Victoria’s Skilled Visa Nomination Program (Subclass 190 and 491) Reopens On 5 January 2021

Dec 22,2020

Subclass 190 & 491 is reopening by Victoria’s state under the skilled visa nomination program for the year 2020-21 at 10 am AEDT on Tuesday, 5 January 2021.

The purpose of the government for reopening the program is to focus on the health responses of their citizens and the economy recovery of the state. The Victorian Government has got the place of visa nomination as a part of the interim program by The Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs.

VICTORIA’S TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACES FOR THE SKILLED VISA PROGRAM FOR THE 2020-21 PROGRAM YEAR IS OUTLINED IN THE TABLE:

VISA TYPE	INTERIM PROGRAM – SEPTEMBER 20	ADDITIONAL FOR REMAINDER OF 2021 FULL PROGRAM	OF TOTAL SKILLED NOMINATION
Skilled Nominated – Subclass 190	600	1,900	2500
Skilled Work Regional – Subclass 491	200	843	1043
TOTALNUMBER OF SKILLED NOMINATION ALLOCATION			3543

VICTORIA’S PROCESSING FOR THE SKILLED VISA PROGRAM FOR THE 2020-21 PROGRAM YEAR IS DESCRIBED BELOW:

https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/

Steps for ROI (Registration of Interest) for Victoria visa nomination.

First of all, candidates must need to register their interest on live in Melbourne and then they need to be nominated for Victorian Visa Nomination
Secondly, those candidates who already submitted their ROIs during the interim program do not need to resubmit it again. Pre-submitted ROIs will be considered for them.

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Submission Windows

The government is accepting the ROIs through submission windows. There is a timeframe in which candidates can submit their ROIs. During the period, if submission windows get closed then candidates need to wait till the next submission window gets open.
Submission windows of ROIs are listed down by the Victorian Government for the visa nomination. That means after the submission of ROIs usually candidates may get the nomination. However, if any candidates are not getting their nomination immediately then they need to wait as their ROIs are still considered for future nomination.

Eligibility Criteria

There are some significate changes made by the government in both the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491). That means candidates must need to read and understand the requirements carefully before submitting their ROIs.
Candidates must need to meet the below given criteria of the Victorian Skilled Visa nomination to be eligible for the selection.

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) SUBCLASS 491	Skilled Nominated visa SUBCLASS 190
Candidate must be living in Regional areas of Victoria.	Candidate must be living in Victoria.
From the at least 3 months candidate must be working in the Regional areas of Victoria.	From the at least 6 months candidate must be working in Victoria.
Candidates must be working in the highly skilled occupations which supports Victoria’s economic recovery and/or health response. Such as health sector, medical & research, life science sector, agri-food, digital sector.	Candidates must be working in the highly skilled occupations which supports Victoria’s economic recovery and/or health response. Such as health sector, medical research or life science sector.
Click on Skilled Work Regional(Provisional) visa (subclass 491) for more information.	Click on Skilled Nominated visa(subclass 190) for more information.

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CONCLUSION:

Skilled Visa Nomination program for Victoria is going will be opening on 5th January 2021, and the Onshore Applicants will be nominated if the applicants are supporting Victoria’s economic recovery or health response.