Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) 491 visa is a temporary visa to live and work in regional Australia and requires sponsorship by either an eligible relative living in a designated area of Australia or by a State / Territory Government.
For sponsorship by an eligible relative, it is required that the sponsor is 18 years old or above, usually resident in a designated area and is an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or an eligible New Zealand citizen. In this regard, it is clarified that there is no requirement in the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) or the Department’s policy that the family sponsor must live in the same designated regional area as the applicant he wishes to nominate. Thus, the sponsor and the applicant may be living in a different States or Territories and yet satisfying the sponsorship requirement for Subclass 491, along with other requirements.
