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POINTS CALCULATOR


REQUIREMENT POINTS
A Doctorate from an Australian educational institution or a Doctorate from another recognised educational institution. 20
At least a Bachelor degree from an Australian educational institution or a Bachelor qualification from another recognised educational institution. 15
An Australian educational institution diploma or trade qualification. 10
Attained a qualification or award recognised as suitable for your nominated skilled occupation by the relevant assessing authority 10

REQUIREMENT POINTS
A Doctorate from an Australian educational institution or a Doctorate from another educational institution, that is of a recognised standard. 20
At least a Bachelor degree from an Australian educational institution or at least a Bachelor qualification, from another educational institution, that is of a recognised standard. 15
A diploma or trade qualification from an Australian educational institution. 10
Attained a qualification or award recognised by the relevant assessing authority for your nominated skilled occupation as being suitable for that occupation 10

Recognition of your qualifications

The authority undertaking your skills assessment may determine if your qualifications are comparable to the relevant Australian qualification. Assessing authorities are listed against your occupation in the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations. You must have obtained this recognition at the time you are invited to apply for a visa.

Doctoral requirements (PhD)

You can only be awarded points for a doctoral degree if you have completed a qualification at the relevant level, that is, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). You cannot claim these points for the award of other qualifications that give you the right to use to the title of Doctor (that is, general practitioner, dentist, vet).


ENGLISH POINTS
Competent English 0
Proficient English 10
Superior English 20

Overseas skilled employment - (outside Australia)
NUMBER OF YEARS POINTS
Less than 3 years 0
At least 3 but less than 5 years 5
At least 5 but less than 8 years 10
At least 8 years 15

Australian skilled employment - (in Australia)
NUMBER OF YEARS POINTS
Less than 1 year 0
At least 1 but less than 3 years 5
At least 3 but less than 5 years 10
At least 5 but less than 8 years 15
At least 8 years 20

  • You can only claim points for employment if the employment was in your nominated skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation; and you were employed for the relevant periods set out in the table, in the 10 years before you are invited to apply.
  • Employed means engaged in an occupation for remuneration for at least 20 hours a week.
  • Closely-related occupations must be :
    1. In the same ANZSCO Unit Group or
    2. Consistent with a career advancement pathway or
    3. Recognized by an assessing authority that it is closely related to your nominated occupation, as part of your skills assessment
  • Under the points test there is a cap on the number of points that can be awarded for employment experience. The maximum number of points that can be awarded is 20, this means that even if you score more than 20 combined points for your employment experience only 20 points will be awarded.

REQUIREMENT POINTS
A Master's degree by research or a Doctorate degree from an Australian educational institution that included at least 2 academic years study in a relevant field. 10

REQUIREMENT POINTS
Meet the Australian study requirement 5

You must have at least 1 degree, diploma or trade qualification from an Australian educational institution that meets the Australian study requirement.

REQUIREMENT POINTS
Completion of a Professional Year in Australia 5

You had completed a Professional Year at the time of your invitation to apply. To be eligible for these points, your Professional Year must have been in Accounting, ICT/Computing, or Engineering, and you must have :

  • In your nominated occupation or a closely related occupation
  • Completed over a period of at least 12 months
  • Completed in Australia in the four years before you are invited to apply for a visa

    • Provided by one of these organizations :

  • The Australian Computer Society
  • CPA Australia
  • Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
  • The Institute of Public Accountants (formerly the National Institute of Accountants)Engineers Australia.


REQUIREMENT POINTS
Hold a recognised qualification in a credentialed community language 5

To be credentialed in a community language and eligible for the award of points you must have been accredited at the paraprofessional level or above, certified at the certified provisional level or above, or have a community language credential for interpreting or translating by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.


REQUIREMENT POINTS
You must have at least 1 degree, diploma or trade qualification from an Australian educational institution that satisfies the Australian study requirement obtained while living and studying in an eligible area of regional Australia 5

To be eligible for the award of points your educational qualification :

  • Must meet the Australian study requirement.
  • Have been obtained while you lived in, and studied at a campus in a designated regional area.
  • Not include study undertaken by distance education.


REQUIREMENT POINTS
Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and meet age, English and skill criteria
To be eligible for these points, your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass as you and must not be an Australian permanent resident or citizen. You will also need to provide proof that when you were invited to apply for this visa, they :
  • were under 45 years old
  • had competent English
  • Had nominated a skilled occupation that is on the same skilled occupation list as your nominated skilled occupation
  • Had suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment wasn't for a Subclass 485 visa.
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Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and has competent English
To be eligible for these points, your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass as you and must not be an Australian permanent resident or citizen.		 5
You are single or your partner is an Australian citizen or permanent resident 10

REQUIREMENT POINTS
You were invited to apply for a Subclass 190 (Skilled - Nominated) visa and the nominating State or Territory government agency has not withdrawn the nomination 5

To be invited to apply for this visa, you must be nominated. You may be eligible for these points as long as your nomination is still active.

REQUIREMENT POINTS
Because you were nominated and the nominating State or Territory government agency has not withdrawn your nomination, you have been invited to apply for a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491).
or
A family member has sponsored you for a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491), and the Minister has accepted that sponsorship.		 15

To be invited to apply for this visa, you must have been nominated or stated that you would be sponsored by an eligible family member.
Nominated applicants may be eligible for these points as long as their nomination remains in effect.
You may be eligible for these points as a sponsored applicant if your sponsorship has been approved.
For the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa, information on sponsorship and nomination is available (subclass 491).



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