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Tasmania STATE NOMINATION

Sep 11, 2022 | TAS | 0 comments

About Tasmania

Tasmania is an island state of Australia, located 240km to the south of the Australian mainland. Tasmania’s cities and towns are rich in history yet has all the modern amenities and services you would expect. Almost half of Tasmania’s land mass lies in national parks and World Heritage Areas, with sparkling alpine lakes, wild rivers, and mist-cloaked peaks. It has some of the most beautiful attractions, including Cradle Mountain, Port Arthur Historic Site, Freycinet National Park and Mount Wellington!

Migration to Tasmania

In order to immigrate to Tasmania, you can apply for following visas:  

  • Skilled Nominated Subclass 190 
  • Skilled Regional (Provisional) Subclass 491 

To apply for these visas, applicants mut meet the Department of Home Affairs and Tasmanian Government State Nomination requirements.

Skilled Nominated Subclass 190

The Skilled Nominated visa (Subclass 190) is a permanent residence visa for skilled workers which allows you to live and work in Tasmania. Nomination from Tasmania for this visa provides you with 5 additional points to help meet the Department of Home Affairs points test pass mark of 65 points.

If you are nominated by the Tasmanian Government for this visa, you must live in Tasmania for at least 2 years after the visa has been granted.

  1. Employment Pathway
  • You must be in an occupation listed on the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Employment Occupation List (TOSOL)
  • Must be working in Tasmania for 6 months immediately prior to your application and working 20 hours per week on average
  • Currently living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania 
  • Your employment needs to be to be closely related to your nominated occupation
  • There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12-month contract with at least 3 months remaining at the time you apply for nomination).
  1. Skilled Employment Pathway 
  • You must have completed a course of study and obtained a letter of completion from a tertiary institution in Tasmania registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS).
  • You must have lived in the state for at least two calendar years from the commencement of your course and for the duration of your studies.
  • Your course of study must be AQF 5 (Diploma) or higher, or at least Certificate III related to an ANZSCO Major Group 3 or Group 4 occupation, and be listed on CRICOS with a duration of at least 92 weeks.
  • Your course must have been completed full-time and on-site in Tasmania.
  • you must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania.
  1. Skilled Graduate Pathway
  • You must have been living in Tasmania for at least 3 years (with no more than 50 percent of your total Australian residence period spent in another Australian state or territory), and one of:
  • Currently be employed in Tasmania in an ANZSCO Skill Levels 1-3, including a cumulative 12 out of the last 24 months, (a minimum 20 hours per week on average).
  • Currently be employed in Tasmania, including a cumulative 18 months in the last 3 years, in an ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5 (a minimum 20 hours per week on average).
  • Have operated a business for at least the last 2 years with taxable earnings equivalent to the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (currently $53 900).

Skilled Regional (Provisional) Subclass 491 requirements

The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491) visa allows points-tested skilled workers and their families to live, study and work in designated regional areas for a period of 5 years.

  1. Employment Pathway

If you are working in a role classified as Skill Level 1 – 3 according to ANZSCO:

  • You must have been working in Tasmania for at least 6 months immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the 6-month period immediately prior to lodging your application.
  • If you have a skills assessment and related employment in an occupation listed on the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL) – you may be eligible for nomination after 3 months of employment.
  • You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania (your dependents must not be living in another Australian state or territory).
  • Your employment does not need to be related to your skills assessment.
  • There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12-month contract with at least 3 months remaining at the time you apply for nomination).
  • If you are a subcontractor, you may be considered in this pathway if you have a related skills assessment and at least 12 months business activity in Tasmania.
  • If your employment is not related to your skills-assessment you must have relevant qualifications or experience consistent with the ANZSCO definition for that role.

 If you are working in a role classified at ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5:

  • You must have been working in Tasmania for at least 6 months* immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the 6-month period prior to lodging your application
  1. Graduate Pathway  
  • You must have completed a course of study and obtained a letter of completion from a tertiary institution in Tasmania registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS).
  • You must have lived in the state for at least one calendar year from the commencement of your course and for the duration of your studies.
  • Your course of study must be AQF 5 (Diploma) or higher, or at least Certificate III related to an ANZSCO Major Group 3 or Group 4 occupation, and be listed on CRICOS with a duration of at least 40 weeks.
  • Your course must have been completed full-time and on-site in Tasmania.
  • You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania.
  1. Established Resident Pathway

You must have been living in Tasmania for at least 2 years (with no more than 50 percent of total Australian residence period spent in another Australian state or territory) and currently be employed in Tasmania in either:

  • a role equivalent to ANZSCO Skill Level 1-3, including a cumulative 6 months experience at the same level in the last 12 months (a minimum 20 hours per week), or
  • a role equivalent to ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5, with a cumulative 12 months experience at the same level or higher in the last 18 months (a minimum 20 hours per week)
  1. Business Operator Pathway
  • You must demonstrate that you have established and operated a business (solely owned or co-owned with spouse) in Tasmania for at least 12 months
  • Your business must have provided a personal taxable income to you of at least 85 percent of the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (i.e. currently $45 815)
  • You must show that you have an understanding of the responsibilities and requirements around treating employees fairly by completing key units on the Fair Work Ombudsman’s online learning centre
  • Owners of massage therapy businesses must have a related skills assessment and the business must be in a hospital, aged or disability care setting or an allied healthcare setting such as a physiotherapy clinic
  • Subcontracting business owners are not eligible for consideration in this pathway.
  1. Overseas Applicant – Job Offer Pathway 
  • You must have received a formal job offer for a job that is based in Tasmania that is closely related to your nominated occupation.
  • You, or any of your dependents must not have lived in another Australian state or territory within the last 12 months.
  • Your employer must have a well-established business that has been actively operating in Tasmania for at least the past 12 months.
  • Your wages and conditions must be no less favourable than those that would apply to an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and salary or wages must be at least equivalent to the local market salary rate.
  • There must be a genuine and ongoing need for your position within the business and the capacity for the business to sustain your employment.
  • Massage therapist positions must be located in a hospital, aged or disability care setting or an allied healthcare setting such as a physiotherapy clinic.
  1. Overseas Applicant – Invitation Pathway

 Migration Tasmania has contacted you in writing through Skillselect to register on the Migration Tasmania Gateway (you will not be able to register if you have not first been contacted by Migration Tasmania).

  • Your nominated occupation must be listed in the Overseas Skilled Occupation Profiles (OSOP) list.
  • You, or any of your dependants, must not have lived in another Australian state or territory within the last twelve months.
  • You must have access to sufficient financial assets to fund your migration and settlement in Tasmania for at least 6 months while you seek employment.
  • If invited to apply for nomination you must provide evidence of contact with at least 2 Tasmanian employers who have been operating in Tasmania for at least 12 months. This should indicate that the business is interested in discussing employment opportunities with you.
  • If invited to apply for nomination you must provide personal research into recent advertised positions relevant to your nominated occupation (a minimum of 2 vacancies no older than 6 weeks before you apply for nomination).
  • You must provide an employment statement for each advertisement explaining how your qualifications, knowledge and experience relate to and meet the requirements for each of the job advertisements.