South Australia has opened its migration program for 2023-24, extending invitations to both onshore and offshore skilled workers from more than 250 occupations. Visa conditions and procedures for offshore applicants remain unchanged, but onshore applicants will now shift to a Registration of Interest (ROI) process.
The South Australian government announced last week the launch of its migration programme for the current fiscal year and invited candidates to submit a free ROI for state nomination.
The state only received 2,300 visa nomination slots, which is a significant decrease from the 8,800 slots distributed in the previous year (2022–2023), prompting this action.
However this year, the state has implemented a fresh condition for onshore applicants (both
stipulating that they are no longer able to directly seek state nomination.
This implies that potential applicants will need to submit a ROI and wait for South Australia to invite them to apply for state nomination.
The procedure has not changed for offshore applicants, and the state will keep inviting people to apply for nomination by submitting Expressions of Interest through SkillSelect.
