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Visa overview
Current Home Affairs dataA practical place to start
Your visa action plan
Turn the official rules into three manageable decisions.
1
CHECK YOUR FIT
Confirm the essentials
- Meet the subclass-specific skills or business criteria
- Secure sponsorship, nomination or invitation where required
- Meet English, age and experience rules where applicable
- Meet health and character requirements
2
PLAN REALISTICALLY
Budget money and time
- Base application fee
- Check the official fee table
- Current processing guide
- No subclass-specific figure published
3
PREPARE EVIDENCE
Follow the official sequence
Use the application checklist below to organise documents, lodge correctly and respond after lodgement.
STAY
Permitted stayLength of stay granted by this visa
Usually 4 years
Important stay conditionsThe headline duration can be a maximum, not an automatic grant.
The Invited pathway is generally 4 years. The Extended Stay pathway runs for 4 years from the grant of the earlier eligible skilled visa; a subsequent entrant usually stays until the primary family member's visa ends.
What this visa lets you do
A work or skilled migration pathway based on skills, sponsorship, nomination, innovation or regional eligibility.
Permitted stay: Usually 4 years.
Core requirements
- Meet the subclass-specific skills or business criteria
- Secure sponsorship, nomination or invitation where required
- Meet English, age and experience rules where applicable
- Meet health and character requirements
Data provenance
Read here. Verify at the source.
This page brings the Department’s overview, eligibility, application process and post-grant information into one readable view. Rules can change and personal circumstances matter.
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