Temporary Graduate Visa

These are the basic requirements that you must meet to apply for the graduate visa:
• Be under 50 years old.
• Have an eligible visa.
• Have had a student visa in the last 6 months, to apply for it.
• Have a recent grade in a CRICOS registered course.
• Have the required level of studies.
• Have a level of English according to official exams (IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, OET).
• Have health insurance in Australia.
• You must decide which of the paths that the postgraduate offers you are going to choose to present your application.
• Attach specific evidence when submitting the application
With the Temporary Graduate Visa Australia, you will be able to live, study and work in Australia temporarily after you have finished your studies. Students can only access the visa once as main applicants, so they should take advantage of their stay in Australia to gain work experience, get to know the country, travel and have a unique experience.

The 485 graduate visa granted under the Graduate Work Stream path is valid for 18 months from the date of grant.
While Post Study Work Stream Visas (PSWV) can be valid for between 2 and 4 years from the date of grant, according to the type of qualification completed.
The validity periods are as follows:
2 years: completion of Bachelor’s Degree, Honours Degree, Master’s Degree by Course, or Master’s Degree (Extended)
3 years: Master of Research
4 years: PhD

You can apply for postgraduate studies if you have completed a Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Master or Doctorate (PhD) in Australia.
Eligible qualifications: To apply for a 485 visa under the Graduate Work Stream, the course or courses must have resulted in a degree, diploma, or business qualification.
Completed grades must be related to the student’s nominated qualifying occupation. For your qualification to be considered closely related to the designated occupation, the skills that support the qualification must be directly transferable to that occupation. This applies to both the topic and the grade level. For example, if you list “Accountant” as an occupation, an accounting degree would meet this requirement, but another type of degree would not be related.

To be eligible for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) – Graduate workstream, you must have nominated an occupation that is on the Medium to Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL).
All occupations at MLTSSL have a skills assessment authority. And only a skills assessment issued by the corresponding assessing authority is accepted.
It will be your responsibility to contact the relevant assessment authority for your occupation and thus obtain the respective skills assessment. Each authority has its evaluation procedures, deadlines and fees.
If your skills are assessed based on a grade you earned in Australia when you had a student visa, the grade will be for studying a CRICOS registered course.
When applying for a graduate visa, you must provide evidence that you have at least requested a skills assessment or your visa application will not be processed.
Some assessment authorities only provide assessments that are valid for a specified period. It is your responsibility to verify that this period has not expired at the time of submission.
You will only need to request a skills assessment if you are applying to the Graduate Workstream. Applicants for the Post Study Work stream visa do not need to obtain a skills assessment to support their application.

Whether you apply to the Graduate Work stream or the Post Study Work stream, both have a cost that starts at $1,650 AUD. Price that may vary depending on some factors such as how the visa is to be applied.

6 months before applying for your graduate visa you must have met the following study requirements in Australia. You can only achieve this if you obtain at least a degree, diploma or training in commerce and:
• The course is recognised by CRICOS.
• You have completed all the course requirements.
• Studies were conducted in English.
• The duration of the course was at least two school years (92 weeks) of study.
• You were in person in Australia for at least 16 months to finish your training.
• You had a student visa that allowed you to study there
To fulfil the 2 years of face-to-face study in Australia, you can combine different courses.
You will have the opportunity to change your studies if it has only been 6 months since you started, so you should check with your study provider.