RACC Australia

Northern Territory State and Regional Sponsor Update

Migration NT is continuing to receive and assess onshore applications for nomination. Offshore applications is now OPEN (from 14 August) but only for the NT Family Stream and Job Offer Stream. Due to the significant volume of applications received to date, the Priority Occupations Stream will remain suspended for the time being. Existing offshore applications made under the Priority Occupations Stream will continue to be assessed. However, please note that there are likely to be significant delays in assessing these applications.

Before applying for nomination, please ensure that you have read through the eligibility criteria and have lodged an expression of interest through the Department of Home Affairs’ SkillSelect system.

Please note that we may not be able to guarantee nominations before visa expiry dates.

Those who are onshore and have visas expiring should seek professional advice on their visa options and ensure that they remain lawful in Australia.

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Can you apply for NT State and Regional Sponsor?

✔️ you are residing in NT (Application submission window is OPEN now)

✔️ Residing overseas (Application submission window is OPEN now)

❌ Residing in another State (not NT).

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What else do you need to be eligible?

You must provide strong evidence of good employment prospects in the NT either in your skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation. You can show you have good employment prospects by providing:

• an offer of employment letter from an NT employer

• a statement describing how your skills and experience meet NT employer needs

• evidence that your occupation has been advertised in the NT multiple times and detailed explanations of how your qualifications and experience match the job vacancies

• evidence of positive feedback from potential NT employers.

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Find the NTMOL (Northern Territory Migration Occupation List) here: www.racc.net.au/occupation-lists

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Eligibility for NT Graduates

International student graduates who have studied in the NT will be eligible for a subclass 190 nomination if you have:

Qualification and Duration 

• Successfully completed 1 or more qualifications after studying in the NT, at an NT-based institution

• Duration: At least 2 years in a single tertiary course or a set of nested tertiary courses, and

Residency

• Lived in the NT for a period of at least 6 continuous months immediately after the date of completion* of your last qualification, while holding a visa that allows full-time work (this requirement does not apply to students who completed all course requirements in semester one 2020 and produce a letter of completion dated prior to 1 August 2020), and

Genuine efforts to obtain employment

Demonstrated genuine and sustained efforts to obtain employment  from an NT employer in your nominated occupation or a closely related skilled occupation.

 

** International student graduates who are unable to live in the NT for 6 months after completing 2 years of study in the NT will only be considered for a subclass 491 nomination. You must provide evidence of making genuine efforts to obtain employment  from an NT employer in their nominated occupation or a closely related skilled occupation.

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Eligibility for other Northern Territory Residents

for NT resident applicants includes those on temporary visas with work rights, currently residing in the NT.

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NT resident applicants will be eligible for a subclass 190 nomination if you:

• demonstrate that you have been residing in the NT for at least 2 consecutive years immediately prior to application

• demonstrate that none of your migrating dependants are residing in another part of Australia, and

• demonstrate full-time employment in the NT in an eligible occupation continuously for at least 2 years immediately prior to applying for NT nomination and demonstrate the employment is available for at least a further 12 months.

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NT resident applicants will be considered for a subclass 491 nomination if you meet the following requirements:

Applicants who started living in the NT prior to 1 July 2020, must:

• Reside in the NT for at least 6 consecutive months immediately prior to application

• Employed full-time in NT in an eligible occupation for at least 6 consecutive months immediately prior to applying for NT nomination and demonstrate the employment is available for at least a further 12 months.

Applicants who start living in the NT on or after 1 July 2020, must:

• Reside in the NT for at least 12 consecutive months

• Employed full-time in NT in an eligible occupation for at least 6 consecutive months immediately prior to applying for NT nomination and demonstrate that the employment is available for at least a further 12 months.