All About Australian Permanent Residency Visa

Posted by Ivan Lee Migration Solutions on May 7th, 2018

Australia offers multiple visa categories for the Australian PR Visa, permanent residency, and Australian Citizenship Application. Candidates can choose one from the following categories including Australian Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190, Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189, Visitor Visa Subclass 600, Australian Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 489, and Australian Temporary Work Visa Subclass 457 when applying for Australian PR.

The eligibility for Permanent Visa Australia is mainly decided by the points system. The points are calculated from the score which a candidate achieves on the basis of his language proficiency, work experience, skills, age, education, etc.

Benefits of holding a status of PR in Australia

A person receives multiple rights on holding Australian permanent residency status:

• Person can live and work in Australia for extended time period.
• The PR visa helps the person in getting citizenship later.
• For first five years, you can enter and exit Australia. Also, this benefit can further be extended after five years.
• While holding a PR, you can enjoy all the rights including legal and medical facilities like any other Australian citizen.
• By satisfying residence criteria and proving the financial support, you can also sponsor your relatives to Australia.
• Through Australian PR, you can apply for the Australian Consular assistance overseas.
• With Australian PR, you get the facility to visit, work, explore, or study in New Zealand, but for this, the approval of New Zealand government is demanded.
• If you have kids in Australia, they will be considered as the Australian citizen by birth.

Australian PR requirements

You have to furnish suitable documents and apply at the point based system to be eligible for applying for one of the Australian Permanent visas. Here are the prerequisites for applying for an Australian PR visa:

1. Prepare the documents
2. Select the best-suited visa category
3. Selection you occupation from the SOL
4. Applying to the points-based system
5. Fulfill the character and health requirements

The process of Applying for the Australian PR

Visa application process could be much easier if you follow step-by-step process. Also, you need to submit the application fee at the time of application form submission.

Once you are done with the collection of necessary documents, you must focus on selecting the visa category that suits your profile. After this, submit your Express of Interest (EOI) to the SkillSelect which receives all EOIs for an Australian visa.

Now, wait for the time till your profile is accessed by the authority and sent you an Invitation to Apply (ITA) based on your points. If you get ITA, you will then need to provide all the documents along with duly filled application form within 60 days of receiving ITA.