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Australia Skilled Migration Points Test

Australia visa applications for Skilled Employee Sponsored visas and Skilled Independent visas are assessed against the Australian visa requirements points test.

Points are awarded for skill, age, english language ability, specific work experience, occupation in demand (and job offer), Australian qualifications, regional Australia, spouse skills and relationship (Employee sponsored only).

Use our Australia skilled visa points calculator to determine your points score.

Bonus points can be awarded for:

The table below shows the current Australia skilled visa requirement for points-tested Australian visas in the General Skilled Migration category.

Category Pass mark Pool mark
Skilled - Independent (subclass 175) 120 100
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 176) 100 80
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (subclass 475) 100 none
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (subclass 487) 100 none
Skilled - Independent (subclass 885) 120 none
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 886) 100 none

What if I dont meet the pass mark?
Some visas also carry a pool mark which is lower than the pass mark. If you meet this pool mark, your application will be held 'in the pool' for up to two years after assessment. Then if the pass mark happens to be lowered at any time in that two year period, and you meet this pass new pass mark, your application will become active again.

There are some other migration options available for people who dont quite reach the pass mark. Fill out our free Australian immigration assessment and let one of our registered migration agents determine if you are eligible.

Take the test

Our Australian points calculator below can be used as a guide only to determine if you are eligible to apply for migration under the Australian Skilled Migration Programme.

If you do not meet the pass or pool marks it would still be benificial to talk with one of our migration agents to determine what areas you could concentrate on to increase your points score.

Nominated Occupation

Check the Skilled Occupations List (SOL) for the point value of your nominated occupation



Age

Taken at the time your application is submitted




English language ability


Specific work experience


Occupation in demand / job offer

If your nominated occupation is on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) either at the time your application is lodged or assessed you can be awarded additional points.


Australian qualifications



Regional Australia / Low population growth metropolitan area

Spouse Skills

You can claim 5 points if your spouse is able to satisfy the basic requirements of age, English language ability, qualifications, nominated occupation and recent work experience, and has obtained a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority.

Bonus points

You can only claim bonus points if you meet one of the following options. You cannot receive more than five points for this category, even if you are able to satisfy more than one of the three options:


Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic (including Lebanese), Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese-Cantonese, Chinese-Mandarin, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian/Malaysian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Dutch, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish.

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Call us and speak to one of our registered migration agents, or fill out our Australia immigration free assessment to discuss your immigration options.