Before starting your application, it’s important to understand the requirements and options available in South Australia.
You can choose to apply for a visa or state nomination on your own, or you may decide to engage a registered migration agent or legal practitioner.
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Which occupation suits your skills? Explore the different Occupation Lists to check your eligibility.
While completing your application, use this information to understand the process, requirements and supporting documents.
Skilled migrants wanting to move to South Australia can support their visa application by applying for State nomination.
View current processing times for nomination, assessments and migration services
If you are applying for state nomination for a skilled migration visa, this checklist outlines the documents required to support your application.
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Cannot fill your South Australian business position locally? You may be able to sponsor a skilled migrant to join your team.
While there are a number of steps involved in employing overseas skilled workers, we want to make the process as easy to navigate as possible.
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Registrations of Interest (ROIs) for the South Australian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program will close 9am Tuesday, 2 June 2026.
The last formal invitation round was conducted on 21 May 2026. As we approach year end, further invitation activity may occur to optimise the allocation of remaining nomination places. Skilled and Business Migration (SBM) will resume accepting ROIs from all eligible candidates when the 2026-27 program commences. Further information regarding the 2026-27 program will be published on our website when it becomes available. SBM will continue to assess applications for nomination and new applications will be able to be lodged. However, with few nomination places remaining, not all applicants will be nominated this program year. Once all nomination places are used, any applications approved will be nominated after SBM receives its nomination allocation for the 2026-27 program year. Any clients effected will be communicated with.
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