What are the Temporary Graduate - 485 visa requirements?

The Temporary Graduate Visa SC 485 has 4 streams from which you can apply through. They are:

1. Post-Vocational Education Work stream

2. Post-Higher Education Work

3. Second Post-Higher Education Work

It’s important that you select the correct stream depending on your circumstances for a successful visa outcome.

In addition to the general eligibility criteria, there are specific requirements to be fulfilled for the respective streams.

• Post-Vocational Education Work stream

  • Be under 35 years of age or can be under 50 years of age if you hold a Hong Kong or British National Overseas passport.

  • Have at least a diploma or a trade qualification

  • Nominate an occupation on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)

  • Have a positive skill assessment

• Post-Higher Education Work stream 

  • Be under 35 years of age or can be above 50 years if you have a Masters (research) or Doctoral Degree (PhD) or hold a Hong Kong or British National Overseas passport.

  • Have a bachelors, masters or doctoral qualification

• Second Post-Higher Education Work stream 

  • Be under 35 years of age or can be above 50 years if you have a Masters (research) or Doctoral Degree (PhD) for the grant of your first SC 485 visa or hold a Hong Kong or British National Overseas passport.

  • Have a bachelors, masters or doctoral qualification

  • Have studied at an education provider that is in a designated regional area.

  • Must have studied, lived and worked in regional area for at least 2 years

Fulfilling the Australian Study requirement means meeting the criteria set out by the department. You must essentially:

• Have a degree, diploma or a trade qualification

• Have a CRICOS-registered course

• Have successfully completed all course requirements

• Course be taught in English

• The course must be for at least two academic years (92) weeks

• Complete the course in Australia in not less than 16 calendar months

• Have held an Australian visa that allows to study.

For migration purposes, the majority of Australia's areas outside of the country's three largest cities; Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane are categorized as designated regional areas. There are two categories of regional areas Category 2 and Category 3.

Category 2 have ‘Cities and Major Regional Centres’ of Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Newcastle/Lake Macquarie, Wollongong/Illawarra, Geelong and Hobart.

Anyone who belong to the Category 2 will enjoy benefits of priority processing of their visas, access to regional occupation list and get an extra year a on a post-study work visa if you have a degree.

Category 3 have ‘Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas’ with dedicated 11,200 regional places. The post codes can be accessed here.

Individuals who belong to Category 3 will enjoy the benefits same as individuals in Category 2. They will have additional benefits like an extra 2 year on a post-study work visa if you have a degree and have priority in negotiating region-specific Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs).

• Identity documents

• Academic documents

  • Transcripts

  • Completion letter from the Australian education institution

• English language proficiency documents

  • IELTS/PTE/TOEFL etc

• Health insurance documents

  • Overseas Visitor Health Cover

  • Medicare card or proof of your enrolment with Medicare

• Skill Assessment documents

• Character documents

  • Police certificates from each country you've resided in for 12 months or more during the past 10 years.

  • Police certificate from AFP

  • Form 80 Personal particulars for character assessment

  • Form 1221 additional personal particulars information

• Family documents

  • Marriage certificate or de facto registration certificate

  • Passports of your spouse/de factor partner and children

  • Birth certificates of your children