Overview
Skilled Regional Sponsored visa is a type of visa that is issued to individuals arriving in Australia for a job. It allows the holder to live, work, and study in a specified “Regional Area” for up to 4 years. To grab a permanent resident, the applicant has to live in that specified area for at least two years and have to work for one year in total.
Eligibility criteria for Skilled Regional Sponsored Visa:
- Those who are nominated or sponsored by a state or a territory in Australia can apply
- He or she is in a vocation/occupation which duly finds mention on the related skilled occupation list
- He or she is under 50
- Has to file Expression of Interest (EOI)
- Has competency of English as a foreign language
- Obtained 60 points in the points test
- Successfully cater to the character and health prerequisites.
- Ability to carry minimum settlement funds.