Introduction

Perth is most likely Western Australia’s best known city and it is additionally the capital of Western Australia. It features a populace of approximately 2 million individuals, which makes it Australia’s fourth most crowded state. The neighborhood economy is primarily driven by the extraction and processing of a assorted run of mineral and petroleum commodities. This comes about within the production of 58% of Australia’s mineral and vitality exports. Each locale in Australia has distinctive aptitudes shortage ought to that of the nation as a entirety. As such, each state and domain includes a gifted assignment program. In this case, the Western Australia Talented Designation Program (190) permits the state to form arrangement for gifted migrants particularly required in Western Australia.

Overview

To apply for a 190 State Nominated Skilled visa you must be nominated by a State or Territory such as the Government of Western Australia (WA). To be qualified for WA nomination you must meet both the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) criteria for the nominated visa and the WA criteria for State nomination.

Please note that being nominated by the WA Government does not assurance your visa will be approved by the Department of Home Affairs.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must meet the following Department of Home Affairs requirements:

• Have a relevant skills assessment;
• Be under 45 years old;
• Be nominated by a State or Territory, such as Western Australia;
• Be able to score 65 points or more on the Department of Home Affairs points test. State nomination for the subclass 190 visa gives you an extra 5 points towards the Department of Home Affairs points test, which is automatically incorporated into your EOI;
• have the required English level; and
• Have an occupation on the relevant occupation list.

Visit the Home Affairs website for more information on the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190).

Important information

To be measured by Western Australia for State Nomination, you must first lodge an expression of interest (EOI) in the Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect database. WA Migration Services invites eligible EOIs on a monthly basis to apply for Western Australian State nomination based on a ranking system.

You can be invited through one of two streams:

• The general stream, and
• The graduate stream.

If you are nominated, or if your visa is approved you must:

• Obey with border rules that apply at the time, if you are moving to WA from another State or Territory;
• ●       Register your arrival with WA Migration Services​​;
• Have access to sufficient funds (for at least three months) to cover settlement costs and living costs;
• Live and work in Western Australia for two years upon arrival; and
• Complete a settlement survey every six months for this two-year period.

You must check which stream you need to apply for based on your occupation, and check it against WA Occupational List, as each stream has its own set of requirements.