Every year thousands of immigrants flock Australia for permanent residency and these numbers are quite visible in the form of immigration applications received by DIBP (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) under various visa categories. But, don’t forget that good things doesn’t come easily, similar is the case for Australian skilled PR visa. It is not a cake walk, as you have to pass through the Australia point based immigration system.

 Australia point based immigration system is the procedure followed by the Australian Immigration officials to select skill workers on the basis of some criteria like age, qualification, work experience, English Language Proficiency and many other factors.

The most famous permanent visa categories in which the immigrants usually apply are Australia Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189), Australia State Sponsor Visa (Subclass 190), and Australia Skilled Regional Provisional Visa (Subclass 190) which is a temporary visa valid up to 4 years.

The minimum required score to be eligible to apply for Australia skilled immigration is 60 points in the Australia Immigration Points test. You can calculate your score using Australia Immigration Point Calculator

However, nowadays this score is also not enough to receive ITA for skilled PR visa in Australia. Although, this score makes you eligible to apply for Australia Permanent Residency.

Australia invites the top ranking candidates from SkillSelect through online procedure. Hence, to become eligible to receive ITA, you must obtain good immigration points.

Additionally, DIBP issued total 305 invitation on 3rd January, where 300 invitations were given for Subclass 189 visa and 5 invitations were given for Subclass 489 visa.

In view of high demand, following occupation groups will remain under pro rata arrangement of the invitations which will be available throughout the program year.

Occupation ID Description Points score Date of effect
2211 Accountants N/A N/A
2212 Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers 75 13-09-2017 10:51
2334 Electronics Engineer 70 20-09-2017 23:47
2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers 75 02-01-2018 23:00
2339 Other Engineering Professionals 70 31-10-2016 17:37
2611 ICT Business and System Analysts 70 30-08-2017 00:03
2613 Software and Applications Programmers 70 21-09-2017 18:50
2631 Computer Network Professionals 70 21-09-2017 18:52

Apply for Australia Permanent Residency Visa

If you are willing to apply for Australia PR in 2018, get in touch with the registered MARA agent and highly experienced Australian Immigration specialist at Aptech Global. Aptech Global is a leading and successful firm running since last 7 years, specializing in Australia PR and immigration process.

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