General Skilled Migration

• Skilled Independent visa – subclass 189.
• Skilled Regional sponsored visa – subclass 489 (This visa subclass has two different stream 1) State Regional Sponsored 2) Family Sponsored).
• Skilled Nominated visa – subclass 190.

General skilled Migration is a two-step Process:

Step 1: Skill Select Program under which an applicant needs to lodge an Expression of Interest after meeting a minimum point requirement
In this step the applicant provides the following information so that Skill Select program can calculate the points based on that.
1) Basic personal information including name, DOB
2) Work experience if any
3) Educational Qualification
4) English Language Ability information (such as IELTS, PTE)
5) Details of successful skills assessment, related to your nominated occupation

The applicant needs to score at least 65 points to submit an EOI. Although minimum threshold to submit is 65 points, the invitation may require higher points depending on the occupation and the visa subclass due a smaller number of invitations available and large number of higher-point EOI’s.
Step 2: Visa Application under which the applicant applies for the visa after getting the invitation from Skill-select Program.

In this Step, the applicant provides all the evidence of information related the area for which he claimed the points in the submitted in EOI along with character and heath declaration and make a visa application through an immi account.