887 Visa Skilled Regional
Overview
The 887 visa is a permanent visa for people who have lived and worked in specified areas of regional Australia. The permanent Skilled Regional visa (Subclass 887) allows provisional Skilled Regional visa holders (such as Subclass 489 visa) who have lived and worked in a specified regional area of Australia to apply for Permanent Residency.
Benefits
This is a permanent visa. It lets you:
Stay in Australia indefinitely
Work and study in Australia (without restriction)
Enrol in Medicare, Australia’s scheme for health-related care and expenses
Sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence
Travel to and from Australia for five years
Apply for Australian citizenship, if eligible.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for a permanent Skilled Regional visa (Subclass 887), you must:
Be inside Australia at the time of lodging your visa
At the time of lodgement hold a prerequisite visa
Have, prior to lodgement, held a qualifying visa for at least two (2) years
A skilled regional visa- subclass 489
A skilled independent regional-subclass 495
A skilled designated area sponsored visa- subclass 496
A skilled regional sponsored visa- subclass 475
A skilled regional sponsored visa- subclass 487
A bridging visa A/B
Have lived in a specified regional area for at least two (2) years
Have worked full-time in a specified regional area for at least one (1) year
Meet relevant health and character requirements.
Note: Dependents and partners who hold a skilled visa and meet all other eligibility criteria can apply for this subclass 887 visa as the main applicant.
COVID Concession
If You Are Outside of Australia
During the concession period, you are allowed to make an application outside of Australia and be out of the country when your visa is granted. In addition to this, you meet the work and residence requirements for a shorter period of time:
You have evidence that you worked full-time for nine months (or less if allowed) in a specified region in Australia.
You lived in Australia for 18 months or less in a specified region in Australia.
If You Are In Australia
If you want to apply for an 887 visa during the concession period while you are in Australia, then you must provide evidence that:
You worked full time for 9 months in a specific area in Australia.
You lived for 2 years in a specific area in Australia.
Process
Step 1: Prepare all the necessary documents, such as identity documents, work and residence documents, competent English documents character documents, relationship documents, partner documents, Skills Assessment documents
Step 2: Lodge Visa Application online
Step 3: Update the Department when there are changes especially important information such as phone number, email, address, or passport
Step 4: Applicants will be informed by writing from the Department about the visa outcome. If the application has been refused, information such as the reason why it was refused and if there’s a chance for a review of the decision will be included in the letter.
Processing times
75% of applications: 18 months
90% of applications: 19 months
Note: The Department is currently assessing applications submitted before September 2020.
Our Services
We are well-known to have an extremely high success rate when it comes to General skilled Visa applications by providing these services:
Upon signing up, we will be with you every step of the way by sending you the instructions and providing sample documents
Guiding you in gathering evidence and reviewing the documents needed for your visa application
We will also prepare a legal submission detailing how you would meet the legal requirements for the visa application
We will make sure that the lodgment of the visa will not have any issues and liaise with the department of immigration for any of their request until the visa grant
We can also extend our assistance with complex issues such as health or character refusal, visa refusals, or AAT appeals.d
Costs
Departmental Application Fee (Main Applicant) $425
Departmental Application Fee (Additional Applicant 18 years and over) $210
Departmental Application Fee (Additional Applicant under 18 years old) $110
Other relevant information
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