This is an onshore temporary visa designed for overseas students who have completed their studies in Australia but does not meet requirements for permanent visas. This visa may give them a chance to gain working experience, attend a professional year, or improve their English language skills before becoming eligible for a permanent visa.

A prospective primary applicant, in general,:

• must be under 50 years
• must be in Australia (unless eligible for covid-19 concession)
• must hold an eligible visa
• must meet Australian study requirement (ASR)
• meet English language requirements
• must have graduated recently
• must meet stream specific requirements (graduate work or post-study)
• must meet health and character requirements
• must have adequate health insurance
• must not have held 476 or 485 visa as a primary visa holder
• may include family members

An eligible visa is, generally, a student visa other than Foreign Affairs student or Defence Student or a family member student visa. In certain circumstances, an applicant may hold other substantive visa or a bridging visa or no visa.

Australian study requirement is satisfied if the applicant has completed 1 or more degrees, diplomas or trade qualifications for award by an Australian educational institution as a result of a course or courses:

(a) that are registered courses; and

(b) that were completed in a total of at least 16 calendar months; and

(c) that were completed as a result of a total of at least 2 academic years study; and

(d) for which all instruction was conducted in English; and

(e) that the applicant undertook while in Australia as the holder of a visa authorising the applicant to study.

The Australian study requirement must have been satisfied in the last 6 months (unless eligible for covid-19 concession).

English language requirement:

Stream Specific Requirements - Post-study Stream

An applicant must have held their first student on the basis of an application made on or after 5 November 2011.

The qualification used to satisfy Australian Study Requirement must be a result of study undertaken at Australian Qualifications Framework level seven or higher:

(a) Bachelor Degree;
(b) Bachelor (Honours) Degree;
(c) Masters by Coursework Degree;
(d) Masters by Research Degree;
(e) Masters (Extended) Degree and/or;
(f) Doctoral Degree.

STREAM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS - GRADUATE WORK STREAM

An applicant must nominate a skilled occuapation on MLTSSL. The qualification used to satisfy Australian Study Requirement is closely related to the nominated skilled occupation.

An applicant needs to apply and obtain a positive skills assessment for the nominated skilled occupation.

Fees and Visa grant Period

Stream	Application Fee	Visa Period
Post-study	$1,650	2-4 years*
Graduate Work	$1,650	18 months

 

*Post-study stream - visa grant period:

Bachelor: 2 year visa period
Bachelor with Honours: 2 year visa period
Master by Coursework: 2 year visa period
Master (extended): 2 year visa period
Master by Research: 3 year visa period
Doctorate: 4 year visa period.

 

 

Source: https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/davidcoleman/Pages/morrison-government-increases-regional-migration-target.aspx

Expected Definition of Regional Australia

Definition	Locations
Major Cities	Sydney Melbourne Brisbane
Designated city or major regional centre	Perth Adelaide the Gold Coast/the Sunshine Coast Newcastle/Lake Macquarie Wollongong/Illawarra Canberra Geelong Hobart
Regional centre or other regional area	All other locations

A designated regional area means:

                     (a)  a designated city or major regional centre; or

                     (b)  a regional centre or other regional area.

 

 Requirements for a second 485 Visa (primary applicant, in general):

• an applicant must be in Australia
• an applican must hold a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Study Work stream
• for 2 years visa: an applicant was granted the first visa on the basis of study undertaken in a regional centre or other regional area at an educational institution located in the regional centre or other regional area and lived only in a regional centre or other regional area while undertaking the study
• for 2 years visa: intends to live, work or study only in a regional centre or other regional area
• for 2 years visa: an applicant lived, worked or studied only in a regional centre or other regional area for a period of at least 2 years immediately before applying for the second visa
• for 1 year visa: an applicant was granted the first visa on the basis of study undertaken in a a designated regional area at an educational institution located in  a designated regional area and lived only in a  a designated regional area while undertaking the study
• for 1 year visa: an applicant lived, worked or studied only in a designated regional area for a period of at least 2 years immediately before applying for the second visa
• for 1 year visa: intends to live, work or study only in a designated regional area
• for 1 year visa: an applicant cannot satisfy the requirements for 2 years visa
• must meet health and character requirements
• must have adequate health insurance

The second 485 visa will be granted with a condition 8610 requiring a visa holder to live, work and study in a regional centre or other regional area OR a designated regional area as applicable.

FEES AND VISA GRANT PERIOD

Applicable Regional Australia	Application Fee	Visa Period
Regional centre or other regional area	$650	2 years
A designated regional area	$650	1 year

This is a temporary visa intended to permit students who have graduated from certain overseas tertiary institutions to come to Australia.

An applicant:

• must be under 31 years
• must have completed an eligible engineering qualification from a recognised institution in the past two years
• must not have held 476 or 485 visa as a primary visa holder
• must meet English language requirements
• must meet health and character requirements
• may include family members

An eligible engineering qualification is a degree engineering qualification awarded by an institution

(a) whose name is published on the website of an accrediting body that is a signatory to the Washington Accord; AND
(b) that conducts a course that is accredited by that accrediting body under the Washington Accord

OR

Country	Institution
Argentina	Catholic University of Argentina
Brazil	Federal University of Minas Gerais
Chile	Universidad Catolica del Norte Catholic University of Chile -Antofagasta University of Chile University of Concepcion
Finland	HUT, Helsinki
Germany	RWTH, Aachen Technical University of Berlin Technical University of Clausthal TU Bergakademie Freiberg University of Hannover
Hungary	University of Miskolc
India	Anna University—Chennai Banaras Hindu University—Varanasi Indian Institute of Science—Bangalore Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Indian School of Mines—Dhanbad
Iran	Amir Kabir University of Technology University of Tehran
PRC China	Beijing Normal University Beijing Petroleum University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Technology (formerly Beijing Polytechnic University) China University of Mining & Technology—Beijing Guangzhou University Shanghai University of Engineering Science Shanghai Jiaotong University Tongji University Tsinghua University University of Science and Technology—Beijing
Philippines	University of the Philippines
Poland	Wroclaw University of Technology
Slovakia	TU Kosice
Sweden	Lulea University of Technology
Tanzania	University of Dar es Salaam

 

English language requirement:

Application fee: $405

Visa validity: 18 months

PLEASE NOTE: All information valid as at 01/08/2017. Last updated on 19/12/2020 to reflect an introduction of a 2nd 485 visa in PSWS. OZ HOME MIGRATION does not guarantee all information is correct and professional advice should be sought in relation to the above information.