VIC State Nomination Latest Official Briefing | First Round of ROI Invitations to be Issued in Early August! Key Invitation Sectors Revealed, With Different Quotas by Sector!

# To start, a brief look back at last year’s 190 invitations — results in the medical and nursing sector were strong, so invitations in this sector will be increased this year

Last year’s Victorian 190 state nomination applicants came mainly from India, the Philippines, the UK, Nepal and China, with Indian applicants the largest group, accounting for 24% of the total number of applicants. Among last year’s applicants, over 60% held an Australian qualification.

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1. The work experience and weekly working-hours requirements have been removed

2. More specific sectors have been added

3. Subclass 190 visa applicants must hold STEMM professional skills, and your occupation must sit within Skill Level 1 and 2

4. Subclass 491 visa applicants must hold STEMM professional skills, and your occupation must sit within Skill Level 1/2/3

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The general process for Victorian state nomination applications this year is shown in the diagram, with the main steps as follows:

1. Create an EOI application (if your existing one was created more than a year ago, we recommend creating a new one)

2. Submit a ROI application — the Victorian Government will select the strongest applicants from the ROI pool to issue invitations to

3. If your ROI is fortunate enough to be selected, first submit the relevant documents to the Victorian Government for review

4. If the Victorian Government approves your review, you can then formally lodge your Subclass 190 or 491 state nomination application with the Department of Home Affairs

The Victorian Government stressed that a ROI is not a visa application lodged with the government — it’s simply an EOI-like queuing and declaration system (think of it as an expression of intent).

The first round of ROI invitations will be issued in early August, after which the government will continue issuing ROI invitations roughly every 4-6 weeks, right through to 30 June next year. Of course, your submitted ROI application will also remain valid right up until 30 June next year.

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The state government focused on explaining the general breakdown of this financial year’s state nomination quota, the seven Target Sectors will each receive their general quota in line with the percentages shown in the pie chart, with relatively more important sectors given priority, rather than the quota being split evenly. Of that, the largest share of the quota (43%) will still go to the Health sector, given that responding to Covid still requires relatively more talent in this area. To make the quota breakdown clearer for everyone, we’ve put together the table above — save it if you need it.

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The state government also emphasised that ROI invitations will still be issued based on EOI points, ranked from highest to lowest, in the same sector, with higher points winning out, unless the applicant is an exceptional talent. Each applicant may only have one active ROI in effect at a time — if you want to submit a new ROI, you must first withdraw the old application.

Worth noting: social work falls under the Medicine sector

the Victorian Government has already received over 3,000 ROIs so far, and it stressed that this financial year, priority will still go to nominating as many Medical-related occupations as possible to meet Covid-related needs — so a reminder to anyone planning to apply that competition will be fierce.

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Only those working in a STEMM technical role within the seven Target Sectors stand a chance of receiving an invitation, applications that don’t meet this basic requirement may well be screened out from the very start. Of course, after submitting your ROI, you must keep working in the relevant sector throughout — if circumstances change, you should withdraw your ROI application promptly.

# The work-related Target sector must be one of the categories listed in the diagram, and the government also stressed that, after you’re invited, they may also choose an appropriate time to contact your employer to confirm whether your stated work circumstances are genuine.

#If you’re planning to submit a ROI, you must first be living in Victoria and working in a target sector within Victoria — this is the most basic requirement. Interstate students who, due to lockdowns, are temporarily unable to come to VIC to begin living and working there should not submit an application.

If your ROI is selected by the government, you’ll be asked to provide, as the basic set of documents, your employment contract, a description of your role and duties, payslips, and your latest superannuation statement. Of course, beyond these basic documents, the government may also ask you for additional materials for review.

There’s no minimum work-experience requirement, but you must already have started your job by the time you submit your application. Victorian students who haven’t yet graduated can also submit an application if you have STEMM-related skills and are working in a target sector, provided you have a skills assessment.

When you submit your ROI, the details must match your EOI exactly. The PMSOL priority occupation list has no effect on ROI selection priority — it only affects processing by the Department of Home Affairs.

Nurses will again be one of the most important groups targeted for invitations this year, with the main nursing streams shown in the diagram given priority for invitations.

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