On 05 January 2021, the State Government’s skilled visa nomination program, Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 491) and Skilled Nominated (Permanent) visa (Subclass 190), has re-opened focusing on Victoria’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Department of Home Affairs has made additional allocation of State nomination places for remainder of the financial year 2020-2021 program as follows:
| Skilled Nominated (Permanent) visa
(Subclass 190) |
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa
(Subclass 491) |
|
| Interim Allocation (September 2020) | 600 | 200 |
| Additional Allocation for 2020-2021 | 1,900 | 843 |
| Total Skilled Nominations | 2,500 | 1,043 |
Eligible candidates must submit a Registration of Interest (ROI) for skilled visa nomination. The timings of the submission window and corresponding selection dates are as follows:
| Submission Window | Selection Day | |
| From | To | |
| 05 January 2021, 10am | 11 January 2021, 5pm | 22 January 2021 |
| 02 February 2021, 9am | 08 February 2021, 5pm | 19 February 2021 |
| 02 March 2021, 9am | 08 March 2021, 5pm | 19 March 2021 |
| 6 April 2021, 9am | 12 April 2021, 5pm | 23 April 2021 |
| 4 May 2021, 9am | 10 May 2021, 5pm | 21 May 2021 |
To know more about the how to submit ROI, click here.
