All primary applicants must meet the English language requirement of IELTS 5 unless they have been nominated for a position that does not require English language for licensing or registration and any one of the following exempted person categories apply:
– they are a passport holder from Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom or the United States of America
– they have completed at least 5 consecutive years of full-time study in a secondary and/or higher education institution where the instruction was
delivered in English.
– their nominated occupation is within the ANZSCO Major Groups 1, 2, 4,5,6, Sub-Major Group 31(Engineering, ICT AND Science Technicians) or Unit
Group 3993(Gallery, Library AND Museum Technicians);
– they are to be paid at least a salary specified in a legislative instrument (initially a gross base salary of $92 000 excluding all deductions and based on an ordinary work week) and the approval (grant) of the visa is in the interests of Australia.
