SUBCLASS 476 SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE VISA
For engineering graduates who missed time owing to border restrictions, the Skilled Recognised Graduate Subclass 476 visas offer extensions of 24 months. This translates to the typical 18 months plus an additional 6 months.
In a press release, Minister Hawke discussed the ongoing benefits for 476 visa holders.
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This visa permits:
To earn up to 18 months of specialised work experience, recent engineering graduates from accredited colleges are eligible.
Eligibility
You have to
be less than 31 years old
have recently earned an engineering degree from a reputable college.
not possess a subclass 476 or 485 visa as their primary visa.
Duration of stay
18 months
Cost
From AUD 465
The process
Processing time
Eligibility
who is eligible for this visa?
A Skilled — Recognized Graduate visa (subclass 476) may be available to you if:
- You are not yet 31 years old.
- Having obtained a qualifying engineering degree from a
- within the last two years, a recognized institution
- Unless you were a member of the family unit, you have never previously held a Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) or a Skilled — Recognized Graduate visa (subclass 476).
- You can display your command of the English language.
You are morally and physically fit.
Your engineering education
Your engineering education
You must have completed one of the engineering qualifications listed below within the two years prior to applying:
- .undergraduate degree
- .master’s diploma
- .master’s degree
- .a postgraduate degree.
Your degree must include a significant engineering sequence of studies or engineering specialism, such as:
- .engineering, civil
- building engineering
- engineering with chemicals
- engineering the environment
- engineering in electrical and electronics
- engineering for machinery, manufacturing, and plants
- material engineering and mining.
Reputable organizations
Your engineering degree must have been earned at an accredited college or university. This need is not met by attending a school or college that is associated with a recognised institution.
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Regarding this visa
Recent engineering graduates from universities that qualify may obtain up to 18 months of skilled work experience in occupations with the Skilled — Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476). It’s a transient visa.
Once your visa has been approved, you can apply for your family to come to Australia.
How you can help
- You and your family are permitted to stay in Australia for up to 18 months with this visa. You can: while visiting Australia.
- travel
- work
- study
Location
Unless you are a citizen of New Zealand and possess a Special Category visa (subclass 444), you may be inside or outside of Australia when you apply for this visa, but you must be outside of Australia when the visa is decided. When the Special Category visa (subclass 444) is decided, a New Zealander citizen may be inside or outside of Australia.
Recognized institutions of higher learning
Washington Accord organisations
Any institution offering an Engineering qualification accredited under the Washington Accord is a recognised institution. The Washington Accord is an international agreement among bodies responsible for accrediting engineering degree programmes. It recognises the substantial equivalency of programmes accredited by those bodies and recommends that graduates of programmes accredited by any of the signatory bodies be recognised by the other bodies as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering.
other reputable organisations
Alternatively, your engineering degree must come from one of the institutions listed below:
Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Germany
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- People’s Republic of China
- Philippines
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Tanzania