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Immigration South Australia

GPO Box 1264
ADELAIDE SA 5001

Telephone: +61 8 8204 9250
Facsimile: +61 8 8204 9244
E-mail: immigration.sa@state.sa.gov.au
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday -Friday
(excluding public holidays)

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Visa Options

Skilled migration programs are designed to attract people whose technical, trade or professional skills will contribute to South Australia’s economic growth and development.

The following is a list of skilled migration programs that the South Australian Government participates in. They have been jointly developed by the Commonwealth and State Government to assist employers to meet their requirement for skilled labor.

REGIONAL SPONSORED MIGRATION SCHEME (RSMS)

Permanent visa. Employer nominated.

Designed to assist employers to find skilled migrants to fill positions that they have been unable to fill from the local labour market.

Advantages for employers include:

Quicker, personalised processing
No cost to the employer
Streamlined labour market testing
Allows people over 45 who have exceptional levels of expertise, skills and experience to be sponsored
The sponsored employee is committed to the employer for 2 years. Visa cancellation may occur if the employee leaves prior to 2 years without the employer’s consent.

SA is currently the largest user of RSMS within Australia. Adelaide is one of the only two mainland capital cities eligible for this visa.

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STATE/TERRITORY NOMINATED INDEPENDENT (STNI) SCHEME

SKILLED MIGRATION - SPONSORSHIPS

Immigration SA would like to inform you that all applications for Sponsorships for the current Skilled Independent Regional (Provisional) Visa (subclass 495) and the State/Territory Nominated Independent Visa (subclass 137) have been suspended.

Information on State Sponsorship under the revised visa structure by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s new General Skilled Migration Program will be posted on this website in September 2007.

Please visit this website in September for more details on South Australia’s participation, criteria and application procedures for Sponsorship for the Skilled-Sponsored (subclass 176) and Skilled-Regional Sponsored (subclass 475) Visas.

SKILLED INDEPENDENT REGIONAL (PROVISIONAL) "SIR" VISA

SKILLED MIGRATION - SPONSORSHIPS

REGIONAL 457 VISA

Temporary visa, for up to 4 years. Employer nominated.

Applications must be certified by the State Government before they are assessed by DIAC.
All South Australian employers can seek exemption from meeting the skills and salary levels required by DIAC for the standard 457 visas by requesting certification by the State Government.
For employers in the country areas, this visa enables them to access skilled and semi-skilled labor.
Quicker, personalised processing
Provides a pathway to permanent residency through the RSMS.

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SKILLED DESIGNATED AREA SPONSORED (SDAS)

Permanent visa. Sponsored by close relatives who have been residents of SA for at least 12 months.

Applicants must meet all DIAC criteria of age, English proficiency and qualification and have an occupation that is on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) produced by DIAC. There is no points test for this visa.
Successful applicants must have their skills and qualifications assessed by the appropriate authority prior to a visa grant. This provides a pool of qualified skilled labor for local employers.

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SKILL MATCHING

If applicants meet DIAC’s basic criteria on Age, Occupation and English language, they can have information about their skills and qualifications circulated to State/Territory Governments and SA employers via the Skill Matching Database. This database enables employers and recruitment agencies to view the resumes of thousands of overseas skilled workers and match them with skilled job vacancies.

A summary version of the skill matching database can be viewed on DIAC’s website.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT IMMIGRATION SA

Immigration SA
Government of South Australia
GPO Box 2343, ADELAIDE SA 5001
Telephone: +61 8 8204 9250
Facsimile: +61 8 8204 9244
Email: Contact Form
Web: www.immigration.sa.gov.au
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (excluding public holidays)