Before you register your interest or apply for nomination, please ensure that you have read all relevant information for the pathway,
- Minimum requirements for nomination
- Priority attributes for the pathway
- Additional information, exclusions and definitions
- Required documents
All occupations are eligible for these pathways.
If you meet the Subclass 190 pathway requirements but are not eligible for a Subclass 190 visa due to your skills assessment or insufficient SkillSelect points, you can still submit a Registration of Interest and apply under the Subclass 190 pathway. Your application will be assessed and, if approved, you may be nominated for a Subclass 491 visa instead. Please provide a statement outlining your request to be considered for a Subclass 491 nomination if this applies to you.
Subclass 190 - Tasmanian Established Resident Pathways (TER)
You must have lived in Tasmania for at least the last three years, with no more than 50 per cent of your total Australian residence period spent in other Australian states or territories, intend to continue living in Tasmania and either:
- be working in a role with a Tasmanian-based employer that paid at least $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour (excluding overtime, penalties, bonuses or casual loading), with at least 12 months of work in the last two years (minimum 20 hours/week).
- be working in a role that paid at least the National Minimum Wage but less than $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour, with at least 18 months of work in the last 3 years (minimum 20 hours/week).*
- have undertaken remote work for the immediate past 12 months while residing in Tasmania, for an employer or clients located outside the state, earning at least $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour (excluding overtime, penalties, bonuses or casual loading).
- have operated a business in Tasmania for at least the past two years, generating a minimum personal income equal to the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (currently $79,423), with the business also achieving a net profit after receiving that income
*Note that to meet the Gold Priority Atrribute attribute you must have also worked in Tasmania for the last six months with at least one of your jobs providing a minimum (not average) 30 hours of work each week.
Dependant family members must not be living in another Australian state or territory other than Tasmania.
They may be currently living overseas.
If they have relocated from another state or territory, they must have moved to Tasmania at least three months before applying for nomination.
The following attributes are used to rank Registrations of Interest. Only the most competitive candidates are invited to apply for nomination.
To qualify for gold, green or orange-plus priority attributes, your employment must meet the priority income level of $57,000/year or $28.85/hour salary threshold (excluding overtime, penalty rates or casual loading).
To claim any priority attributes, candidates must meet all aspects of the claimed priority attribute before they lodge their ROI. Failure to do so may result in any subsequent nomination application being declined.
Candidates may use only one current job to claim a priority attribute. Multiple concurrent jobs cannot be combined to claim different priority attributes.
The only exceptions are:
- Minimum hours requirement – Multiple concurrent jobs may be combined to meet Green, Orange Plus and Orange minimum hours thresholds.
- Experience requirement – Multiple sequential jobs may be combined to meet an experience threshold.
In both exceptions, every job counted toward the total must independently meet the attribute being claimed.
Candidates with at least one orange-plus priority attribute are considered a high priority. After Gold and Green pass holders, they will be the first Orange pass candidates invited to apply for nomination.
UPDATES
This page was updated on 7 August 2026 with the following:
- Attributes that award points for employment unrelated to skills assessment were updated to also refer to Tasmanian study. This was to clarify that the employment could not be claimed if it related to Tasmanian study but not the skills assessment.
It was updated on 14 August 2026 to clarify that generally only one current job can be used to claim priority attributes.
GOLD | Points |
|---|---|
You have a skills assessment for a teaching occupation (and you are working in a school) or a health or allied health occupation, have worked in Tasmania for the last three months in a job that matches your skills assessment, and you currently meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 1000 |
GREEN | Points |
|---|---|
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 18 months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 500 |
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 9 - 18 months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than 18 months. | 300 |
ORANGE PLUS | Points |
|---|---|
Your base salary is $106,600 per year ($53.95 per hour), or more, and you have received this for at least the last 12 weeks. | 45 |
You have received a personal income from your business for over 12 months of at least $106,600 and your business is still in profit. | 45 |
You have a skills assessment which is directly related to your business operation. | 35 |
Your business had a turnover of more than $500,000 in the last financial year. | 30 |
Your business employs more than 10 local Australian citizens, permanent residents or provisional visa holders. | 30 |
ORANGE | Points |
|---|---|
Your base salary is at least $79,423 per year ($40.19 per hour) but less than $106,600 per year ($53.95 per hour), and you have received this for the last 12 weeks. Do not select if you earn $106,600 per year or more. | 25 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last three but less than nine months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last nine months. | 25 |
You received a personal income from your business of more than $79,423 per year for the last two years, and it is still in profit. | 25 |
You have at least two years of Australian work experience in the same industry as your skills assessment and are currently earning at least the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 23 |
| You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 18 months, in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 20 |
Your base salary is at least $71,480 per year ($36.17 per hour), but less than $79,423 per year ($40.19 per hour), and you have received this for the last 12 weeks. Do not select if you earn $79,423 per year or more. | 20 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last 9 – 18 months in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last 18 months. | 15 |
You have not lived, worked or studied in any other part of Australia outside Tasmania. | 15 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last three but less than nine months in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last nine months. | 8 |
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 12 months in a role that matches your skills assessment or Tasmanian study (minimum Cert III), that paid more than the National Minimum Wage, but less than the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 7 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last 6 - 12 months in a role that matches your skills assessment or Tasmanian study (minimum Cert III), that paid more than the National Minimum Wage, but less than the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last 12 months. | 5 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for five years or more | 4 |
Your spouse has been employed in Tasmania for the last six months in a role that pays at least the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 4 |
Your Tasmanian qualification at AQF Level 5 or above is directly related to an occupation in health, allied health or education. | 3 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for at least four but less than five years. | 3 |
You have operated your business in Tasmania for at least the last 3 years. | 3 |
You are employed in the same industry as your skills assessment or minimum Certificate III Tasmanian study and are paid at least the National Minimum Wage. | 2 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for at least three but less than four years. | 2 |
You have Proficient / Superior English, or you have an exemption to the English language requirements based on your passport country. | 1 |
Your spouse has completed a minimum AQF Level 6 qualification through a Tasmanian education provider, undertaken in Tasmania. | 1 |
When applying for nomination, documentation must be supplied to support the claims made in the Registration of Interest (ROI) and application for nomination. If you do not supply these documents your application might be declined.
You must read and understand the minimum nomination requirements before preparing the documents listed below. In addition to the documents you upload with your application:
- Migration Tasmania may request additional documents or information. People or organisations listed in the application, including education providers, employers and real estate agents, may also be contacted to confirm the information you provide.
- After lodging the application, you can submit additional documents until the application has been assigned to a case officer, or after a case officer requests further information.
- All information you provide must be current, true and correct.
- Where documentation or information is found to be false or misleading, the application will be declined, and details are likely to be passed on to other relevant agencies such as the Department of Home Affairs.
- Skills assessments and English tests must be current at time of nomination. If they are not, the Department of Home Affairs may refuse the visa application.
Mandatory documents
- Passport (Bio-Data page).
- SkillSelect Expression of Interest (EOI) including the personal, educational or employment details referred to in the Registration of Interest and nomination application.
- Skills assessment issued by the relevant assessing body for your stated occupation. Must be dated within the last three years.
- English language report (English proficiency test result) dated within the last three years. If you hold a passport issued by the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, United States of America, or Republic of Ireland and do not need to complete an English language test for your skilled visa please attach a copy of your passport bio data page.
- Curriculum vitae (CV)/resume which includes all study and employment from the last 10 years.
- Travel itinerary to Tasmania demonstrated by airline or Spirit of Tasmania tickets showing date of permanent arrival for you and your dependant in Tasmania.
- Evidence of living in Tasmania since permanent arrival for both you and your dependant, demonstrated by rental agreements or a statutory declaration listing all addresses and dates of stay since arrival in Tasmania (which also lists all household tenants).
- Bank statements that show spending on living expenses in Tasmania and any pay or salary deposits since the date you arrived. The statements must be on official bank letter head, clearly showing the account number and account holder’s name, and be free of highlighting or any other changes. If your dependant has separate bank statements, you must provide their bank statements that show their living expenses in Tasmania.
- Department of Home Affairs Official International Movement Record showing travel to and from Australia. You can request the document from Home Affairs.
For applicants making employment claims:
- Current and previous employment contract and employment confirmation letter signed and dated by the employer outlining pay, conditions and position duties.
- Payslips covering the duration of all employment claims.
- Australian Taxation Office (ATO) income statement(s) for all employment claims. The statement(s) must clearly show your name, have originated from the ATO and cover the full period of employment claimed.
- ATO superannuation statement for all employment claims. The statement must clearly show your name, have originated from the ATO and cover the full period of employment claimed (available through the MyGov service).
- If claiming employment in more than one casual or part-time job - Employment Hours Summary (Excel template) – this must be for the employment period you are claiming and must be supported by payslips.
- Evidence that your pay and conditions are consistent with local market rates.
- payslips or contract including the relevant award or agreement and your job level.
- which award or enterprise agreement applies to your job
- your classification level under that award or agreement
- that your pay rate meets, or is higher than, the required rate for that level.
If your payslips or contract do not include this information, you must provide a written statement from your employer confirming:
For applicants claiming business operations:
- Business registration and operational evidence as follows:
- ABN/ASIC certificate.
- Current Company Extract (https://connectonline.asic.gov.au)
- Business bank and personal bank transaction statements for 12 months of most recent operations.
- Business Activity Statements (BAS) for the duration of business operation claimed.
- ATO Income Statement as evidence of personal income claimed from the business.
- Australian Taxation Office annual Notice of Assessment and Lodgement confirmation
- Statement of Distribution if operating as partnership with spouse.
- Photographic evidence of business location and operations.
Additional supporting documents
The following documents are not mandatory but may help support claims. Applicants can upload the following documents in support of those claims.
- Evidence of sponsoring employer support: If currently holding a Temporary Skill Shortage or Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and worked less than 12 months with their Tasmanian-based sponsoring employer.
- Outstanding Tasmanian debts and payment plan summary: This is required if you have an outstanding debt that is signed and witnessed.
- Appointment of a registered migration agent legal practitioner or exempt person Form 956 (PDF): Required if application has been submitted by a Migration Agent.
- Personal statement that is a maximum one-page summary of your current situation and intentions. It is very important to include this where your ties to Tasmania are unclear, you have lived in another part of Australia for a more than 2 years before moving to Tasmania or your family members are overseas or have only recently joined you.
Include the following points:
- Why do you want to live in Tasmania?
- What community support is available to help you settle?
- What career, business prospects or opportunities do you have in Tasmania?
- Which family members settling with you. Where are they? When did they arrive in Tasmania? Are they currently studying or working?
- If your spouse/partner or any dependants are currently overseas, explain why.
- If they have recently moved to Tasmania from another Australian state or territory, explain what they intend to do in Tasmania.
- Tasmanian drivers’ license.
- Evidence of job offers and interviews unless previously listed as required
- Adult dependant's passport bio-data page.
- Adult dependant's current resume.
- Dependant child/children passports bio-data pages.
- Adult dependant's skills assessment if available.
- Adult dependant's employment contract if claiming dependant employment priority attributes.
- Evidence of marriage, dependant relationship if claiming to meet dependant-related priority attributes. Adult dependant must be included in Expression of Interest on SkillSelect.
Subclass 491 - Tasmanian Established Resident Pathways (TER)
You must have lived in Tasmania for at least the last two years, with no more than 50 per cent of your total Australian residence period spent in other Australian states or territories, and either:
- be working in a role that paid $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour (excluding overtime, penalties, bonuses or casual loading), with at least 6 months of work in the last year (minimum 20 hours/week).
- a role that paid at least the National Minimum Wage but less than $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour, with at least 12 months of work in the last 18 months (minimum 20 hours/week).
Remote work is only eligible for consideration in the subclass 190 Tasmanian Established Resident pathway. It is not eligible for this pathway.
Dependant family members must not be living in another Australian state or territory other than Tasmania.
They may be currently living overseas.
If they have relocated from another state or territory, they must have moved to Tasmania at least three months before applying for nomination.
The following attributes are used to rank Registrations of Interest. Only the most competitive candidates are invited to apply for nomination.
To qualify for gold, green or orange-plus priority attributes, your employment must meet the priority income level of $57,000/year or $28.85/hour salary threshold (excluding overtime, penalty rates or casual loading).
To claim any priority attributes, candidates must meet all aspects of the claimed priority attribute before they lodge their ROI. Failure to do so may result in any subsequent nomination application being declined.
Candidates may use only one current job to claim a priority attribute. Multiple concurrent jobs cannot be combined to claim different priority attributes.
The only exceptions are:
- Minimum hours requirement – Multiple concurrent jobs may be combined to meet Green, Orange Plus and Orange minimum hours thresholds.
- Experience requirement – Multiple sequential jobs may be combined to meet an experience threshold.
In both exceptions, every job counted toward the total must independently meet the attribute being claimed.
Candidates with at least one orange-plus priority attribute are considered a high priority. After Gold and Green pass holders, they will be the first Orange pass candidates invited to apply for nomination.
UPDATES
This page was updated on 7 August 2026 with the following:
- Attributes that award points for employment unrelated to skills assessment were updated to also refer to Tasmanian study. This was to clarify that the employment could not be claimed if it related to Tasmanian study but not the skills assessment.
- An error was corrected where the Orange priority attribute "You have worked in Tasmania for the last 9 – 18 months in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour).", incorrectly referred to two years.
It was updated on 14 August 2026 to clarify that generally only one current job can be used to claim priority attributes.
GOLD | Points |
|---|---|
You have a skills assessment for a teaching occupation (and you are working in a school) or a health or allied health occupation, have worked in Tasmania for the last three months in a job that matches your skills assessment, and you currently meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 1000 |
GREEN | Points |
|---|---|
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 18 months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 500 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last 9 - 18 months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than 18 months. | 300 |
ORANGE PLUS | Points |
|---|---|
Your base salary is $106,600 per year ($53.95 per hour), or more, and you have received this for at least the last 12 weeks. | 40 |
ORANGE | Points |
|---|---|
Your base salary is at least $79,423 per year ($40.19 per hour), but less than $106,600 per year ($53.95 per hour), and you have received this for the last 12 weeks. Do not select if you earn $106,600 per year or more. | 25 |
| You have at least two years of Australian work experience in the same industry as your skills assessment and are currently earning at least the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 20 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last three but less than nine months in a role that matches your skills assessment, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last nine months. | 20 |
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 18 months, in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 18 |
Your base salary is at least $71,480 per year ($36.17 per hour), but less than $79,423 per year ($40.19 per hour), and you have received this for the last 12 weeks. Do not select if you earn $79,423 per year or more. | 15 |
You have not lived, worked or studied in any other part of Australia outside Tasmania. | 15 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last 9 – 18 months in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last 18 months. | 9 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last three but less than nine months in a role that matches neither your skills assessment nor Tasmanian study, and you meet the priority income level (at least $57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last nine months. | 8 |
You have worked in Tasmania for more than the last 12 months in a role that matches your skills assessment or matches your skills assessment or Tasmanian study (minimum Cert III), that paid more than the National Minimum Wage, but less than the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 6 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for five years or more | 4 |
You have worked in Tasmania for the last 6 - 12 months in a role thatmatches your skills assessment or Tasmanian study (minimum Cert III), that paid more than the National Minimum Wage, but less than the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). Do not select if you have worked for more than the last 12 months. | 4 |
Your Tasmanian qualification at AQF Level 5 or above is directly related to an occupation in health, allied health or education. | 3 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for at least four but less than five years | 3 |
Your spouse has been employed in Tasmania for the last six months in a role that pays at least the priority income level ($57,000 per year, or a base rate of $28.85 per hour). | 3 |
You are employed in the same industry as your skills assessment or minimum Certificate III Tasmanian study and are paid at least the National Minimum Wage. | 2 |
You have lived in Tasmania continuously for at least three but less than four years. | 2 |
You have Proficient / Superior English, or you have an exemption to the English language requirements based on your passport country. | 1 |
Your spouse has completed a minimum AQF Level 6 qualification through a Tasmanian education provider, undertaken in Tasmania. | 1 |
When applying for nomination, documentation must be supplied to support the claims made in the Registration of Interest (ROI) and application for nomination. If you do not supply these documents your application might be declined.
You must read and understand the minimum nomination requirements before preparing the documents listed below. In addition to the documents you upload with your application:
- Migration Tasmania may request additional documents or information. People or organisations listed in the application, including education providers, employers and real estate agents, may also be contacted to confirm the information you provide.
- After lodging the application, you can submit additional documents until the application has been assigned to a case officer, or after a case officer requests further information.
- All information you provide must be current, true and correct.
- Where documentation or information is found to be false or misleading, the application will be declined, and details are likely to be passed on to other relevant agencies such as the Department of Home Affairs.
- Skills assessments and English tests must be current at time of nomination. If they are not, the Department of Home Affairs may refuse the visa application.
Mandatory documents
- Passport (Bio-Data page).
- SkillSelect Expression of Interest (EOI) including the personal, educational or employment details referred to in the Registration of Interest and nomination application.
- Skills assessment issued by the relevant assessing body for your stated occupation. Must be dated within the last three years.
- English language report (English proficiency test result) dated within the last three years. If you hold a passport issued by the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, United States of America, or Republic of Ireland and do not need to complete an English language test for your skilled visa please attach a copy of your passport bio data page.
- Curriculum vitae (CV)/resume which includes all study and employment from the last 10 years.
- Travel itinerary to Tasmania demonstrated by airline or Spirit of Tasmania tickets showing date of permanent arrival for you and your dependant in Tasmania.
- Evidence of living in Tasmania since permanent arrival for both you and your dependant, demonstrated by rental agreements or a statutory declaration listing all addresses and dates of stay since arrival in Tasmania (which also lists all household tenants).
- Bank statements that show spending on living expenses in Tasmania and any pay or salary deposits since the date you arrived. The statements must be on official bank letter head, clearly showing the account number and account holder’s name, and be free of highlighting or any other changes. If your dependant has separate bank statements, you must provide their bank statements that show their living expenses in Tasmania.
- Department of Home Affairs Official International Movement Record showing travel to and from Australia. You can request the document from Home Affairs HERE.
- Current and previous employment contract and employment confirmation letter signed and dated by the employer outlining pay, conditions and position duties.
- Payslips covering the duration of all employment claims.
- Australian Taxation Office (ATO) income statement(s) for all employment claims. The statement(s) must clearly show your name, have originated from the ATO and cover the full period of employment claimed.
- ATO superannuation statement for all employment claims. The statement must clearly show your name, have originated from the ATO and cover the full period of employment claimed (available through the MyGov service).
- If claiming employment in more than one casual or part-time job - Employment Hours Summary (Excel template) – this must be for the employment period you are claiming and must be supported by payslips.
- Evidence that your pay and conditions are consistent with local market rates.
- payslips or contract including the relevant award or agreement and your job level.
- which award or enterprise agreement applies to your job
- your classification level under that award or agreement
- that your pay rate meets, or is higher than, the required rate for that level.
If your payslips or contract do not include this information, you must provide a written statement from your employer confirming:
Additional supporting documents
The following documents are not mandatory but may help support claims. Applicants can upload the following documents in support of those claims.
- Evidence of sponsoring employer support: If currently holding a Temporary Skill Shortage or Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and worked less than 12 months with their Tasmanian-based sponsoring employer.
- Outstanding Tasmanian debts and payment plan summary: This is required if you have an outstanding debt that is signed and witnessed.
- Appointment of a registered migration agent legal practitioner or exempt person Form 956 (PDF): Required if application has been submitted by a Migration Agent.
- Personal statement that is a maximum one-page summary of your current situation and intentions. It is very important to include this where your ties to Tasmania are unclear, you have lived in another part of Australia for a more than 2 years before moving to Tasmania or your family members are overseas or have only recently joined you.
- Include the following points:
- Why do you want to live in Tasmania?
- What community support is available to help you settle?
- What career, business prospects or opportunities do you have in Tasmania?
- Which family members settling with you. Where are they? When did they arrive in Tasmania? Are they currently studying or working?
- If your spouse/partner or any dependants are currently overseas, explain why.
- If they have recently moved to Tasmania from another Australian state or territory, explain what they intend to do in Tasmania.
- Include the following points:
- Tasmanian drivers’ license.
- Evidence of job offers and interviews unless previously listed as required
- Adult dependant's passport bio-data page.
- Adult dependant's current resume.
- Dependant child/children passports bio-data pages.
- Adult dependant's skills assessment if available.
- Adult dependant's employment contract if claiming dependant employment priority attributes.
- Evidence of marriage, dependant relationship if claiming to meet dependant-related priority attributes. Adult dependant must be included in Expression of Interest on SkillSelect.