State nomination

1. Check you're eligible. Under 45, at least Competent English, a skills assessment on Victoria's list and at least 65 points (including the 5 for nomination). Your English test and skills assessment need at least 12 weeks' validity left when you apply for nomination.
2. Lodge your SkillSelect EOI. Lodge or update your expression of interest with Home Affairs and note the EOI number.
3. Submit a Registration of Interest. Through the Live in Melbourne portal, using your EOI number. Fee A$60 (A$66 if you pay in Australia). Victoria ranks registrations with the Victorian Points Test.
4. If invited, apply for nomination. Submit the nomination application in the portal by the deadline in your invitation email. Fee A$180 (A$198 in Australia). Emailed documents aren't accepted.
5. Wait for the decision. Victoria's average is 20 business days, not counting time waiting for extra information you're asked for.
6. Lodge your visa. If nominated, lodge your visa with Home Affairs within 60 days. Then live and work in Victoria for at least two years and answer Victoria's surveys every six months for two years.

• Passport.
• Proof you live in Victoria, such as 6 months of bank statements from your main account showing salary and everyday spending, a lease, utility bills, or a driver's licence or proof of age card.
• If you claimed earnings: employment contract, position description (dates, weekly hours, duties), payslips for at least the last 4 weeks, and a super statement showing recent contributions.
• Skills assessment and English test, each with at least 12 weeks' validity left.

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1. Check you're eligible. Your occupation's ANZSCO unit group must be on the NSW Skills List, and you must meet the NSW residence or work rules and the visa rules.
2. Lodge your SkillSelect EOI. Choose NSW. Every claim in your EOI must be backed by valid (not expired) documents.
3. Wait for an invitation. NSW invites from valid EOIs in rounds through the program year.
4. Apply within 14 days. The invitation link is valid for 14 days only and won't be extended. Your documents must stay valid for at least 5 days after you submit.
5. Wait for the decision. NSW usually assesses applications within 6 weeks.
6. Lodge your visa. If nominated, Home Affairs invites you to apply. Lodge within 60 days.

• NSW doesn't publish a single checklist. You must prove every claim in your EOI: skills assessment, English test, qualifications, work experience, age and partner claims.
• Proof of your NSW residence or NSW work, as the NSW rules require.
• All documents valid for at least 5 days after you submit.

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1. Check you're eligible. Right now, onshore registrations are only for people living and working in SA whose visa expires by 31 January 2027. Overseas applicants keep a SkillSelect EOI.
2. Lodge your SkillSelect EOI. Everyone needs a current EOI.
3. Onshore: lodge a Registration of Interest. In the Skilled & Business Migration portal, with your visa grant letter, CV and a current employment reference.
4. If invited, apply in the portal. Upload every document when you apply; late documents aren't accepted unless SA asks. An application must be submitted within 14 days of creating it, or it's deleted.
5. Wait for the decision. Currently 2 to 8 weeks.
6. Lodge your visa. An SA nomination offer is valid for 60 days. Lodge your visa with Home Affairs in that time.

• Passport bio page (and your partner's), plus your visa grant letter if you're in Australia.
• Positive skills assessment, all pages.
• English test certificate (UK, Irish, NZ, US and Canadian passport holders don't need one). It must be under 3 years old at the nomination decision.
• Degree certificates and transcripts for anything you claim. Australian study: also a completion letter or transcript showing course length and campus.
• Employer reference letters on letterhead, payslips (one PDF per employer, in date order) and super statements.
• Proof you live in SA: bank statements showing salary and daily spending, and your lease with proof of rent. Statutory declarations, phone bills and driver's licences aren't accepted.
• Stream extras: CV (offshore), employer consent letter (457, 482 or 494 holders with 12+ months left), invoices and tax returns (self-employed).
• Documents not in English must be translated by a qualified translator.

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1. Check you're eligible. Under 45 and at least 65 points, in the General stream (WASMOL Schedule 1 or 2) or the Graduate stream. Most 190 General applicants need a WA employment contract; the 491 doesn't.
2. Lodge your SkillSelect EOI. Choose Western Australia.
3. Wait for an invitation. WA invites in monthly rounds. You get an email with a link to the application form.
4. Apply within 28 days. Create a Migration WA portal profile, accept the terms and lodge within 28 calendar days. Fee A$200, non-refundable.
5. Wait for the decision. About 28 working days for decision-ready applications.
6. Lodge your visa. If approved, WA nominates you in SkillSelect (if places are left; otherwise it carries over to next program year). Lodge within 60 days of Home Affairs' invitation.

• Current skills assessment matching your occupation.
• English test results, or an eligible passport.
• Work evidence: payslips (WA template) or an employer letter with the required details.
• WA employment contract where required: full-time, at least 6 months, one document, signed and dated by both sides.
• Graduate stream: award certificate, transcripts, provider letters and enrolment confirmations.
• If invited with WA residence priority: a lease, bank or mortgage statements, plus two secondary items such as WA work records.

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1. Lodge your SkillSelect EOI. It must be valid, and it can't be changed once ACT approves you, so check it first.
2. Check ACT eligibility. Use the July 2026 guidelines for Canberra residents or for overseas applicants.
3. Submit a Canberra Matrix. In the ACT Migration Application Portal. Fee A$25 (A$27.50 with GST), paid within 7 days or it lapses. Updating or withdrawing it is free.
4. Wait for an invitation. ACT ranks Matrix submissions and invites in regular rounds.
5. Apply within 14 days. The nomination application is open for 14 days. Fee A$325 (A$357.50 with GST).
6. Wait for the decision. Generally within 3 weeks. You can ask for faster assessment if your visa, English test, skills assessment or passport expires, or you'd lose age points, within 10 working days.
7. Lodge your visa. ACT nominates you in SkillSelect, which triggers your invitation. Lodge within 60 days.

• SkillSelect EOI summary and points advice.
• Skills assessment (valid when you submit the Matrix) and English test.
• Passport bio page, CV and current VEVO (you and your partner).
• Signed, witnessed declaration to live and work in Canberra for at least two years.
• Canberra residents: bank statements, payslips, a summary of working hours, an employer statutory declaration and a summary of your ACT residence.
• Overseas: overseas work evidence, a signed financial declaration, and if relevant previous ACT residence proof or an ACT job offer.
• Partner and family relationship documents (statutory declarations not accepted).

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