The Australian Visa System

There are two general categories of migration to Australia, temporary and permanent.

Within the temporary category, there are a range of visas covering, tourism, visiting relatives, study, work, working holidays, business development, training, medical treatment, and retirement.

Within the permanent category there are the following main categories or streams:

The family stream

The skilled stream

The employer nomination stream

The business skills stream

The refugee and humanitarian stream

FAMILY STREAM VISA 

The family stream includes a range of visas based on family relationships:
Spouse/Partner
Spouse visas
De facto spouse visas
Interdependency (same sex partner) visas
Prospective marriage (fiancé) visas

CHILD VISA

Child visas
Adoption visas
Orphaned relative visas
Dependent children of partner visas

PARENT VISA

Parent visas
Contributory parent visas
Aged parent visas
Aged contributory parent visas

RELATIVE VISA

Carer visas
Remaining relative visas
Aged dependent relative visas

SKILLED STREAM

The skilled stream includes the following visas

Applicants are rated under on a points system, which takes account of a range of factors, including skills and qualifications, work experience, age, English language fluency etc.

# The skilled stream includes the following visas:
Skilled independent:
Skilled independent offshore
Skilled independent onshore

SKILLED SPONSORED

Skilled sponsored by an Australian relative
Skilled sponsored by an Australian employer
Skilled nomination by a State/Territory government


Skilled regional sponsored:
Designated area
Regional or low-population growth area

GRADUATE

Australian graduate
Recognised graduate

EMPLOYER NOMINATION STREAM

The employer nomination stream includes a range of visas where approved employers sponsors employees to fill nominated positions within their organisation.

Categories include:

Employer nomination scheme
Employer nomination scheme – offshore
Employer nomination scheme – onshore


Employer nomination by an employer in regional Australia
Regional sponsored migration scheme – offshore
Regional sponsored migration scheme – onshore


Skilled people nominated under a labour agreement
Labour agreement visa – offshore
Labour agreement visa - onshore

BUSINESS SKILLS STREAM

The business skills migration scheme includes a range of visas for business owners, senior executives, and high net worth individuals, to migrate to Australia.
Categories include:
Business owner
State/Territory sponsored business owner
Senior executive
State /Territory sponsored senior executive
Investor
State/Territory sponsored investor
Business skills – business talent

REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN STREAM

The refugee and humanitarian program has an offshore component for those who are outside Australia and are seeking resettlement in a safe country.

It also has an onshore component for those who apply for a visa from inside Australia on the basis of being a refugee.



Mapsa can assist you to select the most appropriate visa for your circumstances and we can fully manage the visa application process on your behalf.

We have the expertise to handle even the most difficult applications.


If it’s possible to get you an Australian visa, Mapsa can get it for you.