Skills in Demand (Class GK)
1240 Skills in Demand (Class GK)
Form: The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this item under subregulation 2.07(5).
Visa application charge:
first instalment (payable at the time the application is made):
for an applicant who is in a class of persons specified in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this subparagraph under subregulation 2.07(5), the amount is nil; and
for an applicant:
who is not in such a class of persons, who is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Skills in Demand (Class GK) visa and who holds a valid passport issued by a Pacific‑regional country; or
whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person; or
who claims to be a member of the family unit of a person who both holds a Skills in Demand (Class GK) visa and holds a valid passport issued by a Pacific‑regional country:
First instalment | ||
|---|---|---|
Item | Component | Amount |
1 | Base application charge | $3 290 |
2 | Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 | $3 290 |
3 | Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 | $825 |
for any other applicant:
First instalment | ||
|---|---|---|
Item | Component | Amount |
1 | Base application charge | $4 015 |
2 | Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 | $4 015 |
3 | Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 | $1 005 |
the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil.
Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non‑Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application.
Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.
Other:
An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this item under subregulation 2.07(5).
An applicant for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa may be in or outside Australia, but not in immigration clearance.
An applicant in Australia must hold:
a substantive visa; or
a Subclass 010 (Bridging A) visa; or
a Subclass 020 (Bridging B) visa; or
a Subclass 030 (Bridging C) visa.
An application by an applicant who:
seeks to satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa; and
claims to be a member of the family unit of a person who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa (the primary applicant);
may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, an application by the primary applicant or any other applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of the primary applicant.
If the applicant seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa:
a person must have nominated a proposed occupation (the nominated occupation) in relation to the applicant for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa in a stream; and
the application must be for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa in the stream for which the nominated occupation was nominated; and
the application must identify the nomination; and
one of the following must apply:
the nomination has been approved under section 140GB of the Act and the approval of the nomination has not ceased under regulation 2.75;
a decision in respect of the nomination has not been made under section 140GB of the Act; and
the person who made the nomination must not be the subject of a bar under section 140M of the Act.
If:
the application is by a person seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa in the Specialist Skills stream or Core Skills stream; and
the nominated occupation in relation to the applicant is specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph; and
the applicant is in a class of persons specified in the legislative instrument for the occupation;
then:
the relevant assessing authority for the occupation must have assessed the applicant’s skills as suitable for that occupation within the period specified in the legislative instrument; or
both of the following must apply:
the applicant has made an arrangement with the relevant assessing authority for the occupation to assess the applicant’s skills;
the relevant assessing authority has not completed the assessment.
Paragraph (g) does not limit subclause 482.221(2) or (3) or 482.231(2) or (3) of Schedule 2.
Subclasses:
482 (Skills in Demand)
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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