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Skill Select Australia

Skill Select Australia

Skill Select is the first step towards your Permanent Residency. It is an indication that you would like to be considered for a skilled visa. Skill Select is the Australian Government’s online system for skilled workers who want to express their interest in applying for a visa to live and work in Australia.

You need to be invited to apply for a skilled visa. Submitting an expression of interest (EOI) detailing your various personal and professional information lets us know you are interested in being invited to apply.

You will be asked to provide a range of information in your Skill Select depending on the visa(s) you want to be considered for such as:

  • Basic personal information
  • Nominated Occupation
  • Work Experience
  • Study and Qualification
  • Level of English skills
  • Details of a Skills Assessment, related to your nominated occupation
  • Business and investment experience.

For more details on what questions and information you will need to supply in your Skill Select, you should refer to the web-page for the visa(s) you are interested in.

Points Based Test

For the points based skilled migration visa programs, you will be ranked according to the appropriate points test. You will be able to submit a Skill Select even if you do not meet the threshold requirements; however, you will not be invited to apply for a visa. The threshold is the number of points required to be eligible for skilled migration. The threshold is 65 points. It is important to remember that meeting the points test system does not guarantee you an invitation to apply for a visa.

If you select the subclass 190 or 491 visa(s) you will receive the appropriate points for nomination or sponsorship. For example, if you select the 190 visa subclass you will receive 5 points which will be added to your points score. Your points score based on your claims in your Skill Select will then be displayed before you submit your Skill Select.

Nominated Occupation

If you are submitting a Skill Select for a visa that requires you to list a nominated occupation you should establish if your occupation is a skill that Australia needs. You can do this by checking the Skilled Occupation List. You must provide details of a Skills Assessment relating to your nominated occupation in your Skill Select.

Skill Select

Skill Select is an online service that enables skilled workers interested in migrating to Australia to record their details to be considered for a skilled visa through an Expression of Interest (Skill Select). Intending migrants could be found and nominated for skilled visas by Australian employers or state and territory governments, or they could be invited by the Australian Government to lodge a visa application

This is a significant change as compared to the earlier system where if you gain enough points under a particular visa scheme you qualified for it. This is really beneficial to the prospective visa applicants, as it will cut out the hassle of documentation at the Skill Select submission stage. Also, you don’t need to pay anything while submitting the Skill Select. Your expression of interest will float in the database for a period of two years, thereby increasing the chances of you getting a visa of your choice. If your Skill Select is selected and you get an invitation it will be a onetime investment thereby cutting your cost and making the visa approval realistic. All prospective visa applicants will be required to meet the relevant English language requirements and obtain the necessary skills assessment prior to their Skill Select submission.

Skilled migration points test requirements under Skill Select

The three points-tested skilled migration visa subclasses (189, 190 and 491) will continue to require:

  • Intending migrants pass a points test to be invited to apply for a visa.
  • Factors assessed under the new points test will be similar to the current points test.
  • The main difference is that the points will be based on the applicants attributes at the time of invitation rather than at the time of application lodgment or decision.
  • The pass mark is the minimum number of points required to be eligible for a points tested skilled migration visa and is subject to change in response to Australian labor market needs.

From 1 July 2012, if you are interested in the following visas, you will need to submit a Skill Select and receive an invitation before you can apply for a visa:

You can also express interest in the following visa programs on your Skill Select to be selected by an employer.

Benefits of Skill Select

  • There will hassle free documentation while submitting Skill Select.
  • Skill Select will be there for 2 years in the database.
  • One time investment