How do I get a NSW state sponsorship?

How do I get a NSW state sponsorship?

Meet the minimum 489 visa requirements. Be suitably skilled in an occupation on the NSW 489 Skilled Occupation List. Apply directly to the relevant NSW Regional Development Authorities and meet any additional criteria set by that region. Have successfully obtained 489 nomination from the participating RDA.

How do you get a regional sponsorship in Australia?

The Invited Pathway, Subclass 489 Visa

1. Step 1: Check if your occupation is on the Skilled Occupation Lists.
2. Step 2: Ensure you meet all the eligibility requirements.
3. Step 3: Complete a Skills Assessment.
4. Step 4: Submit an Expression of Interest through SkillSelect.
5. Step 5: Find a sponsor or obtain a government nomination.

How do I get nominated in NSW?

To be successfully nominated by NSW for this visa, you must:

1. Ensure you are eligible for the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
2. Confirm you meet the NSW minimum eligibility criteria.
3. Complete an EOI in SkillSelect.
4. Be invited to apply during an invitation round.
5. Apply for NSW nomination within 14 days.

How do I get 491 in NSW?

To be eligible for NSW nomination under this stream you must:

1. hold a valid skills assessment for an occupation that appears on your nominated region’s occupation list.
2. have completed study or education with an education provider, where:
3. have lived in a designated regional area of NSW while completing your study.

What qualifies as regional work in Australia?

There are five main areas of specified work, outlined by the Department of Immigration – Agriculture, Construction, Forestry and Tree Felling, Fishing and Pearling, and Mining. If your job falls under any of these sections then you may be completing specified work.

Is NSW nomination open?

Nomination process NSW nomination for the Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) is now by invitation only.

Can 491 visa buy house?

Most banks will allow student visa holders to borrow funds to purchase a property in Australia. The Foreign Investment Review Board ( FIRB ) doesn’t restrict students from buying a home or investment property as long as they meet standard FIRB criteria.

What does the NSW Department of regional NSW do?

The New South Wales Department of Regional NSW is a department of the New South Wales Government responsible for the state’s regional issues, building resilient regional economies and communities, strengthening primary industries, managing the use of regional land and overseeing the state’s mineral and mining resources.

What is regregional NSW?

Regional NSW offers a wide range of opportunities for people thinking of investing, moving a business or starting a new enterprise. Supporting the regions of NSW to recover, rebuild and prosper.

Where do NSW nominees live and work?

NSW nominees applicants are expected to live and work in NSW. NSW Department of Industry works in partnership with participating Regional Development Authorities (RDA) committees in NSW to deliver the 489 program.

How diverse is regional NSW?

Home to about 40 per cent of the state’s population, regional NSW is diverse, with resilient and adaptive communities living in places of historical and cultural significance.