Victoria has made changes to eligibility requirements for both the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) and the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) visas as the program is set to re-open in the first week of January.
The state government has announced that the applicants must meet the new criteria for selection to apply for Victorian skilled visa nomination.
Melbourne-based Migration agent, Rohit Mohan of Lakshya Migration, says the applicants must be already living in Victoria to apply for Subclass 190 and Subclass 491.
“For Regional Skilled Visa (Subclass 491), applicants should be working in regional Victoria with a minimum of 3 months employment.
“For Subclass 190, the applicants should already be working in Victoria with a minimum six months employment,” explains Mr Mohan.
Working in a highly-skilled occupation in health, medical research, life sciences, agri-food or digital sectors which supports Victoria’s economic recovery and/or health response is one of the requirements to be eligible for these visas in Victoria.
The state has received 2,743 additional places for the remainder of 2020-21; 1900 of Subclass 190 visa and 843 for the Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa.
Source: SBS