Australian permanent resident visa

1. Introducing the Australian Permanent Visa & its Procedure An Australian permanent resident is a person who is not an Australian citizen but is the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa. Such person can work, live and study in Australia without any restriction. Australia is considered to be one of the best countries to apply for a permanent residency visa. A permanent resident enjoys and get entitled to most of the rights

2. Of that of a citizen of Australia. One can apply for permanent visas once have accomplished one of the following two criteria:- Lived and worked in a specified region or area, including being self- employed for at least a year in the same area. Have obtained sponsorship under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme. In order to apply for a permanent resident visa, the immigration system of Australia evaluates and determines a candidates eligibility of the basis of points scored in the point based immigration system. The point’s system works on various factors like age, qualification, education, work experience and many more. There are certain requirements that need to be fulfilled to apply for an Australian Permanent Resident Visa. It is a mix of online and offline criteria are that needs to be accomplished, as mentioned below:- Documentation – apart from other required documents the two main ones are: 1. IELTS – English Language Proficiency Test Papers. 2. A Skilled Assessment Report by any relevant authority.

3. The Right Visa – Candidates need to select the correct visa they want to apply. The most common ones are the Subclass 189 (non-sponsored), Subclass 190 (State nominated) and Subclass 186 (employer nominated). Choose an occupation–once candidates have selected the visa type to apply for, he/she needs to select an occupation from the skilled occupation list also called the SOL. The point based system– a minimum of 60 points is must to successfully qualify for the visa. Factors such as educational qualifications, age, sex, work experience and language proficiency determines your scores. Health and Character– candidates has to be in good health and good moral character. Medical certificate and character verification certificate is required to be furnished. In order to get spouse visa for Australia, one has to apply for Partner Visa (Subclass 820 & 801). This visa allows the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen to live in Australia. In the initial phase Temporary partner Visa (Subclass 820) is granted, which allows the candidate to stay in Australia and in the meantime Permanent Partner visa (Subclass 801) is processed.

4. Eligibility criteria’s for a candidate includes being married or having de facto relation with an Australian citizen, an Australian Permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen. The marriage should be valid under Australian Law, and the length of the candidates stay on temporary basis is determined on the time taken for the grant of permanent visa, and after the grant of the permanent visa one can stay permanently. Dependent visa for Australia is granted if someone is going to Australia for studies with student visa or with a workers visa. Dependent family members are eligible to accompany the candidate on Dependent Visa. The dependents can be included at the time of filing the application or at later stages after the candidate has reached. Spouses, partners and unmarried children under the age of 18 are eligible for dependent visa. To read more click here