An Expression of Interest (EOI) is a formal submission to the Department of Home Affairs communicating the reasons why you meet the criteria to be qualified to apply a Skilled Migration visa. Once you’ve got completed your EOI, it is put away in SkillSelect and is valid for 2 years. An EOI isn’t a visa application, and you may not be allowed a Bridging visa by submitting an EOI. Your qualification for a Bridging visa would as it were be considered once a substantial visa application is held up. Validity of EOI is 2 years from the date of beginning lodgment. English test comes about are valid for 3 years for migration purposes from the date of the test the employment period would be numbered within the final 10 years and required to meet 20 hours per week for the period claimed within the EOI. Professional Year Program can only be claimed for Accounting, IT, Engineering

Key facts that you must know about EOI 

NAATI CCL:

A CCL result or credential letter is valid for five years from the date of issue.

Results issued before 9 August 2022 are valid for three years. NAATI is not able to amend the expiry date of a credential that has already been issued.

Professional Year Program:

The Professional Year must be started AND completed within the 48 months prior to invitation.  The full 12 months of the program needs to occur IN the 48 months prior to invitation.

Partner English Test:

It is valid for 12 months for meeting the functional English requirement and 3 years for the point claim as a partner with no skill but competent English.

Overseas and Australian Work Experience:

Significant Australian and international skilled employment within the 10 year period immediately before the date the applicant was asked to apply for this visa can be measured for the reason of awarding points. Periods of employment don’t have to be constant because it is the totaled period of important work experience that will be considered and ought to meet 20 hours per week remunerated for the period claimed in your EOI. 

• Reminder WHM condition 8547 temporary relaxation ceases on 31 December
• A reminder that the temporary relaxation of condition 8547 (6-month work limitation) ceases on 31 December 2022, when it will be reviewed by the Government.

After 31 December 2022, a Working Holiday Maker visa holder may work with an employer for up to 6 months, despite any period they may have worked for that employer prior to 31 December 2022. Therefore, there is the possible for Working Holiday visa holders to remain with the same employer until 30 June 2023.

Functional English Requirement for Partner

This has been frequently raised worries by many candidates and here is what the requirements are:

To demonstrate simply have functional English you must give prove of one of the following:

For General Skilled Migration Visas (189,190,491) at the time of visa decision or during visa application processing:

• You are the holder of a valid passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland and you are a citizen of that country.

• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) average band score of at least 4.5 based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening. The test must be completed not more than 12 months before lodging the visa application or can be completed during visa application processing.

• A Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) total band score of at least 32 based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening. The test must be completed not more than 12 months before lodging the visa application or can be completed during visa application processing

• A Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic overall band score of at least 30 based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening. The test must be completed not more than 12 months before lodging the visa application or can be completed during visa application processing.

• A Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) test result with an overall score of at least 147 across the four test components. The test must have been conducted on or after 1 January 2015. The test must be completed not more than 12 months before lodging the visa application or can be completed during visa application processing.

• An Australian Assessment of Communicative English Skills (ACCESS) test result at the functional level, certified by the relevant testing body. The test must be completed not more than 12 months before lodging the visa application or can be completed during visa application processing.

• You have completed all years of primary education and at least three years of secondary education at educational institutions in which all instruction was conducted in English.

• You have completed at least five years of secondary education at institutions in which all instruction was conducted in English.

• You have successfully completed, in Australia, at least one year of full-time or equivalent part-time study towards a degree, higher degree, diploma, or associate diploma at an institution or institutions where all the instruction was conducted in English.

• You hold an award (being a degree, higher degree, diploma or trade certificate) that required at least two years of full-time study or training and all instruction (including instruction received in other courses for which you were allowed credit) for that award was conducted in English.

• Applicants who were at least 18 years of age at the time of application and are assessed as not having functional English at the time of decision must pay the relevant second instalment of the VAC before their visa can be granted. The amount at this stage is AUD 4890.00.