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Western Australia has received an overwhelming amount of applications for the State Nomination Migration Program.

To allow adequate time to process the large volume of applications prior to the end of the program year, invitation rounds for the remainder of the 2022-23 State nomination program year will be brought forward, and run in the first week of each month, commencing February 2023.

For more information on the State Nominated Migration Program visit the About State nomination page.

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The WA Government has made changes to its migration program to support skilled workers looking to migrate to Western Australia including increasing occupations eligible for skilled migration in WA by around 60 per cent.

New occupations have been added to the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List Schedule 1 (WASMOL Schedule 1) and the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List Schedule 2 (WASMOL Schedule 2).

The list of newly available occupations can be found on the WA State Nomination – combined occupation list.  

The WA Government has also waived the $200 application fee and has made changes to the requirements for new applicants as of 1 July 2022, including:
Removal of the requirement to demonstrate sufficient funds for WA State nomination.

Reduction in the English requirements for applicants at the Manager and Professional occupation level to the "competent" level of English.

Changes to the document requirements for the WASMOL Schedule 1&2 and the Graduate Occupation lists based on the visa the applicant is being nominated for.

The next round of invitations to apply for WA State nomination are anticipated to be issued in the third week of September 2022.

For more information on the State Nominated Migration Program and the new requirements visit the About State nomination page. 

The new Skilled Migrant Employment Register is a free initiative supporting employers and skilled migrants to connect to build the Western Australian workforce.

​Commencing in the 2022-23 program year people residing overseas are now eligible to be considered for Western Australia (WA) State nomination. Invitations to apply for WA State nomination will be via the ranking system, giving preference to applicants currently residing in WA, followed by those residing in Australia and then those residing overseas.

The 2022-23 updated Western Australian State nomination criteria is now available.

The 2022-23 program year will also provide candidates the opportunity to access an expanded, more extensive, Graduate occupation list under the Graduate stream. With over 300 occupations becoming available.

The expanded Graduate occupation list will become available in 2022-23 and is outlined in the new 2022-23 WA State nomination – combined occupation list. An easy to follow table of the occupations available under the Western Australian skilled migration occupation list - schedule 1 and 2 and the Graduate occupation list.

Invitations to apply for WA State nomination under the new Graduate Occupation list will not commence until the 2022-23 program year.

Please continue to monitor the Migration Portal for any further changes

With world-class education, healthy job opportunities and strong public health management, there is no better or safer place to live, work and study than WA.

​Western Australia has received an additional nomination allocation for the State Nominated Migration Program, from the Department of Home Affairs, for the remainder of the 2021-22 program year.

With the additional nomination allocation now available, Migration Services will proceed with finalising State nomination applications currently on-hand. Applicants will be contacted as required.

New applications for State nomination are now being accepted, with the next invitation round anticipated to be held in the first week of April 2022.

To allow adequate time to process applications prior to the end of the program year, the May and June invitation rounds are expected to be brought forward and are anticipated to be held in the first week of each month. 

For more information on the State Nominated Migration Program visit the About State nomination page.

​Western Australia has met their current quota of places for the State nomination program for 2021-22.

On 4 August 2021, Premier Mark McGowan wrote to the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs requesting an additional 5,000 places under the State nomination program. 

The February invitation round is temporarily suspended pending an additional nomination allocation being received from the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs.

Further information will be provided should additional places become available.

Western Australia has met their quota of places for the State nomination program for 2021-22.
 
Migration Services is continuing to process applications for State nomination, however, any applications which meet the requirements to be approved will be placed on hold. 

Applicants meeting the requirements to be approved will be contacted by email. 

On 4 August 2021, the Premier Mark McGowan wrote to the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs requesting an additional 5,000 places under the State nomination program. 

Should additional places become available and Migration Services can proceed with the nomination, applicants will be contacted.

​The criteria for State nomination has been updated, meaning applicants affected by a Section 48 bar are now eligible for State nomination.

To view the updated criteria visit the About State nomination page. 

​The ranking system used for the issuing of invitations to apply for State nomination has changed, to give preference to applicants currently residing in Western Australia.

The updated ranking system is as follows.

1. Applicants eligible for the General stream will be ranked in accordance with the table below.

2. Applicants eligible for the Graduate stream will be ranked in accordance with the table below.

For more information visit the Invitation rounds page.

Migration Services is implementing a number of changes to the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List Schedule 1 (WASMOL Schedule 1) and Graduate Occupation List (GOL).
 
The following occupations on the WASMOL Schedule 1 are no longer considered Regional WA Only, meaning applicants can use employment contracts from Perth, or anywhere in Western Australia to meet requirements for State nomination.
This applies to all new and pipeline applications. 

• Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health) (254413)
• Registered Nurse (Community Health) (254414)
• Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (254415)
• Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability) (254416)
• Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation) (254417)
• Registered Nurse (Medical) (254418)
• Registered Nurse (Medical Practice) (254421)
• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422)
• Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) (254425)
• Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (254423)
• Registered Nurse (Surgical) (254424)
• Registered Nurses nec (254499)

• Social Worker (272511)

• Accountant (General) (221111)
• Aeroplane Pilot (231111)
• Architect (232111)
• Barrister (271111)
• Commodities Trader (222111)
• Drainer (334113)
• Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher (241111)
• Educational Psychologist (272312)
• Finance Broker (222112)
• Financial Brokers (NEC) (222199)
• Financial Dealers (NEC) (222299)
• Financial Investment Adviser (222311)
• Financial Investment Manager (222312)
• Financial Market Dealer (222312)
• Flying Instructor (222312)
• Horse Trainer (361112)
• Insurance Broker (222113)
• Maintenance Planner (312911)
• Management Accountant (221112)
• Occupational Health and Safety Advisor (251312)
• Primary School Teacher (241213)
• School Principal (134311)
• Secondary School Teacher (241411)
• Solicitor (271311)
• Special Needs Teacher (241511)
• Stockbroking Dealer (222213)
• Taxation Accountant (221113)
• Teacher of the Hearing Impaired (241512)
• Teacher of the Sight Impaired (241513)
• Urban and Regional Planner (232611)
• Welfare Worker (272613)
• Youth Worker (411716)

​The following occupation has been added to the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List schedule 2. 

• Arborist (362212)

​The Western Australian skilled migration occupation list (WASMOL), which lists occupations available for WA State nomination through the General stream, has expanded to include a Schedule 1 and Schedule 2.

Updated requirements are available for applicants for the General stream with an occupation listed on Schedule 2.

This includes the following:

• meet the Department of Home Affairs criteria for the intended visa subclass;
• meet the minimum English requirements for your occupation; and
• have a 12 month full time employment contract in Western Australia in the nominated (or closely related) occupation.

The existing requirements for the General stream will apply to applicants with an occupation on the WASMOL Schedule 1.

The Graduate stream requirements remain unchanged.

Visit the Occupations list page to view the WASMOL Schedule 1 and 2.

Visit the General stream WASMOL Schedule 2 requirements page for more information on the new requirements.

​Invitations to apply for the State Nominated Migration Program will resume in January 2021. The Western Australian State nomination criteria have been revised inline with State health and economic recovery prioirties. The changes to the criteria are as follows. 

• Intending applicants must be currently residing in Australia to be invited and nominated.
• Intending applications subject to a section 48 bar, are not eligible for State nomination.
• If you are applying through the Graduate stream and due to COVID-19 you completed some of your Western Australian studies online (either onshore or offshore), you are now able to use this study toward the Western Australian study requirement.

​The Migration Services office will be closed from 4.00 pm Thursday 24 December 2020, reopening on Monday 4 January 2021.  

The Western Australian State Nominated Migration Program is currently suspended. WA Migration Services will not issue invitations to apply for State nomination during the suspension period.

WA Migration Services appreciates your patience and looks forward to progressing the State Nominated Migration Program as soon as possible.

Updates on future invitation rounds will be provided on the WA Migration Services website.

For more information on the invitation process visit the invitation rounds page.

​WA Migration Services is awaiting allocation of State nomination places from the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) for the 2020-21 program year.

Invitation rounds have been paused during this time.

We will continue to assess applications received. Nominations in SkillSelect from 1 July 2020 will be dependent on Home Affairs confirming allocation of places for the new program year.

WA Migration Services appreciates your patience and looks forward to progressing the State migration program as soon as possible.

Updates on future invitation rounds will be provided on the WA Migration Services website.

For more information on the invitation process visit the invitation rounds page.

The following occupation on the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List is now closed.

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422).
  

• Nuclear Medicine Technologist (251213); and
  

• Physicist (234914). Only applicants with the specialisation of Medical Physicist are eligible for Western Australian State nomination.
  

Migration Services is unable to answer enquiries directly relating to your visa. 

For visa enquiries please contact the Department of Home Affairs on 131 881 or visit their website at immi.homeaffairs.gov.au 

For enquiries related to COVID-19 you can visit the dedicated 'COVID-19 and the border' pages.

The following occupation on the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List is now under review. 

• Radiation Oncologist (253918).
  

From 24 April 2020, the occupation Retail Pharmacist (ANZSCO 251513) which is currently available on the Graduate Occupation list is no longer considered a ‘Regional WA only’ occupation.  

If you wish to be considered for Western Australian State Nomination under the occupation ‘Retail Pharmacist’ (ANZSCO 251513) through the Graduate stream, you will now be able to provide a six month full time permanent or fixed-term employment contract from any location within Western Australian. Alternatively, you can provide evidence of six months Australian work experience.

All evidence must meet the Graduate Stream requirements.  

Visit the Graduate stream requirements page for further information.

Occupations on the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List (WASMOL) and Graduate Occupation List (GOL) are under review. The occupations under review on the WASMOL are:

• Audiologist (ANZSCO 252711); and

An occupation on the Graduate Occupation List (GOL) is now under review. 

The occupation under review is:

• Chef (ANZSCO 351311).

​Invitations for State nomination are usually issued during the third week of each month. 

In April, this will be delayed by one week due to the Easter holidays.

Invitations are anticipated to be issued on 23 April 2020.

The occupation Retail Pharmacist (ANZSCO 251513) is now available on the Graduate Occupation List and eligible for State nomination through the Graduate stream.

This occupation is restricted to 'Regional WA Only', meaning that you must be able to provide evidence of a job offer/contract of employment in a location defined by the Commonwealth as Category 3 - Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas (not Perth and Mandurah) to be eligible for State nomination.

This includes the following areas by postcodes: 6041 to 6044, 6084, 6207, 6213, 6215 to 6537, and 6560 to 6770. 

​A number of occupations on the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List are now under review due to the high number of expressions of interest by applicants for these nominated occupations.The occupations under review are:

• General Practitioner (ANZSCO 253111);
• Registered Nurse (Community Health) (ANZSCO 254414);
• Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (ANZSCO 254415);
• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (ANZSCO 254422); and
• Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (ANZSCO 254423).

The WA Migration Services office will be closed from 4.00 pm, Tuesday 24 December and will reopen at 8.30 am, Monday 6 January 2020.

Migration Services processing time frames will be extended over this period.

No assessment outcomes for State nomination will be issued during this time.

The Graduate stream of the State Nominated Migration Program provides a skilled migration pathway for international students graduating from university in Western Australia.  From December 2019, the Graduate stream has been extended to include VET graduates who complete a qualification in Western Australia at Certificate III level or above.  
The Graduate stream is also more accessible for international students:

• studies in higher education, VET (Certificate III level and above) and/or English language courses for overseas students (ELICOS) studies all count towards the requirement to study for two years in Western Australia.
• Graduates need to demonstrate either six months' work experience in Australia OR a six month employment contract in Western Australia, but not both.  Previously international students needed to have 12 months of work experience plus a job offer for 12 months.

For more information on the changes to the Graduate stream, visit the Graduate stream requirements page.

The criteria for the General stream of the State Nomination Migration Program  will remain the same; however the Western Australian State Migration Occupation List (WASMOL) has been updated.

​​Invitations for State nomination are usually issued on the third Thursday of each month. This will be brought forward by one week in August due to the transition from visa 489 to 491. Invitations are anticipated to be issued by 9 August 2019. Further information regarding this change is now available on the Transitioning from visa subclass 489 to the new visa subclass 491 page. 

​Invitations for State nomination are usually issued on the third Thursday of each month. This will be brought forward by one week in April due to the Easter closure. Invitations are anticipated to be issued by 11 April 2019.

On 11 March 2019, the Department of Home Affairs announced  changes to the lists of eligible skilled occupations in the Migration (LIN/19/051: Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Instrument 2019.

​Due to the high number of expressions of interest by applicants with the nominated occupation of ANZSCO 221111 Accountant (General), this occupation on the Graduate occupation list is now under review.

​Invitations for State nomination are usually issued on the third Thursday of each month. This will be brought forward by one week in December due to the Christmas and new year closure. Invitations are anticipated to be issued by 14 December 2018.

​A new graduate stream is now available for Western Australian State nomination.The new stream is available to eligible university graduates who have studied for at least two years in Western Australia at a Western Australian university, and have an occupation on the new Graduate occupation list for the intended visa subclass.

Visit the State nomination requirements page for more information and the full list of requirements you must meet in order to be eligible for this stream.

​As of 1 July 2018 the Department of Home Affairs changed the minimum points requirement for State nominated visas to 65 points.

Previously, the requirement was 60 points.

In order to be eligible for State nomination, you must meet the Department of Home Affairs requirements.

For more information see the How to apply for State nomination page.

Migration Services has moved to 1 Prospect Place, West Perth. 

The same services are available at the new location, including:

• Settlement Services, which provides information and referral advice to migrants;

• the Overseas Qualifications Unit, which provides overseas qualifications assessments; and

• Western Australian State nomination assessments and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme certifications. 

New opening hours are 8.30 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.  

Ask for Migration Services at the reception area shown on the map below. 

The telephone number and all email addresses remains the same.

​Migration Services is moving to 1 Prospect Place West Perth and services will be available at the new location from Monday 16 April. 

The walk in service will no longer be available at the Perth Customer Service Centre in the GPO building from 4.30pm on Wednesday 11 April 2018 and email and phone services may be disrupted until Monday 16 April. 

The same services will continue to be available at the new location, including:

• Settlement Services, which provides information and referral advice to migrants;

• the Overseas Qualifications Unit, which provides overseas qualifications assessments; and

• Western Australian State nomination assessments and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme certifications. 

At the new Prospect Place location, opening hours will be 8.30 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays. 

The telephone number and all email addresses remains the same.

​The Skilled Migration Western Australia office will be closed from 2.00 pm Friday 22 December 2017, reopening on Tuesday 2 January 2018. 

No invitations for State nomination will be sent during this time.

​New applications for the State Nominated Migration Program are being accepted with an interim Western Australian skilled migration occupation list (WASMOL) targeting those occupations which are of a specialist nature and have compelling evidence of unmet demand at a State level.

The State Government will be consulting with industry to develop a new list which is expected to be complete and operational in late May 2017.   
 
Further information will be posted on the migration portal as it becomes available.
 
 All applications received before suspension of the program on 13 March 2017 will be processed according to the criteria that were in place prior to this date. Invitations issued to intending migrants before 13 March will be honoured and their applications processed.