If you have been invited to apply for nomination, ensure you have prepared all of the required supporting documents for your selected pathway before you apply. Also assemble all the documents you will need to lodge a visa application with the Department of Home Affairs if you are nominated.

Your invitation is valid for 28 days. There is a non-refundable fee of $387 (plus 10% GST) to apply for nomination.

If you lodge an application and you are not eligible, or the claims in your Registration of Interest were incorrect or not supported by evidence, it will not be approved.

Unsuccessful Subclass 190 applications may also be considered for Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa nomination. 

If you would like this to occur, you must include Subclass 491 as an option on your SkillSelect Expression of Interest (EOI). Unsuccessful Subclass 190 applicants who fail to include both options will not be supported for visa nomination.

Multiple nominations are not permitted.

Nominees who have applied for a subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa will not be nominated for subclass 190 in the future. The subclass 491 visa provides a pathway to permanent residency through the Subclass 191 visa.

This page was last updated on 5 August 2026