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SKILLED NOMINATED VISA SUBCLASS 190
Sydney and New South Wales. • Research DIBP 190 visa requirements.
Your future starts here. 01
• Research NSW nomination requirements for
ASSESS YOUR this visa, including NSW eligible occupations.
Sydney is renowned for having the ELIGIBILITY • Apply for your skills assessment.
best quality of living standard of • Gather all required evidence that you will submit
any major Australian city 1 and has to support your application.
been voted the ‘world’s friendliest
city’ 2. Within Australia, New South
Wales (NSW) is the largest state • Register an EOI in SkillSelect, available on the
02 DIBP website.
economy and home to 45% of the
LODGE EOI IN • Make sure the information in your EOI is correct
top 500 enterprises in the country 3. and remains uptodate. If you are invited, we will
SKILLSELECT
require you to prove the claims you have made in
Skilled Nominated (Permanent) Visa your EOI.
(subclass 190) • Registering an EOI does not guarantee a NSW
invitation. Only selected candidates are contacted.
The Skilled Nominated Visa (190 visa) is a
• NSW does not provide status updates on
permanent visa for pointstested skilled
individual EOIs
workers who are nominated by a state or
territory government agency.
NSW Department of Industry nominates • NSW Department of Industry selects and invites
eligible highly skilled workers with
03 the highest ranking candidates in each occupation
occupational skills needed in the State to INVITATION TO to apply for NSW nomination.
drive economic growth. APPLY FOR NSW • NSW issues invitations on an ongoing basis. There
is no timeframe to expect an invitation.
This visa is pointstested. Applicants who NOMINATION • The invitation contains a link to the NSW online
receive NSW nomination are awarded five application form.
additional points towards their overall • Invitations are not guaranteed and NSW does not
points score. provide status updates on individual EOIs
NSW nominees must commit to live and
work in NSW for at least their first two
years in Australia while holding this visa. • If you are invited to apply, you must submit your
04 NSW nomination application online within 14 days
The visa criteria and visa application SUBMIT NSW and pay the application fee.
processes are administered by the Australian APPLICATION FOR • You will need to prove that the claims in your
Government Department of Immigration and application, including points and occupation,
Border Protection (DIBP). NSW nominates
NOMINATION match what was in your SkillSelect EOI when
eligible candidates to apply for the visa to NSW invited you to apply.
DIBP. State nomination does not guarantee • As a security measure, the link to the online form
can only be opened a limited number of times.
that the visa will be granted.
Candidates who are invited to apply for NSW
nomination must: • NSW assesses the application and nominates
05 successful applicants to DIBP.
• meet the NSW and DIBP requirements
NSW NOMINATES • NSW application processing can take up to
• be suitably skilled in an occupation 12 weeks.
SUCCESSFUL
on the NSW Skilled Occupation List • If NSW nominates you, you will receive an
APPLICANTS invitation via SkillSelect to apply for the 190 visa.
• have been selected and invited to apply
for NSW nomination
TO DIBP • Applicants nominated by NSW receive five
additional points towards their visa application.
• provide evidence that supports their
application.
Demand for NSW nominations is very high, • Apply for the visa using the 1393 Electronic
06 application form. The link to this form is provided
usually exceeding the number of places
available under the NSW 190 program. Due SUBMIT in the SkillSelect invitation.
to the large volume, only selected APPLICATION FOR • Submit the visa application within 60 days of
being nominated by NSW.
candidates will be contacted and invited to 190 VISA TO DIBP
apply. NSW does not provide status updates
on individual EOIs.
1 Mercer Quality of Living survey 2015 • Your visa application will be assessed by DIBP.
2 Conde Nast Traveler, August 2015 07
3 NSW Department of Industry • If your visa is granted:
DIBP ADVISES OF Move to NSW and commence your two year
OUTCOME OF THE commitment to live and work in the state.
VISIT Submit the 'NSW Skilled Nominee Information
VISA APPLICATION
e industry.nsw.gov.au/migration Update' form to update your contact details.
e border.gov.au Participate in NSW Department of Industry
surveys of Skilled Nominated Migrants.
NSW BUSINESS & SKILLED MIGRATION
L +61(2) 9934 0702 Glossary:
EOI: Expression of Interest
(10:00am 12.30pm AEST, Monday Friday) DIBP: Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australian Government
i skilled.migration@industry.nsw.gov.au © You may copy, distribute and otherwise freely deal with this publication for any purpose, provided that you
attribute the NSW Department of Industry, as the owner. Disclaimer: The information contained in this
publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (September 2016).