Visa Entitlements
This visa permits you along with any secondary applicants included in your application to reside in Australia for a period of up to 18 months and does not place upon you any restrictions regarding work or study. During this 18 month period you will be able without restriction to:
- work
- travel
- improve your English skills through study
- partake in additional professional studies
Main Applicant Eligibility
This visa has no points test but you must meet all of the basic requirements.
Age
On the day you lodge your visa application you must be under 31 years of age.
English language ability
You are required to meet the English language threshold at the ‘competent’ level.
You will meet this threshold automatically if you are a citizen of or posses a valid passport from:
- United States of America (USA)
- United Kingdom (UK)
- New Zealand
- Canada
- Republic of Ireland.
Eligible qualification
To be eligible for this visa, you need to have completed an approved degree qualification in Engineering at some time during the previous two (2) years immediately preceding the date you lodge your application.
Eligible degree qualifications are:
- A postgraduate diploma
- A doctoral degree
- A masters degree
- A bachelors degree
Acceptable degree qualifications require a specialisation in or a major sequence of study in an Engineering discipline. These include amongst other things:
- Structural Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Mining and Material Engineering
- Mechanical, Production and Plant Engineering
Important: You must have completed the qualification you are basing your application on at a recognised and approved overseas institution.
Recognised overseas institution
A recognised and approved overseas institution refers to a university which Australian employers regard as offering superior world-class degree courses in the Engineering field.
Additional Information
Health & Character
If you are neither an Australian citizen nor an Australian permanent resident, but you intend to live in or visit Australia, both you and all secondary applicants listed in your application will be required to undergo a health examination and pass specific health requirements before a visa can be issued.
You and all secondary applicants are also required to be ‘of good character’ in order to live in or visit Australia. This is determined by Australian authorities and you may be asked to provide evidence such as police certificates for every country you have resided in since turning 16 years of age for 12 months or longer over the previous ten (10) years.
Location
You are permitted to apply for a subclass 476 visa whilst you are in Australia, provided you are not in Australia under conditions 8503 or 8535, or have any other conditions placed on your current visa which prevent you from applying to remain in Australia.
However, you and all secondary applicants included in your application must be outside Australia at the time your application is decided upon, unless you are an eligible New Zealand citizen.
