Tasmanian Skilled Employment Pathway

Subclass 491 -  Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa

To be considered for this pathway you must meet all the criteria below.

You may also need to possess one or more of the Priority Attributes listed for this pathway.

All occupations are eligible for this pathway.

If you are working in a role classified as Skill Level 1 – 3 according to ANZSCO

• You must have been working in Tasmania for at least six months immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the six-month period immediately prior to lodging your application.
• If you have a skills assessment and related employment in an occupation listed on the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL ) – you are eligible for nomination after three months of employment.
• You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania (your dependents must not be living in another Australian state or territory).
• Your employment does not need to be related to your skills assessment.
• There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12-month contract with at least three months remaining at the time you apply for nomination).
• If you are a subcontractor, you may be considered in this pathway if you have a related skills assessment and at least 12 months business activity in Tasmania.
• If your employment is not related to your skills assessment, you must have relevant qualifications or experience consistent with the ANZSCO definition for that role (see “additional information, exclusions and definitions”).

If you are working in a role classified at ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5

• You must have been working in Tasmania for at least twelve months immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the 12-month period prior to lodging your application
• You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania (your dependents must not be living in another Australian state or territory).
• Your employment must be ongoing, for at least six months beyond the application date.
• There must be a genuine and demonstrated severe labour recruitment difficulty for the role, endorsed by your employer in a statement detailing the need for the position, local recruitment and workforce development activities and strategies in place that have attempted to address that recruitment difficulty.
• You must have relevant qualifications or experience consistent with the ANZSCO definition for that role (see “additional information, exclusions and definitions”).
• There must be opportunities for career advancement, endorsed in writing by your employer.

Employment and conditions

• Your employer must be a well-established business that has been actively operating in Tasmania for the past 12 months.
• Your wages and conditions must be no less favourable than those that would apply to an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and salary or wages are at least equivalent to the market salary rate.
• There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12 month contract with at least three months remaining at the time you apply for nomination). The contract may be casual, but must comply with the Fair Work Ombudsman’s National Employment Standards.

Please also read the additional information, exclusions and definitions and the frequently asked questions.