South Australia to recognise highly performing international graduates

Immigration South Australia (SA) is making it easier for talented international graduates of South Australian public universities to qualify for state nomination through the "high performing graduate" category.

Immigration SA offers state nomination to international graduates of South Australia who meet state and federal government requirements for a 190 or 489 General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa.

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South Australian government increase their - High Point

Due to high demand, Immigration SA will be raising the requirement for the high point category from

80 points to 85 points. This change is to still allow an avenue for high point scoring applicants.

This policy will come into eect on the 22 September 2015 and all high point applications submitted

from this date will need to meet the new requirement. Please check the web page for more detailed

information on the day. You will be able to access additional occupations (special conditions and

Supplementary Skilled List) if you have 85 points in SkillSelect (including state nomination points).

Should you require 10 points for state nomination in order to reach 85 points on the DIBP points test,

please ensure that you are aware of the conditions of the provisional 489 visa.

There are individual occupation quotas for high point nomination. To date, Marketing Specialist and

Human Resources Advisor are both now closed o for high point nomination. There is also an overall

quota for the high point category. Once this is reached, the high point category will be closed for

the remainder of the program year.

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Immigration South Australia - New state occupation list

New State Occupation List 
Immigration SA will be publishing a revised South Australian State Occupation List on 1 July 2015.

Occupations that are not available on the State Occupation List will be listed on the Supplementary Skilled List and are available to applicants who meet additional requirements. The Supplementary Skilled List reflects all occupations available on the Commonwealth’s Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL) that are not listed on South Australia’s State Occupation List. 

190/489 application system closing temporarily 
The application system will be closed down at 1 pm on 30 June 2015 and re-opened at 12 pm on 1 July 2015. 

Saved applications and applications submitted but no payment made
If you have a saved 190 or 489 state nomination (GSM) application or an application submitted with no payment made, you will need to submit the application and make the payment before 1 pm (South Australian time) on 30 June or submit a completely new application from 12 pm on 1 July.

All saved applications and applications which have been submitted (but no payment made) will be deleted at 1 pm on 30 June 2015. 

English requirements 

There will be some changes to English requirements for occupations and we would like to give you advance notice of changes to the following occupation groups:

• ICT occupations – Proficient English in each band score (or an overall score of Proficient Plus – i.e. IELTS 7.5 overall). 
• Engineering occupations – Competent Plus English (or an overall score of Proficient i.e. IELTS 7 overall). 

There will be changes to the English requirements for other occupations. Please check the occupation lists on July 1 2015 for details. 

State nomination requirements
All applications from July 1 2015 must meet the new requirements published. 

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