Pathway to Australia

Why migrate to Australia?

Australia is a popular destination for various reasons. The country ranks among the top countries in the UN Human Development Index. The Land Down Under ranks high globally on access to education, high life expectancy, and socioeconomic factors.

People who want to migrate to a particular country gather information from relevant sources to determine if it is worth it. They will consider factors such as standard of life and working conditions before making a decision. Major reasons to migrate to Australia:

1. Flourishing economy: Australia’s economy has been flourishing and growing consistently. There is a continuous requirement for people who have specializations to develop the economy.
2. Numerous visa options: Australia offers numerous visa options for workers. The government grants visas to applicants depending on their skills. There are temporary or permanent employments for which employers sponsor visas.

 It takes about 18 months to approve a visa which is quicker compared to other countries.

Skill Select program:

 

To provide opportunities to job aspirants with niche skills, the Australian government created the General Skilled Migration (SkillSelect) program in 2013. The important subclasses under this program are:

• Skilled Independent visa (Subclass 189)
• Skilled Nominated visa (Subclass 190)
• Skilled Nominated or Sponsored visa (Provisional) (Subclass 489)

This program’s applicants are points-based and can qualify for a visa only if they obtain the required points. The government regularly updates the list of occupations. You can access its site to know which are the in-demand skills.

Check out the SkillSelect program and register for it if you want to be considered for a visa. Applicants’ details will be recorded in the SkillSelect database. Federal, regional governments, and private employers access this database to search for suitable candidates to fill vacancies they have under the sponsored visa category. All those who qualify will need to apply for a skilled worker visa.

Recognition of qualifications: Australian companies appreciate the work experience of foreigners because they believe they add a new perspective to the work premises. Employers here recognize professional qualifications of several types. If you have any qualifications they need, your chances of qualifying for the SkillSelect program are greater.

Pension benefits: Immigrants who work and reside in Australia are eligible for few pension benefits. To get these benefits, you need to meet the criteria. Individuals who work in Australia benefit from the retirement savings account, also known as the Superannuation Fund.

Standard of living: Australia is known to offer a high quality of life. Australians can access a quality healthcare system and a proper social security net. Meanwhile, the population density is lean even in its large cities. Australia has a multicultural society that includes people from various parts of the world who have come and settled here. The moderate climate, pollution-free air, and the natural habitat in this country make it an ideal retirement place.

Secure environment: The country has the lowest crime rate among developed economies and an efficient police system. 

Study opportunities: You can enhance your educational credentials with more than 20,00 courses of study at more than 1,200 educational institutions in the country.

Bringing dependents to Australia – Information on Australian Dependent Visas, documents needed, and how Y-Axis aid you in applying.

Enormous scope for growth of businesses –provides all the information relevant to Australian business visa, documents required, and how the intervention of Y-Axis helps.

With the Australian business visa program, business owners, investors, and senior executives can enter Australia and develop new or existing businesses here. It is also a permanent residency pathway.

There are two pathways for Business Skills entry into Australia.

1. Suppose you have a provisional business visa, also known as a Business innovation & investment (provisional) visa. In that case, you will be entitled to the country’s permanent residence after you establish a business.
2. Business visa applicants with substantial experience can be sponsored on a Business talent visa by a state or territorial government and later acquire permanent residence. 

Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa

This visa allows you to set up and manage a business in the country or promote a commercial or investment, or entrepreneurial activity in Australia.

 Eligibility criteria for this visa:

• Submit your Expression of Interest (EOI) in the SkillSelect program
• Obtain a nomination from a state/territory or Austrade or a government agency 
• Invitation to apply

Within the provisional visa program, there are seven categories:

• Business Innovation Stream: With this provisional visa, you can operate a new or an existing Australian business. You need to be nominated by a state, Austrade, or territorial government agency.
• Investor stream: You need to invest a minimum of 1.5 million AUD in a state or territory where you would manage your business and investment activity.
• Significant investor stream: People willing to invest a minimum of 5 million AUD in Australia can apply for this visa. They have to be nominated by a state, Austrade, or territorial government agency.
• Business innovation extension stream: The Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa holders are allowed to extend their Australian stay for two additional years. To get an extension, applicants must have held a Business Innovation stream visa for a minimum of three years and have to be nominated by a state or Austrade or territorial government agency in Australia.
• Significant investor extension stream: Significant Investor stream visa holders can prolong their Australian stay for up to four additional years. To get this extension, applicants must have held a Significant Investor stream visa for a minimum of three years and have to be nominated by a state or Austrade or territorial government agency in Australia.
• Premium Investor stream: Austrade nomination is a must, along with an investment of a minimum of 15 million AUD in the country’s ventures or to contribute to humanitarian causes.
• Entrepreneur stream: This visa allows you to undertake entrepreneurial activities in Australia.

Each of these visa subcategories is valid for four years and three months.

Steps to apply for a provincial business visa

1. Submit an expression of interest (EOI) to the Australian Department of Home Affairs
2. Await a nomination from a state or territory or Austrade by receiving an intimation from them or by contacting them directly
3. After receiving an invitation, you can apply for a visa

The visa holder must be able to:

• Create business links with international markets
• Create employment in Australia
• Utilize goods and services of Australia

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 Australia’s immigration department has reorganized the application process to cut down the time for processing applications. But with the help of the committed Australian migration team, Y-Axis can help you submit an application whose chances of success are maximized. Our RMA-certified professionals in our partner office in Australia can evaluate your application and facilitate its filing with confidence.

Australia offers a Permanent Residency (PR) to those who wish to settle here. The validity period of the PR visa is five years. Its holders can work and reside in any part of the country with their families. You are eligible to apply for its citizenship after living for three years in the country under the PR visa.  

Step 1:  Check the eligibility requirements

• Know if you fulfill the eligibility criteria
• Confirm in case your occupation is on the list of occupations in demand.
• Check if you have the points needed by referring to the points table.

Step 2: English proficiency Test

Confirm if you have the proficiency needed in the English language by taking the instructed English language test. The immigration authorities of Australia also accept scores if they are on par with its test from other English language tests, such as IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, etc. You can also take any of these other tests and get the minimum required score.

Step 3: Select your occupation from the Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

You can pick your occupation from the three skills list:

• Short-term Skilled Occupation List (SOL)
• Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL)
• Medium and long-term Strategic Skills List (MTSSL)

Step 4: Register your Expression of Interest (EOI)

The subsequent step is to send an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the Australian SkillSelect website. Provide in the online application all the necessary information.

Step 5: Obtain your Invitation to Apply (ITA)

If the application you have submitted meets all the requirements, you will receive an Australia PR’s Invitation to Apply (ITA) from the authorities.

Step 6: Submit your PR application

Submit your PR application within 60 days. The application must be accompanied by all the supporting documents to process your PRs. Included in these would be your personal, immigration, and work experience documents.

Step 7: Obtain your clearance certificates

The subsequent step would be to submit your police clearance certificate. Take a medical examination and then submit your medical clearance certificate.

Step 8: Get your visa grant

The final step involves obtaining your permit

Australia the best nation to work

Work Permit documents –All information about the documents you require to get a work permit is provided, along with how Y-Axis will help you out.

Information on various types of visas available, based on your skills or the type of job you are on the lookout for – either permanent or temporary.

There are work visas for:

There are work visas for:

• Specialized workers
• Skilled workers
• Individuals participating in precise activities
• Short-term trainees
• Working holiday seekers

In addition, you are also eligible to apply for a sponsored visa, provided you can find a sponsor or apply to the SkillSelect program with an EOI.

 Skilled visa

If you are looking to work in Australia, check whether you have the required skills and necessary to work there. After that, check if you fulfill the eligibility criteria for the visa.

Skilled Nominated visa: If you are willing to apply for a skilled worker visa, start by checking out the SkillSelect program, an online system that receives and processes work visa applications.

Your profile will be granted points based on:

1. Age
2. Skills
3. Language proficiency
4. Education

If your skills fit the requirements, you can be nominated by the government (territory or state) of Australia or by a private employer, following which you can apply for a skilled visa.

Skilled independent visa: You can get this work permit if you can prove that you have the required skills and qualifications required for the precise occupations that are listed in the Skilled Occupation List (SOL).

You do not require an employer to sponsor you. This visa type intends to encourage skilled workers to migrate to Australia to reduce the shortage of skills that the country is facing. You can use the SkillSelect tool to know if your skills are in demand.

 Working holiday visa: This visa is granted to migrants who are aged 18 to 30 to encourage them to undertake short-term employment in Australia while they are vacationing there. It is valid for 12 months. You will have to comply with character and health requirements and must not be accompanied by any dependents.

The working holiday visa comes with privileges:

• You can arrive and reside in the country for six months
• Exit the country and re-enter it multiple times
• Work with an employer for up to six months 
• Opting to study for four months during the duration of the visa

Employer nomination scheme: As per this scheme, a permanent work visa is issued to migrant workers whom their companies sponsor. These visas are granted to help companies to take on the skills shortage problem.

TSS (Temporary Skill Shortage) Visa: This visa allows individuals to work for two to four years, depending on the employers’ requirements. The companies can issue these visas by proving that they are facing a shortage of skills.

Applicants should have at least two years of work experience and be aged below 45. Companies employing workers on these visas must pay them salaries as per the market standards.

The crucial documents required to apply for these visas include:

• Evidence of English proficiency (IELTS/TOEFL)  

• Academic and work certificates 

Health insurance

Live in Australia while working – information on the temporary skill shortage (TSS) visas, its subclasses, the expenses, and how services of Y-Axis can help you.

The Temporary Skill Shortage visa (Subclass 482) or the TSS visa, a work visa, allows employers in Australia to sponsor a foreign worker who will work for them. It was introduced in 2019 to take the place of Temporary Work Visa Subclass 457, which the Department of Home Affairs has abolished.

This visa helps employers in Australia invite skilled workers when they cannot find the same within the country. This visa allows workers to stay in the country for a period ranging from two to four years.

There are three streams in the Temporary Skill Shortage visa:

• The Short-Term stream
• The Medium-Term stream
• The Labor Agreement stream

Basic eligibility requirements for the TSS visa:

• You need to be nominated for a skilled vacancy by an accredited sponsor who is an Australian employer.
• You need to have all the skills for the job.
• You must have the required proficiency in the English language.
• Your profession must be recorded on the Consolidated Skilled Occupations List.
• You need to have a minimum work experience of two years related to the occupation.

.Features of the TSS visa:

With the TSS visa, you can:

• Work for your Australian sponsor for up to four years
• Study without taking any government assistance
• Bring your family members 
• If your family members accompany you with this visa, they can live, work, and study here
• Travel in and out of Australia multiple times until the visa is valid
• Apply for permanent residence if you meet the requirements

Other provisions

If you want to prolong your stay after four years, your employer needs to apply for a new nomination, and you need to apply for a new visa.

 Obligations and conditions
If you are not in Australia when you are issued the visa, you must commence working within 90 days of entry into the country or within 90 days after the visa is issued if you happen to be in Australia.

You are allowed to work only in the profession you were nominated for and with the employer who had sponsored your visa.

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