Western Australia to Extend PR Pathway for International VET Students
Soon Western Australia’s State Nomination Migration Program (SNMP) Graduate stream will be more accessible for international students who have successfully completed their studies in Perth Western Australia.
On the 16th of October Premier Mark McGowan declared that soon there will be an extension for the Graduate Stream of the SNMP. This program’s extension means that beginning from the end of this year, vocational education and training (VET) graduates who have had complete a qualification in Perth Western Australia at Certificate III or above will be included in the WA State Nomination Program ( SNMP). Prior to the amendments, the Australia Graduate Visa stream is only open to higher degree graduates, from bachelor degree and higher.
What it means is for International Students when previously the Graduate Visa stream was only accessible to eligible students were the ones who had studied 2 years in Perth Western Australian University.
From December 2019 Vocational Education and Training (VET) International Student graduates who complete an eligible qualification in Western Australia at Certificate III level or above. VET International Student Graduates would still need to have a successful full skill assessment outcome from the relevant assessing authority to be able to lodge an Expression of Interest. It remains to be seen if the WA government will also loosen the English proficiency. However, this seems unlikely relax the english proficiency requirements at this stage.
In addition to lowering the Western Australia studies requirements to VET graduates, the WA state government also reduced Graduate stream state requirements for applicant’s Work experience and Job Offer. With the existing requirements, WA graduates must have both 12-month worth Australian work experience in nominated or closely related occupation and 12-month contract of employment in a nominated or closely related occupation.
As of December 2019 with the new State Nomination Migration Program (SNMP) changes set in, only one is of this is required, either a 6-months Australian work experience in the applicants nominated an occupation on the Graduate Occupation List, or a 6-month contract of employment in the applicants nominated occupation.
This new visa change under the State Nomination Migration Program (SNMP) will have its first try in December 2019 and it will start with adding VET graduates.
To keep up with revisions, a new Graduate Occupation list and updated eligibility criteria for the WA graduate stream will be available from December 2019.
Watch this space for more updates on WA State Nomination Migration Program (SNMP) Graduate stream!
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