Have you have finished your studies and obtained your Temporary Graduate Visa 485? Now you can apply for a permanent residency visa. Australia is one of the most peaceful countries to live for. But, you have to go through a detailed application procedure. A chance of living permanently in a foreign country cannot be straightforward to win. Here we provide detailed information about all the types, benefits and requirements of permanent residency visas.
What are the different kinds of permanent residency visas in Australia?
In Australia, the number of migrant visas is nearly 40. Different types include:
- Family-based permanent residency: If you have a family member who is an Australian citizen or had become an Australian permanent resident, you will also be eligible for immigration. Australian citizenship for your fiancé or partner will also allow you the same. Even citizenship or permanent residency of any one of your children or dependent relative is applicable.
- Work-based permanent residency: Few options for permanent residence through employment are available under this category. These are:
– Employer-Sponsored Workers: Under this category, an Australian employer sponsors his/her foreign employee to work and live in Australia.
– General Skilled Migration: Employees who do not get any sponsor but have a specific skill that has great value in Australia can get this permanent residency.
– Skill select: The difference from the previous one is that you must have a specific set of skills that this country needs
– Doctors and Nurses: You can get permanent residency on a need-only basis.
There is another visa category, which is not exactly a permanent residency visa, but it will allow you to live and work in Australia permanently. This visa, known as a subclass 444 special category visa or SCV, will be granted only to you if you are from New Zealand. SCV is a temporary visa, and you cannot enjoy the same rights that Australian permanent citizens do. You will not be able to vote or access student loans or get enrolled in the Australian Defence Force or obtaining a job under the Australian government.
What are benefits will you get from a permanent residency visa?
Given are several benefits of a permanent residency visa.
- Love travelling? Don’t worry. You can travel anywhere within Australia to taste the diversity of the country.
- You can happily go for higher studies and applying for various educational loans.
- After two years of completion of your PR visa, you will get social security benefits. So pleading, right?
- If your family members also want a PR visa, you can quickly help them as they will be eligible now.
- You can apply for government jobs quite easily.
- Last but not least, you can fly to New Zealand and apply for a visa there, too.
What are the general eligibility requirements to apply for a PR visa?
There are category-specific eligibility requirements to apply for a PR visa, but in general, the eligibility factors are as follows:
- Point eligibility: You should have scored 65 or more overall on the point grid. The points are different for different eligibility requirements like age, English language score, work experience in and outside Australia, a study in a regional area, state sponsorship and many more. You can find the different point score for all these requirements on the official website. Obviously, the more you will score on the eligibility calculation, your chances of getting a PR visa will get brighter. The two Australian visas that require 65 points for eligibility are:
- Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189: This 189 visa Australia is only for those foreign nationals who get invited to Australia because they have the skills required by the Australian government. Applicants should have no sponsor, too. With the skilled independent visa 189,you will live and work anywhere in this country. You don’t need any sponsor or nominator for this. But remember, you can only apply when you get the invitation.
- Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190: The only difference between this visa and the previous 189 visa Australia is that this visa subclass 190 allows only ‘sponsored’ nominated skilled foreign individuals to apply. Otherwise, in both cases, you must get an invitation to apply and will be allowed to live and work at any place in Australia.
- Age: Your age must be less than 45 years at the time of application. The more you will be young; the more will be your points.
- English language proficiency: The general English language proficiency requirement for applying for a PR visa is 8 bands IELTS score. This 8 band score will fetch you a maximum of 20 points. However, apart from IELTS, you can take other tests like TOEFL iBT, PTE test. All the tests have a different numbering system. So, you must look for the score equivalent to 8 bands of IELTS.
- English language proficiency: The general English language proficiency requirement for applying for a PR visa is 8 bands IELTS score. This 8 band score will fetch you a maximum of 20 points. However, apart from IELTS, you can take other tests like TOEFL iBT, PTE test. All the tests have a different numbering system. So, you must look for the score equivalent to 8 bands of IELTS.
- Educational qualification: If you hold a doctoral degree, you can get maximum points which are 20. Points will lower with lesser academic qualifications.
Ending note
For visa-related queries and application procedure, you may discuss with any consulting firm like Migration Agent Perth, who can assign you a skilled immigration consultant. Right now, restrictions are getting imposed on foreigners due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. So, you need to know every information before you start your application.
