On Monday 12 September 2022, the Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program opened to Gold and Green pass candidates.
As of October 3, 2022, Migration Tasmania have announced some additional updates to this program.
Subclass 190 and 491 Tasmanian Skilled Graduate Pathway – Job Offer Green Attribute
Migration Australia has reworded this attribute for clarity and to highlight its recognition of graduate program job offers received prior to completion of study:
Offer for graduate employment program. Must be full-time, received prior to graduation, related to your skills assessment or Tasmanian study and be from a medium or large* Tasmanian business that has been operating in Tasmania for more than 5 years. (Paid training program offers, such as income tax training are not eligible)
Migration Australia will allow some flexibility to candidates who have registered their interest before 5 October 2022.
The next stage of opening of the 2022-23 Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination is currently scheduled for late October 2022. It will be available to all candidates who meet the minimum requirements, including those who do not have a gold or green attribute.
Eligibility Checker now available
If you are unsure of your eligibility for Tasmanian nomination, the Migration Tasmania Skilled Nomination Eligibility Checker is now available. With this tool, you can find the most appropriate nomination pathway, as well as understand which additional priority attributes you may have.
Additions to the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL)
In early September, additional occupations were added to industry areas including IT and Computing, and Engineering and Infrastructure.
Now, 141311 Hotel or Motel Manager has been added to the TOSOL. This means candidates with a skills assessment for this occupation will be eligible for subclass 190 nomination in the Tasmanian Skilled Employment pathway after working in a closely related role for 6 months in Tasmania, or for subclass 491 nomination after 3 months. They may also qualify for additional priority attributes in other pathways.
The Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL) can be viewed here.
Common reasons for not being invited to apply for nomination
During the current, interim stage of the Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination program, candidates must meet the minimum requirements for one of the nomination pathways published on the Migration Tasmania website and have at least one of the gold or green attributes listed for that pathway.
Candidates who do not meet the minimum requirements or have a green or gold attribute will not be invited to apply for nomination and will not be contacted.
Migration Tasmania has released some common reasons candidates have not been invited during this stage, including:
- Did not meet minimum eligibility requirements
Some candidates seeking subclass 190 nomination in the Tasmanian Skilled Employment pathway have had less than six months of employment related to their skills assessment, which is a requirement of that pathway.
- Tasmanian Skilled Graduate pathway – job offer related to skills assessment or Tasmanian study
Some candidates are relying upon recently commenced employment as a ‘job offer’. To be eligible for this priority attribute the employment must not yet have commenced.
Candidates with a job offer but who have not yet commenced this employment must list this on their attached resume.
- Incomplete Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and resumes
Both EOIs and resumes must list the employment being used to claim eligibility for nomination and priority attributes. The full EOI details must be attached, not the point score summary table.
- Only skilled employment (ANZSCO skill levels 1-3) roles are eligible for gold or green attributes
Some candidates are claiming gold or green attributes for employment related to studies that do not meet the ANZSCO skill levels 1-3 standard.
For example, aged/individual support workers, extended care assistants and assistants in nursing are classified as ANZSCO skill level 4 roles.
- Skilled employment or business operation related to study.
To claim the green attribute for employment or business operation that is related to a graduate’s Tasmanian study, the course must have direct vocational relevance.
For example, this would include an engineering graduate working as an engineer, or a hospitality management graduate working as a front-of-house manager. It would not include a business management or leadership graduate running a café unless the course had a direct, verifiable and relevant hospitality specialisation.
- Overseas Skilled Occupation Profiles pathway (Overseas applicants who do not have a job offer).
Candidates seeking nomination in the Overseas Skilled Occupation Profiles pathway must first be contacted by Migration Tasmania through SkillSelect. This contact provides instructions on how to apply for nomination.
An invitation to apply for nomination in this pathway will not be issued if Migration Tasmania has not already made contact through SkillSelect.
Applicants without green or gold attributes
Applicants who meet the minimum requirements but do not have a gold or green attribute will be able to register interest for the Tasmanian Skilled Migration Program in October 2022.
Learn more about Tasmania’s 2022-23 Skilled Migration Program here.
