The Victorian Skilled Visa Nomination program helps qualified professionals to live and work in Victoria. Early childhood teachers (ECTs) are on the skilled occupation list and can apply for a visa.
This is a great chance to grow the workforce and support ECTs on temporary visas to stay and work in Victoria.
This is an opportunity for:
- service providers to promote the program to ECTs currently employed on temporary visas
- eligible ECTs living in Victoria and overseas to register their interest on the Live in Melbourne website.
Please share this article with ECTs in your service.
About the program
Victoria offers nomination for 2 visa types:
- Skilled nominated visa (subclass 190): this is a permanent visa. It lets skilled migrants live and work anywhere in Victoria, including Melbourne
- Skilled regional visa (subclass 491): this is a temporary 5-year visa. It allows holders to live and work in regional Victoria, with a pathway to permanent residency.
Nomination under the program:
- adds extra points to an applicant’s Australian visa application points test (5 points for subclass 190, 15 points for subclass 491)
- does not need employer sponsorship
- provides unrestricted work rights, following visa conditions.
Support available
ECTs in Victoria can access career supports and professional development opportunities. There is also financial support to help eligible ECTs with relocation, including:
- financial incentives for eligible ECTs currently working outside the Victorian early childhood sector who accept a job at any service delivering funded Kindergarten
- relocation supplements for anyone who receives an incentive and moves more than 100 kilometres from their current home to take up a role.
Find out more
For more information about the Victorian Skilled Visa Nomination program, refer to the Live in Melbourne website.
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