Policy details
Visa Overview
The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is a points-based permanent visa for skilled workers who are nominated by a state or territory government agency in Australia.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible, you must meet all of the following requirements.
Age Requirement
- You must be aged under 45 when we invite you to apply for the visa.
- You can still apply if you turn 45 after we invite you to apply.
- If you turn 45 after you submit your EOI but before we invite you to apply, you will not be invited.
Minimum Points
- The subclass 190 is a points-tested visa.
- You must be able to score 65 points or more in SkillSelect to be invited to apply.
- Your invitation will state the number of points you must score when we assess your application (this may be higher than 65 points).
Language Requirement
- At the time of invitation, you must have at least Competent English.
Skills Assessment Requirement
- You must declare that you have a suitable skills assessment at the time of invitation.
- Delegates of the Minister will now accept a suitable skills assessment obtained within the 60-day invitation period (following the decision in Thapa v Minister for Immigration).
- Your skills assessment must have been obtained in the 3 years before the date of your invitation (or a shorter period if specified; if the assessment was for a shorter period, that period must not have passed).
- For medical and legal practitioners, we also accept the following as proof of a skills assessment: full or unconditional or general medical registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; conditional specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (which only allows you to practise in your speciality with no further training or supervision required); or admission to practice law in the relevant state or territory.
- If your skills were assessed on the basis of an Australian qualification from a student visa, the course must be registered on CRICOS.
- Your occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations for the 190 Skilled Nominated visa.
Identity and Visa Status Requirement
- If you are in Australia at the time you apply, you must hold: a substantive visa; Bridging visa A - BVA - (subclass 010); Bridging visa B - BVB - (subclass 020); or Bridging visa C - BVC - (subclass 030).
- If you currently hold or last held a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491) or Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) (subclass 494) visa, you must have held that visa for at least 3 years at the time you apply.
Invitation and EOI Requirement
- You can only apply for this visa if we invite you to apply.
- You must submit a completed Expression of Interest (EOI) in SkillSelect.
- We will only invite you to apply if you are nominated by a state or territory government.
- If the state or territory agency withdraws your nomination after you have applied, your application becomes invalid.
Health and Character Requirement
- You and any family who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement.
- Family members not accompanying you to Australia might also need to meet the health requirement if requested.
- You and family members aged 16 years and over must meet our character requirement.
- Family members not accompanying you to Australia must also meet the character requirement.
Additional Requirements
- If you or any family members owe the Australian government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back.
- If you are 18 or older, you must: have read, or had explained to you, the Life in Australia booklet; and confirm you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws when you sign an Australian Values Statement.