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Immigration and citizenship

Points calculator
Select visa subclass
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188)

Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)

Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)

Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489)

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)

Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)

To check how many points you might score use the points table (/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/points-table).

Age

Which age band do you t into? *

at least 33 but less than 40 years

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English language requirements

Read the English language skills (/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/english-language) requirements.

How would you rate your English language ability? *

Superior English

Skilled employment experience 

You can only claim points for employment if the employment was in your nominated skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation; and
you were employed for the relevant periods set out in the table, in the 10 years before you are invited to apply. 
For any Australian employment you must have held a substantive visa or a Bridging A (/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/bridging-visa-a-010) or Bridging B
(/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/bridging-visa-b-020) visa and complied with the conditions of that visa to be eligible for points.

Employed means engaged in an occupation for remuneration for at least 20 hours a week.

Closely-related occupations must be:

in the same ANZSCO Unit Group or

consistent with a career advancement pathway or
recognised by an assessing authority that it is closely related to your nominated occupation, as part of your skills assessment

Under the points test there is a cap on the number of points that can be awarded for employment experience. The maximum number of points that
can be awarded is 20, this means that even if you score more than 20 combined points for your employment experience only 20 points will be
awarded.

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Overseas skilled employment – (outside Australia): *

At least 5 but less than 8 years

Australian skilled employment – (in Australia): *

Less than 1 year

Educational quali cations

For points based migration you will receive points for your highest quali cation only. 

Recognition of your quali cations

The authority undertaking your skills assessment may determine if your quali cations are comparable to the relevant Australian quali cation.
Assessing authorities are listed against your occupation in the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations (/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list). You
must have obtained this recognition at the time you are invited to apply for a visa.

If you hold an overseas quali cation at bachelor level or above and your skills assessing authority did not offer an opinion on that quali cation then it
is open to you to contact Vocational Education Training and Assessment Services (VETASSESS) for advice.

VETASSESS can provide an assessment of the comparative educational level of these quali cations against the Australian Quali cations Framework
(AQF). Advice from VETASSESS should be provided with your application to support your claim for these points.

To obtain an assessment  contact Vocational Education Training and Assessment Services (https://www.vetassess.com.au/).

Doctoral requirements (PhD)

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You can only be awarded points for a doctoral degree if you have completed a quali cation at the relevant level, that is,  a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
You cannot claim these points for the award of other quali cations that give you the right to use to the title of Doctor (that is, general practitioner,
dentist, vet).

What is your highest educational quali cation? *

At least a Bachelor degree from an Australian educational institution or at least a Bachelor quali cation, from another educational institution,
that is of a recognised standard

Australian study requirement

To claim this read Australian study requirement (/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/australian-study-requirement)

Do you have at least 1 degree, diploma or trade quali cation from an Australian educational institution that meets the
Australian study requirement? *
Yes

No

Specialist education quali cation

The postgraduate degree by research (doctorate or masters) must be awarded from an Australian education institution after at least 2 academic
years of study in the following science, technology, engineering, mathematics or speci ed information and communication technology (ICT) elds:
Do you have a Masters degree by research or a Doctorate degree from an Australian educational institution that included at
Natural
least 2 and physicalyears
academic sciences
to in a relevant eld? *
Yes
biological sciences
chemical sciences
No
earth sciences
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natural and physical sciences

other natural and physical sciences
Credentialled community language
physics and astronomy

Information technology
Have you been accredited at the paraprofessional level or above, certi ed at the certi ed provisional level or above, or have a
community language credential for interpreting or translating by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and
computer science
Interpreters.*? *
information systems
information
Yes technology
other information technology
No
Engineering and related technologies
*National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (http://www.naati.com.au/)
aerospace engineering and technology
civil engineering
electrical and electronic engineering and technology
engineering and related technologies
Study in regional Australia
geomatics engineering
manufacturing engineering and technology
To be eligible for the award of points your educational quali cation:
maritime engineering and technology
mechanical and industrial engineering and technology
must meet the Australian study requirement (/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/australian-study-requirement)
other engineering and related technologies
have been obtained while you lived in, and studied at a campus in a designated regional area
process and resources engineering.
not include study undertaken by distance education

To determine whether your quali cation is eligible, see the CRICOS (http://cricos.education.gov.au/) website.

Do you have at least 1 degree, diploma or trade quali cation from an Australian educational institution that satis es the
Australian study requirement obtained while living and studying in an eligible area of regional Australia? *
Yes

No

Partner skills
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Requirement Points

Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and meet age, English and skill criteria 10

For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an
Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen.  Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that when you were invited to
apply for this visa that they:

were under 45 years old

had competent English (/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/english-language/competent-english)
had nominated a skilled occupation that is on the same skilled occupation list as your nominated skilled occupation
had a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment
wasn’t for a Subclass 485 visa.

Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and has competent English (/help-support/meeting-our- 5
requirements/english-language/competent-english)

For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an
Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen.

You are single or your partner is an Australian citizen or permanent resident 10

Select the relevant partner skills quali cations: *

Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and has competent English

Professional year in Australia

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At the time of invitation to apply, you had completed a Professional Year. To be eligible for the award of these points your Professional Year must
have been in Accounting, ICT/Computing or Engineering, and:

in your nominated occupation or a closely related occupation

completed over a period of at least 12 months
completed in Australia in the four years before you are invited to apply for a visa
provided by one of these organisations:

the Australian Computer Society (http://www.acs.org.au/)

CPA Australia (http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/)
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/)
the Institute of Public Accountants (http://www.publicaccountants.org.au/) (formerly the National Institute of Accountants)
Engineers Australia (http://www.eeaust.com.au/).

Did you complete a professional year in Australia? *

Yes

No

Your total points summary

Age:

25

English language:

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20

Work experience outside Australia:

10

Work experience in Australia:

Quali cations:

15

Australian study requirement:

Specialist education requirement:

Accredition in a community language:

0
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Study in regional Australia:

Partner skills:

Professional year in Australia:

Your points total

75

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Last updated:
18 November 2019

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