REGIONAL SPONSORED VISA
Applicants who have relatives living in these areas shown below can apply under the Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) visa.
This is a 3 year visa and you can apply for permanent residency after you have lived for 2 years and worked for 1 year in the region where your sponsor lives.
The passmark for this visa is currently 100 points. In addition you must be able to meet all basic criteria ie: be under 45, have an occupation on the SOL and have recent experience of at least 12 months in your nominated occupation and be sponsored by your relative. Your relative must have lived in the designated area for 12 months. Please note that provisional visa holders are not entitled to Medicare so you would need to take out private health insurance.
| State | Designated Area |
| Victoria | Anywhere |
| South Australia | Anywhere |
| Northern Territory | Anywhere |
| Tasmania | Anywhere |
| Australian Capital Territory | Anywhere |
| Queensland | Postcode
areas 4019-4028, 4037-4050, 4079-4100, 4114, 4118 4124-4150, 4158-4168, 4180-4899 (anywhere except Brisbane metropolitan area) |
| Western Australia | Postcode
areas 6042-6044,6126, 6200-6799 (anywhere except Perth metropolitan area) |
| New South Wales | Postcode areas 2311-2312, 2328-2333, 2336-2490, 2535-2551, 2575-2739, 2787-2898 (anywhere except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong) |
Your relative must have lived in the designated area for at least 12 months (and still live there) at the time they sponsor you. The following relatives can sponsor under this Skilled-Designated Area Sponsored visa class:- non-dependent child, parent, brother or sister, aunt/uncle, first cousin or a grandparent.
Applications lodged under the Skilled-Designated Area Sponsored visa class
currently receive priority processing by DIMIA, which generally means that
applications will be processed ahead of some other applications. Ironically,
applicants who are granted visas in this visa class do not have to live in
the designated area although the Australian Government hopes that applicants
will go to where their family is living.
Essential Information |
Permanent Visa Information |
Temporary Visa Information |