You must meet the Department of Home Affairs’ (Home Affairs) requirements for your intended visa subclass, being:

• the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) point test 65; or

Only applicants currently residing in Australia are eligible for Western Australian State nomination. You will need to provide one of the following documents or another relevant document, clearly showing your current Australian address:

·         current lease agreement; or

·         current utility bill.

If you live in Australia but are subject to a section 48 bar, you are not eligible for State nomination from Western Australia.

You need to show proficient English (Table 1) if your occupation is an ANZSCO Major Occupation Group 1 (Managers) or Group 2 (Professionals) occupation.

Otherwise, you will need competent English (table 2).

Table 1 – Proficient English

Table 2 – Competent English

You must be able to claim at least 5 points for work experience in your expression of interest in SkillSelect. You must have:

• at least one year of Australian work experience in the nominated (or closely related) occupation over the last 10 years; or
• at least three years of overseas work experience in the nominated (or closely related) occupation over the last 10 years.

You must have a contract of employment in your nominated (or closely related) occupation for full time employment in Western Australia, for at least 12 months .

Note : You are able to provide two contracts of employment to make up the 35 hours.

Candidates nominating for occupations that are designated ‘regional Western Australia only’ in the General or Graduate stream must provide evidence of a job offer/contract of employment in a location defined by the Commonwealth as Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas. These include the following areas by postcodes: 6041 to 6044, 6084, 6207, 6213, 6215 to 6537, and 6560 to 6770.

If you live outside of Western Australia, you must have sufficient funds to cover your settlement costs and living costs for at least three months.

The minimum amount of funds required is:

• for a single person – $20,000 (AUD);
• for a couple – $30,000 (AUD); and
• for every additional dependant – $5,000 (AUD).

A Western Australian qualification

You will need to have gained one of the following qualifications from an accredited educational institution in Western Australia

• A university or higher education qualification. This includes a PhD, Masters, Bachelor or higher degree (Bachelor Honours Degree, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma); and/or
• a vocational education and training (VET) qualification at a Certificate III level or above

You must have studied at an accredited Western Australian educational institution, full-time and face-to-face, for at least two years.  You can use study from different qualifications to make up the two years, including:

• university/higher education;
• VET (Certificate III level); and/or
• English language programs.

You must have at least six months Australian work experience in your nominated (or closely related) occupation, or have a six month contract of employment in your nominated (or closely related) occupation in Western Australia.

Candidates nominating for occupations that are designated ‘regional Western Australia only’ in the General or Graduate stream must provide evidence of a job offer/contract of employment in a location defined by the Commonwealth as Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas. These include the following areas by postcodes: 6041 to 6044, 6084, 6207, 6213, 6215 to 6537, and 6560 to 6770.

If you are using work experience to meet this requirement, you must show at least six (6) months of Australian work experience within the last five (5) years.

Work experience must be:

• gained post-qualification;
• in paid employment;
• for at least 20 hours per week;
• in the nominated (or closely related) occupation; and
• for tasks that correspond with the ANZSCO descriptor for the nominated (or closely related) occupation, closely related means that the occupation shares the first four digits of the ANZSCO code.

If you are providing a (minimum) 6 month contract of employment in Western Australia, it must:

• have at least six months remaining from the date of your application for State nomination. If you have not yet started working, your start date must be within three months of your application;
• be in your nominated (or closely related) occupation; and
• be for full time employment (at least an average of 35 hours per week) in Western Australia. You can have two employment contracts to make up 35 hours.

The contract must include:

• full names of both the employer and employee;
• contract start and end date (if permanent, only start date is required);
• job title and related ANZSCO code;
• job description;
• terms and conditions of employment (such as salary, hours of work, leave entitlements and superannuation) which must be no less favourable than those that would apply to an Australian citizen or permanent resident doing equivalent work. If your contract does not describe your terms and conditions of employment, you can provide the enterprise agreement or industrial award for your occupation;
• location of employment;
• a statement that work specified in the employment contract must be performed by the employee and not contracted out to a third party;
• signed and dated by the employer and the employee; and
• must be drafted by the employer and not the employee.

You will need to provide a copy of your contract as part of the State nomination application and it must be provided as one document.

If you live outside of Western Australia, you must have sufficient funds to cover your settlement costs and living expenses for at least three months.

The minimum amount of funds required is:

• for a single person – $20,000 (AUD);
• for a couple – $30,000 (AUD); and
• for every additional dependant – $5,000 (AUD).