Skilled-Independent or 189 Visa are for applicants who wants to live and work in Australia and doesn't have any state or relative sponsorship, and your ANZSCO nominated occupation should be in Skilled Occupation List (SOL).
Step-by-step process when applying for this visa:
1. Skill Assessment
Skill Assessment is to determine whether you are eligible to submit an Expression of Interest or EOI. You need to submit your Skill Assessment to your designated industry.
Read more about Skill Assessment here.
2. Expression of Interest (EOI)
Once you pass the needed the Skill Assessment, you need to submit your EOI. Expression of Interest or EOI is where you'll be ask about your age, years of work experience in and outside of Australia, your english language proficiency, your partner, etc. In this part of the application, each entry is given a certain points (or no points), and when you add up those points you need to reach a certain number before can continue with your journey and be able to lodge your visa application.
Read more about Expression of Interest here.
3. Visa Lodging
Once you're done with EOI, you can now gather up your requirements because you are now ready to finally submit your visa application.
Last Updated: Jan 2016
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