MIGRATION & EDUCATION GUIDANCE
190 Skilled Nominated visa overview
The Skilled Nominated visa subclass 190 is a skilled migration pathway that involves state or territory nomination as well as a visa application. The nomination and visa stages are separate decisions, and personal circumstances require review against current requirements.
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Two connected decision stages
State or territory nomination and the visa stage are connected but separate. Nomination rules vary between jurisdictions and can change, so the relevant government’s current information must be checked alongside Home Affairs requirements.
Reviewing nomination and visa-stage questions
KITES can help organise the available information and evidence questions for the proposed nominating jurisdiction and the separate visa stage. Any service scope must be confirmed for the individual matter and cannot establish access to nomination or a visa.
Check the nominating jurisdiction first
Identify the jurisdiction being considered, read its current nomination material and separate those questions from the Home Affairs visa application requirements. The factual record can then be reviewed against the correct stage instead of assuming that one authority’s step decides the other.
Authority boundaries and other skilled options
This general information is not personal advice and does not establish eligibility, nomination or an outcome. Nominating governments control nomination decisions, Home Affairs makes the visa decision, and neither decision can be predicted here.