What are the 485 Visa Requirements?
The Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485) consists of 4 streams and each stream will have a different requirement.
To be eligible for the Graduate Work Stream of the 485 visa, you must meet the following criteria:
Age: You must be under 50 years of age
Visa requirement:
- You are currently on a student visa and you are a main applicant.
- You must have held a student visa within the past 6 months, and you are now on a substantive visa, a Bridging Visa A or Bridging Visa B,
- If you are outside Australia, you must have held an eligible student visa.
Study requirements: You must have completed a degree, diploma or trade qualification in Australia that is closely related to an occupation on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)
- You course must be a CRICOS registered course.
- Your courses must be in English.
- The duration of your course must be at least 92 weeks (fulltime study)
- You completed the course within 16 calendar months.
Skills and qualifications requirements:
- You must nominate an occupation on the MLTSSL (Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List)
- You must have held a diploma, degree or trade qualification that is closely related to the occupation that you nominate.
- You must have skill assessment or at least lodge the skill assessment application to the relevant assessing authority.
English requirements: You must have IELTS overall 6.0 with no band score under 5.0 in the past 3 years before you lodge your visa application.
Health Insurance: You and your family members must have health insurance to cover your healthcare costs while you are in Australia.
Character requirements: You must meet the health requirements to be eligible for this visa.
No deb to the Australia Government: If you or your family member have a debt to the Australian Government, you need to pay back or arranged to pay back that debt.
Post-Study Work Stream:
To be eligible for the Post-Study Work Stream of the 485 visa, you must meet the following criteria:
Age: You must be under 50 years of age
Visa requirement: This stream is only available for those who applied for a student visa or granted a student visa on or after 5 November 2011. To be eligible for this stream, you also need to meet the below requirements:
- You are currently on a student visa where you are a main applicant.
- You must have held a student visa within the past 6 months, and you are now on a substantive visa, a Bridging Visa A or Bridging Visa B,
- If you are outside Australia, you must have held an eligible student visa
Study requirements: You must have completed a degree in Australia.
- You course must be a CRICOS registered course.
- Your courses must be in English.
- The duration of your course must be at least 92 weeks(fulltime study)
- You completed the course in not less than 16 calendar months.
- You must have completed your course within 6 months right before you lodge the application for a 485 visa.
Qualifications requirements:
- You must have completed an eligible degree, which includes: bachelor degree, bachelor (honours) degree, masters by coursework degree, masters (extended) degree, masters by research degree, or doctoral degree.
English requirements: You must have IELTS overall 6.0 with no band score under 5.0 in the past 3 years before you lodge your visa application.
Health Insurance: You and your family members must have health insurance to cover your healthcare costs while you are in Australia.
Character requirements: You must meet the health requirements to be eligible for this visa.
No deb to the Australia Government: If you or your family member have a debt to the Australian Government, you need to pay back or arranged to pay back that debt.
Second Post Study Work Stream:
To be eligible for the Second Post-Study Work Stream of the 485 visa, you must meet the following criteria:
Age: You must be under 50 years of age
Visa requirement: This stream is designed for students:
- Who were granted their first 485 visa (post-study work stream), or
- Who were granted the first 485 visa (Replacement stream) based on holding the first visa in the post-study work stream.
Australian Education Provider requirements:
- You must have completed a degree that led to the grant of your first 485 visa (Post-study work stream).
- Your education provider must be a CRICOS registered.
- Your campus where you studied must be a regional area.
Live and work in the designated regional area:
- As the holder of a first Temporary Graduate visa in the post-study work stream, or a Temporary Graduate visa in the replacement stream, you must have stayed in a regional area for minimum 2 years immediately before the date you apply for this stream.
Study in regional area:
- You may be eligible for this stream if you studied in regional area and applied for the 1st 485PSW visa.
Health Insurance: You and your family members must have health insurance to cover your healthcare costs while you are in Australia.
Character requirements: You must meet the health requirements to be eligible for this visa.
No deb to the Australia Government: If you or your family member have a debt to the Australian Government, you need to pay back or arranged to pay back that debt.
Replacement Stream
To be eligible for the Second Post-Study Work Stream of the 485 visa, you must meet the following criteria:
Age: You must be under 50 years of age
Visa requirement: This stream is designed for former or current 485 visa holders who lost time staying in Australia due to the Covid 19 restrictions. This means that to be eligible for this stream, you must:
- Hold a 485 visa as a main holder, or
- Have held a 485 visa as main holder and now holding a substantive visa or bridging visa A or B.
- Your visa must be in effect on or after 1 Feb 2020 and granted before 15 December 2021
Your stay during the Covid travel restriction: This stream is available for you if
- You were inside Australia when your original 485 visa was granted, then you have been outside Australia between 1 Feb 20020 and 12 Dec 2021, while holding this visa.
- You were outside Australia when your original 485 visa was granted, you came to Australia on this visa, and departed the country also on this visa before 15 Dec 2021.
The application date: You must apply for this stream before 1 Jan 2027.
Health Insurance: You and your family members must have health insurance to cover your healthcare costs while you are in Australia.
Character requirements: You must meet the health requirements to be eligible for this visa.
No deb to the Australia Government: If you or your family member have a debt to the Australian Government, you need to pay back or arranged to pay back that debt.
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