Western Australia’s Latest Nomination Round

Western Australia invited candidates who had profiles submitted in SkillSelect. The state invited a number of applicants with scores as low as 65 points. The invites were nominated under Western Australia State Nominated Migration Program.

What is State/Regional Nomination?

To qualify under this category, a candidate must secure a nomination by a state or territory of Western Australia. If they successfully receive one they will majorly have two benefits.

• Get nominated for Skilled Nominated Visa (subclass 190) and secure 5 additional points
• Get nominated for Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa (subclass 491) and secure 15 additional points

These points will be added to your pre-existing score of Department of Home Affairs Point test.

Skilled Nominated Visa 190

This is a point based visa wherein you submit your application to get nominated by a state or territory government agency. Once your application is submitted you get points on the basis of skills and information that you provided. If you score necessary points, you will receive a nomination to immigrate to Australia.

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa 491

This is a point based visa wherein you submit your application to get nominated by a state or territory government agency. If you have a relative in Australia willing to sponsor you then also you can enter the country under this visa subclass. Once your application is submitted through SkillSelect you get points on the basis of skills and information that you provided. If you score necessary points, you will receive a nomination to immigrate to Australia. The biggest attraction point of this visa is that whoever successfully receives a nomination gets to stay in Australia for 5 years. They can also travel to and from Australia till the time of their visa validity. 

Other Streams under Western Australia SNMP

• General Stream
• Graduate Stream

The Graduate Stream is further divided into two more subcategories, which are:

• Higher Education Graduates
• Vocational & Training Graduates (Qualifications starting from Certificate 3)

How is Western Australia Graduate Stream beneficial?

If you are invited under this stream of the Western Australia State Nomination Migration Program, then you can avail certain benefits in regards to this.

• You can apply for relevant qualifications and courses and above Certificate 3
• The invite can be issued to candidates having scores as low as 65 points
• This stream offers more than 100 occupations available in the fields of IT, Engineering. Trade and many more
• There is a waiting period of only 1 month for some occupations

You can know more about Western Australia State and Regional Sponsor on this website.