to welcome 195,000 new PRs to the country in the 2022-23 program year.

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Offshore applicants get invited mostly by the State nomination programs

By using skilled migration programs of different Australian states invite nominated applications from overseas skilled professionals. Following is the list of active and open state nomination programs in Australia are:

• Australian Capital Territory (ACT) nomination program
• South Australia’s Skilled and Business Migration program
• Migration Queensland State Nomination Program
• Western Australia (WA) State nomination Migration Program
• Victoria Skilled Migration Program

All the above-mentioned programs nominate overseas applicants for Australia PR visas, which are Subclass 190 and provisional visa Subclass 491.

Increase in places for Skilled Migration visas

• DHA (Department of Home Affairs), Australia allocated 79,600 visa places in 2021 for the category of skilled migration.
• Based on the increase in the number of visa places, DHA can accept 109,900 for skilled migration.
• With this, the number might go further high after the newest increase by DHA in the annual migration cap.
• This will help in encouraging skilled professionals to immigrate to Australia.

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Relaxed policies and added new Occupations

Most of the states in Australia extended their list of in-demand occupations to the relevant Skilled Occupation List (SOL), by adding an increased number of occupations.

This will help skilled visa applicants to get a wide range of occupations to nominate. The major state nomination programs also eased the requirements of nominations for skilled visa applicants.

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Visa Categories to Apply for PR Visa

By using the points-based system of GSM (General Skilled Migration) of Australia, one can apply for any of the following popular skilled visa categories.

• Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189- Permanent Visa
• Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190- State nominated PR visa
• Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491- Regional 5-year visa (offers PR Pathway after 3 years)

Occupation caps for Invitation Rounds

• An ‘Occupation cap’ or ‘Occupation ceiling’ can be applied to invitations issued under independent and skilled regional (provisional) visas.
• There is an upper limit for the number of EOIs that are invited under skilled migration from an occupation group.
• This will make sure that the skilled migration program remains steady and can continue to invite aspiring immigrants across the wide variety of skilled occupations.
• Occupation ceilings or cap values are based on the percentage of stock employment figures for each occupation.
• Based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics employment figures represent the number of people employed in Australia for each occupation.
• The occupation ceilings or the caps do not get applied to the State or Territory Nominated or Business Innovation and Investment subclasses.
• The occupations included in the 6 October 2022 Invitation Round.

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The table below shows the occupations issued invitations in the Skill Select invitation round on 6 October 2022.

Job roles	Visa Subclass 189		Visa Subclass 491
	Offshore	Onshore	Offshore	Onshore
Aeronautical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Agricultural Consultant	65	N/A	70	N/A
Agricultural Engineer	65	N/A	90	N/A
Agricultural Scientist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Architect	65	N/A	65	N/A
Audiologist	65	70	65	80
Biochemist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biomedical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Biotechnologist	65	N/A	75	N/A
Botanist	65	N/A	85	N/A
Cardiologist	85	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cartographer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemical Engineer	65	N/A	70	N/A
Chemist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Chiropractor	65	70	N/A	N/A
Civil Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Clinical Psychologist	85	65	N/A	N/A
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher	65	65	70	75
Electrical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Electronics Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Emergency Medicine Specialist	80	65	N/A	N/A
Endocrinologist	N/A	90	N/A	N/A
Engineering Professionals nec	65	N/A	70	N/A
Engineering Technologist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Environmental Consultant	65	N/A	75	N/A
Environmental Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Environmental Research Scientist	65	N/A	95	N/A
Environmental Scientists nec	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Food Technologist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Forester	65	N/A	75	N/A
Gastroenterologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
General Practitioner	65	65	N/A	N/A
Geophysicist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Geotechnical Engineer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hydrogeologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Industrial Engineer	65	N/A	70	N/A
Intensive Care Specialist	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Landscape Architect	65	N/A	100	N/A
Life Scientist (General)	65	N/A	70	N/A
Life Scientists nec	65	N/A	70	N/A
Marine Biologist	65	N/A	85	N/A
Materials Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
Mechanical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer	65	65	N/A	N/A
Medical Laboratory Scientist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Medical Oncologist	75	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medical Practitioners nec	65	65	N/A	N/A
Medical Radiation Therapist	N/A	90	N/A	N/A
Metallurgist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Meteorologist	90	N/A	N/A	N/A
Microbiologist	65	N/A	80	N/A
Midwife	75	70	N/A	N/A
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)	65	N/A	75	N/A
Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec	80	N/A	N/A	N/A
Naval Architect	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neurologist	75	80	N/A	N/A
Neurosurgeon	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine Technologist	70	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nurse Practitioner	75	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Occupational Therapist	65	65	N/A	N/A
Optometrist	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Orthotist or Prosthetist	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Osteopath	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Other Spatial Scientist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paediatrician	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Pathologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Petroleum Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
Physicist	65	N/A	90	N/A
Physiotherapist	65	65	80	N/A
Podiatrist	70	65	N/A	N/A
Production or Plant Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Psychiatrist	70	75	N/A	N/A
Psychologists nec	65	65	N/A	N/A
Quantity Surveyor	65	N/A	65	N/A
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)	65	65	N/A	70
Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)	70	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Community Health)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)	65	65	70	65
Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)	65	65	90	N/A
Registered Nurse (Medical)	65	65	70	80
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)	70	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Perioperative)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Surgical)	65	65	N/A	75
Registered Nurses nec	65	65	N/A	70
Renal Medicine Specialist	N/A	80	N/A	N/A
Secondary School Teacher	65	65	75	85
Social Worker	65	65	75	90
Sonographer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Special Education Teachers nec	N/A	95	N/A	N/A
Special Needs Teacher	65	80	N/A	N/A
Specialist Physician (General Medicine)	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Specialist Physicians nec	65	80	N/A	N/A
Speech Pathologist	65	65	80	N/A
Structural Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Surgeon (General)	65	80	N/A	N/A
Surveyor	65	N/A	65	N/A
Transport Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
University Lecturer	65	65	65	65
Veterinarian	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zoologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

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The cut-offs and invitation process

• The individuals who obtained a points score and are ranked high will be sent ITA (invited to apply) for the relevant visa.
• If the individuals have the same or the equal number of points scores, then the time when they reached their points score for that particular subclass will determine their order of invitation.
• EOI (Expressions of Interest) will be sent with earlier dates of effect and will be invited before the later dates.

Types of Visas	No. of candidates invited till October 15, 2022	Cut off scores
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	23,914	65
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)	1284	65

 

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