Queensland Skilled Occupation list 2022 and QLD Migration Program Update

The Migration Queensland Skilled Occupation list 2022 is now OPEN officialy launched today August 16, 202, along with Queensland’s new nomination criteria. The program is open to onshore and offshore applicants.

Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa is a permanent state nominated visa and is available for skilled workers who wish to live and work in Queensland permanently.

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) allows nominated skilled workers to live and work in regional Queensland for 5 years and is a 5-year provisional state nominated visa with a pathway to permanent residency.

Applicants must meet all requirements at the time EOI is submitted.

Skilled workers living in Queensland

Migration Queensland criteria requires you to:

• have a points-test result of 80 or higher for the 190, and 65 or higher for the 491
• have an occupation on Home Affairs’ relevant list of eligible skilled occupations
• have Proficient English or higher (except for Trades occupations, which require Competent English).
• if you are lodging an Expression of Interest for a 190 visa: Ensure that you can provide evidence that you have been living in Queensland and undertaking full-time post-qualification employment (minimum of 35 hours per week) over the past 6 months in your nominated occupation immediately prior to submitting your EOI.
• if you are lodging an Expression of Interest for a 491 visa: Ensure that you can provide evidence that you have been living in regional Queensland and undertaking full-time post-qualification employment (minimum of 35 hours per week) over the past 3 months in your nominated occupation immediately prior to submitting your EOI.
• provide evidence of ongoing employment with a Queensland employer that is registered in Queensland for a further 12 months (minimum of 35 hours per week). For a 491 visa, this must be ongoing employment in a regional area.
• commit to living and working in Queensland for 2 years for a 190 visa and 3 years for the 491 from visa grant.

Businesses must have an office in Queensland. A virtual office will not be accepted.

Queensland Skilled Occupation list 2022 – Caveats for Selected Occupations

Accountants (General)

• Only applicants employed in an accounting firm will receive an invitation
• must be a CPA or CA, or are studying towards becoming a CPA or CA.

Internal and External Auditors

• must have a job as an Auditor (not an Accountant).

Cooks and Chefs

• No takeaway or fast-food businesses.

Skilled workers living offshore

Migration Queensland criteria requires you to:

• have a points-test result of 80 or higher for the 190 (unless otherwise specified), and 65 or higher for the 491
• have an occupation on the Offshore Queensland Skilled Occupation List (QSOL)
• have Proficient English or higher (except where otherwise specified)
• have a minimum of 3-years of post-study work experience (except where otherwise specified)

Invitations will go to the highest points per occupation and this is likely to vary for each occupation.

Other requirements may be considered where there are a large number of EOIs for a particular occupation on the same points – eg. regional location, years of work experience.

EOIs will remain in the queue based on the points when they were originally lodged.

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