Updates and Changes in Visa sub-classes to Work and Live in Melbourne, Victoria

Melbourne is a beautiful city to live and work in Australia. The Australian government has brought about some changes and made some updates to its Visa sub-classes. Here are certain updates and changes made to Visa classes in Victoria.

For Business Migration in Victoria

New Property Development Criteria for the Subclass 132 Visa

Here are following criteria introduced for the Business Talent (Permanent) Visa (Subclass 132) Visa – Significant Business History stream and to all business activities that relate to property development.

These criteria include:

• An applicant must have relevant occupation experience and educational qualifications. For instance, a certified architecture engineer or a construction manager can apply through this stream. Higher work experience and higher educational qualifications can result in easy qualification.
• The property development work must relate to any of Victoria’s priority sector strategies.
• A capital investment of AUD$2 million is required excluding land purchase costs.
• The business activity should not be of small-scale and not be a project-based property development.

These changes do not apply to the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 188).

For Skilled Migration in Victoria

Changes Made to Skilled Applications for Engineering and Building Occupations

Due to plenty of applications received, applications for engineering and building occupation enlisted on the Nomination Occupation List for Victoria will not be accepted from 16^th October 2017 to 12^th January 2018.

However, applicants having an offer of employment in Victoria in their nominated occupation or meet the streamlined PhD or 457 pathways will not be affected by this change and can still apply during this time.

Something to also note is that there are certain changes and updates made to the work experience requirements made to some occupations.

The Overseas Qualifications Assessment Form is Now Online

Overseas qualifications can now be easily assessed by filling the online form. The online form is said to provide efficient service to overseas-qualified professionals permanently living in Victoria. This is a free assessment and helps residents secure work in Victoria.

Applications for overseas qualifications assessment will only be accepted online from 15^th of November 2017.