As the new 491 visa got introduced in November 2019, certain changes were also introduced in the General Skilled Migration Program. The state nomination requirements have been changed by South Australia and moreover, certain new eligibility requirements have been introduced by South Australia within the state nominated occupation lists.

Each one of the changes introduced under the South Australia Nomination Program is listed as follows:

• South Australia Nomination Program has introduced noticeable changes in the point’s requirement for the state nominated visa 190 and state nominated occupation lists. South Australia has introduced these changes only after noticing the change done by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). There are certain occupations under which a candidate is required to score 75 or 80 points to qualify for Visa 190.

The above condition is not the same for the International graduates from South Australia who are living and working in the state for the past 12 months. These international graduates only need to meet the 65 points threshold set by the Australian Government. Also, the minimum points required in order to become eligible for trade occupations is 65 points only.

• A limited number of places are available for the visa 190 when it comes to Australia Immigration. Since, few places are available for subclass 190, additional eligibility criteria is also applicable.

Applicants applying under the High point’s category need to have 95 points which is inclusive of the state nomination points at the time of calculating total points in the Australia Immigration point’s calculator. The high point’s category is the category which is especially designed for the high caliber candidates. It provides them complete access to the supplementary skilled occupation list and other special conditions as well.

On the other hand, applicants applying under the Chain migration category are required to have 75 points in order to apply for skilled migration. Chain Migrant category is a visa 491 pathway for the skilled immigrants so that they can easily reunite with their family members who are living as permanent residents in South Australia.

• The application fee for the state nominations applications for the state of South Australia have been increased by 10%. The new application fee has been updated on the official website of Australian Government i.e. The Department of Home Affairs.

It has been released by the South Australia Nomination program that no further changes will be made in the state nominated occupation list when the system starts accepting applications. Now, the applicants who are looking forward to Australia Immigration in 2021 now can submit their application in South Australia by taking the Visa 190 i.e. state nominated visa and visa 491 i.e. skilled work regional (provisional) pathways as this state is accepting state nomination applications.

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