Australia has a migration program that aims to attract qualified professionals from all over the world: The General Skilled Migration Program. This program allows certain professionals to apply for permanent or temporary visas and move to Australia, to live and work here.Those professionals must have occupations being sought by the Australian government and meet several requirements in terms of their age, qualifications, work experience and proficiency in English
There are 3 visas within this program
The new 491 visa, Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) subclass 491 visawill enable eligible skilled workers and their families to live, work and study in designated regional areas of Australia for 5 years. Visa holders will be eligible to apply for a Permanent Residence visa after three Applicants for this visa must be nominated by:
an Australian state or territory government agency orsponsored by an eligible family member residing in a designated regional area and be invited to apply for the visa, following submission of an Expression of Interest (EOI) in SkillSelect