The Skilled Nominated Subclass 190 Visa requires you to undergo an appropriate skills assessment while submitting the EOI. The assessment must be independently obtained from a designated assessing authority.

Each occupation is assigned a suitable assessing authority. Before submitting the visa application, you must contact the appropriate authority and obtain an accurate assessment of your skills.

Skilled Nominee Subclass 190 Visa Requirements

You can apply only if you receive the ITA. To be invited, you are required to:

• Possess experience in a nominated occupation present on Australia’s Skilled Occupations List.

• Obtain an assessment of skills from an appropriate assessing authority for the occupation.

• Submit the EOI (expression of interest).

• Be above 18 years old and below 45 years old when you receive the ITA.

• Fulfill the basic requirements for skilled immigration, including character, health, and English.

• be able to secure a minimum of 65 points on the Australia 65 Points Calculator.

With the Subclass 190 visa, you can:

• Reside permanently in Australia.

• In Australia, you can work and study.

• Enroll in Medicare, the public healthcare scheme in Australia.

• Sponsor your relatives to immigrate to Australia.

• travel to and from Australia for five years.

• Become a citizen of Australia if eligible.

Recently arrived visa holders may be required to wait before receiving payments and benefits from the Australian government.

How long can you stay?

Subclass 190 is a permanent residency visa in Australia that allows you to stay in the country indefinitely.It has a travel component that expires after five years from the date of approval of the visa.

From the date the visa is approved, you have the status of a permanent resident in Australia. For purposes of citizenship, your PR status begins on the day:

• of approval of the visa by DHA if you are within Australia.

• of your entry to Australia through this visa if you are overseas.

Travel

You are authorized to travel from overseas to Australia and from Australia to overseas multiple times for five years from the visa approval date. After five years, to get back into Australia as a Permanent Resident, you will need an RRV (Resident Return Visa), subclass 57 or 155.

Points score

When you receive the ITA for the visa, you must be able to meet the eligibility requirements for points. You need to be in a position to fulfill the point requirement specified in your letter of invitation. It will be 65 or more points. The score is based on the details submitted in your EOI. V

Points and test factors

You will be awarded points for the following factors in your EOI:

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• Skilled employment

• English language ability

• Qualifications

• Specialist education requirement

• Partner points

• Australian study requirements

• Other factors

Skilled Nominee Subclass 190 Visa Eligibility Requirements

You will be sent an ITA (invitation to apply).

If you receive an ITA from DHA, you are the only person who can apply for a subclass 190 visa.You must submit an EOI to inform the DHA of your interest in applying for this visa. After submitting the EOI, you can be nominated by a state or territory government in Australia.

Receive nomination

You must receive an invitation to apply from DHA if you are nominated. The following are the various state and territorial governments whose agencies have specific criteria to decide on nominations.

• New South Wales

• Australian Capital Territory

• Queensland

• Northern Territory

• South Australia

• Victoria

• Tasmania

• Western Australia

Your application becomes invalid if your nomination is withdrawn by the state or territorial agency after you apply.

Obtain an appropriate skills assessment.

Your visa application will be valid only if you declare that you have obtained a suitable assessment of skills at the time of receiving the ITA. A copy of the skills assessment must be provided when filing your application.

The following are also accepted as proof of a person’s skill level for lawyers and doctors:

• General, unconditional, or complete medical registration with the Health Practitioner Regulation Agency in Australia

• With a provisional specialist registration from Australia’s Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, you can only work in your specialty, and you don’t need any more training or supervision.

• Admission to practice law in the relevant territory or state

You must have obtained the skills assessment in the past three years before the date of receiving the ITA. If the assessment was shorter, then that period must not have lapsed.

Be less than this age.

Your age must be less than 45 when you receive the ITA for the Subclass 190 visa. Even if you turn 45 years old after you get the ITA, you can still send in your visa application.

If you turn 45 after you send in your EOI but before you get your ITA, you won’t be asked to apply.

fulfill the character requirement.

You and any accompanying family members over 16 years old for this visa, if any, must fulfill the specified character requirements. Non-accompaging family members to Australia also have to fulfill this requirement.

Have you paid the debt to the Australian government, if any?

You and your accompanying and non-accompagnating family members for this visa must pay back or arrange payment of the debt to the Australian government if any such debt exists.

Sign Australia’s Values Statement.

If you are 18 years old or older, you are required to:

• Have you read or been told about “Life in Australia”?

• Endorse that you will honor the way of life in Australia and obey the laws in Australia by signing the Values Statement of Australia.

There have been no prior visa cancellations or application refusals.

You might not be able to get a Skilled Nominated Subclass 190 Visa if any of your previous Australian Visas were canceled or turned down while you were living there.

Apply from

You can apply for the Subclass 190 visa from outside Australia and remain overseas even at the time of the decision on your visa. This does not apply to immigration clearance, however.

If you apply from inside Australia, you must have one of the following visas, or your application won’t be accepted:

• Substantive Visa

• Subclass 010: Visa Bridge

• Subclass 020, Bridging B Visa

• Subclass 030: Bridging C Visa

Processing times

The DHA evaluates visa applications based on the merits of each case. Actual processing times can differ due to individual circumstances that include:

• Whether you have filed a complete application inclusive of all essential supporting documents

• The speed with which you respond to any request for extra information

• The time that is taken to perform essential verification of the supporting details provided

• The amount of time it takes for outside agencies to give more information, especially about national security, character, and health needs.

• The availability of places in the immigration program for permanent residency visa applications

Timelines: 

• The average processing time for 75% of applications is nine months.

• 90% of applications are processed in 14 months.