The new visa pathway will be available as a new stream within the Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa from 1 July 2017. The pathway is for New Zealand Special Category (subclass 444) visa (SCV) holders who were usually resident in Australia on or before 19 February...

If you apply to migrate to Australia under the Skilled–Independent category or the Skilled sponsored category, you will be assessed against a points test.

Points are awarded for:

• Age

• English language ability

• Australian work experience

• Overseas work exp...