Australia · Skilled Migration · Permanent Residency

Your Australia PR journey starts with knowing where you stand.

The skills
that travel.

Australia doesn't ask who you know — it counts what you bring. Age, English, education, experience, occupation. Get the points, get the invitation.Find out where you stand. Then climb.

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Australia Skilled Migration · at a glance

Selection methodPoints-based

Minimum points (190)65

Recent invitation cut-offs80–95+

Core PR subclasses189 · 190 · 491

Pathway to citizenship4 years

Skills assessmentACS · EA · VETASSESS

Where do you sit on the points test today?
The wizard below scores your profile against all three core PR pathways in 6 minutes — and tells you the right next step.

The Australia case

A country built for skilled professionals.

Strong economy. World-class healthcare. Top universities. Public schools that work. Long, safe coastlines and four world cities. For an Indian skilled professional, Australia consistently ranks among the top three destinations for quality of life, career growth, and long-term family settlement. PR is the status that locks all of it in.

Stable, high-income economy

Three decades of nearly uninterrupted growth, low unemployment, and skill shortages across IT, engineering, healthcare, trades, and education. Salaries among the highest in the OECD.

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Top-tier quality of life

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide rank year after year in the world's top 20 most liveable cities. Clean air, public transport that runs, walkable neighbourhoods.

Public healthcare via Medicare

Permanent residents access Medicare — bulk-billed GP visits, subsidised specialist care, and public hospital cover. One of the strongest universal health systems in the developed world.

World-class education

Eight universities in the global top 100. Free public schools for PR-holder children. University fees at domestic rates once PR is granted — typically a fraction of international tuition.

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Multicultural, English-speaking

Nearly one in three Australians born overseas. India is the largest source country for new permanent migrants. The Indian-Australian community is established, organised, and welcoming.

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Permanent settlement security

Once you have PR, you live, work, and study indefinitely. Travel home anytime. Sponsor eligible family. A clear pathway to Australian citizenship at four years — without the renewal anxiety of temporary visas.

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Strong worker protections

Award wages, minimum-pay floors, paid leave, super (retirement savings) at 11%+, and the Fair Work system. Australia treats labour rights as legal rights — not benefits to be negotiated.

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Family-first migration

Bring your spouse and children on the same PR application. Australia is one of the few destinations where the primary applicant's PR automatically extends to the immediate family, without separate sponsorship.

What PR actually unlocks

Permanent Residency isn't a visa.
It's a status.

A work permit ends when the job ends. A study visa ends when the course ends. PR ends only when you choose. It's the only status that gives you the country, the career, and the life — all on the same document.

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Live, work, and study anywhere in Australia

Move between states for jobs. Change employers freely. Switch careers. Start a business. PR doesn't tie you to a sponsor or a city.

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Bring your spouse and children

Spouse and dependent children are included on the same application. They receive the same PR rights — work, study, healthcare — from day one of landing.

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Medicare — Australia's public healthcare

Free or heavily subsidised access to GPs, specialists, and public hospitals. Among the most generous universal-care systems in the OECD.

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Domestic-rate education for your children

Public schools free for PR-holder children. University tuition at citizen / domestic rates once PR is granted — often a fraction of the international student fee.

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Pathway to Australian citizenship

After four years of lawful residence (with at least one as a PR), apply for citizenship and the Australian passport — visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 180+ countries.

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Sponsor eligible family members

Parents, partners, and certain relatives can be sponsored under family migration streams. Queues and conditions vary — but the door opens once PR is granted.

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Travel freedom and return rights

Travel home or anywhere else, return without a visa application. The Resident Return Visa (155 / 157) maintains your right to re-enter Australia as a PR.

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Career and lifestyle stability

No visa renewal anxiety. No sponsor lock-in. Build a 10-, 20-, 30-year career on a single status — and a life that doesn't depend on the next renewal letter.

Honest note. Specific benefits — Medicare eligibility, fee structures, sponsorship rights, voting rights — depend on the visa subclass granted (189, 190, 491, 186, etc.), state / territory of residence, and current Australian government policy. Provisional subclasses (e.g. 491) lead to PR after meeting regional residence and work conditions; full PR benefits apply from grant of the permanent visa (e.g. 191). The wizard below maps your profile to the right subclass.

The mechanics

How Australia skilled migration actually works.

Australia runs the most transparent points-based selection system in the developed world. Every factor is published. Every threshold is documented. Get the points, get the invitation. Here's the nine-stage pipeline — what it looks like from "should I migrate?" to "where do I land?"

Eligibility evaluation

Age, English level, education, work experience, occupation — mapped against the points test for 189 / 190 / 491. Output: indicative score and feasible pathways.

ANZSCO mapping

Match your job role to the right Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations code. Wrong code = wrong assessor = refusal.

Skills assessment

Submit to the correct assessing body — ACS (IT), Engineers Australia (engineering), VETASSESS (most others), or a profession-specific body. Validates your ANZSCO claim.

English test

IELTS, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT, OET, or CAE. Competent English unlocks eligibility; Proficient (7+ each band) and Superior (8+) unlock significant point bonuses.

Expression of Interest (EOI)

Lodge your EOI via SkillSelect — Australia's pool. EOI is free, valid 2 years, and ranks you against every other applicant in your occupation worldwide.

State / regional nomination

For 190 and 491, secure a state or regional nomination. Each state runs its own programs, its own occupation lists, its own commitment criteria, its own opening windows.

Invitation to Apply (ITA)

Australia invites top-scoring candidates from the pool. Invitation rounds run roughly monthly. Once invited, you have 60 days to lodge the visa application.

Visa lodgement

File the visa application with the Department of Home Affairs — full documentation, medicals, police clearances for every country lived in 12+ months, character declarations.

Decision

Department of Home Affairs decides. For 189 / 190 / 491, processing typically runs 6–14 months post-lodgement. Once granted: land, settle, build your Australian life.

65 / 100

Minimum 65 points to even qualify for the pool.

Actual invitation cut-offs for most occupations sit at 80–95+. The wizard estimates your indicative points across all three subclasses and tells you where the gap is.

Five doors · One status

The skilled migration pathways to Australian PR.

Australia offers a structured ladder of skilled-migration routes. Some are direct PR. Some are provisional and convert to PR after meeting regional conditions. Some need an employer. Some need a state. The wizard below tells you which door is yours.

Subclass 189

Skilled Independent Visa

Direct PR · No sponsor needed

The flagship independent route. No state nomination, no employer sponsorship. Pure points-based selection from the federal pool. For high-scoring profiles in occupations on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL).

Permanent from grantNo conditionsHighest cut-offs

Subclass 190

Skilled Nominated Visa

Direct PR · State / Territory nominated

Permanent visa granted via state or territory nomination — adds +5 points and unlocks a wider occupation list. Requires commitment to live and work in the nominating state, usually for 2 years. Each state runs its own program and windows.

Permanent+5 pointsState-led occupation lists

Subclass 491

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional)

5-year provisional · Converts to PR via 191

Live and work in designated regional Australia for at least 3 years and meet income thresholds — then transition to permanent residency via the 191. Wider occupation lists, lower cut-offs, +15 points for nomination. The fast track for many profiles.

Provisional 5 yrs+15 pointsPR via 191

Subclass 482 / 186 / 187 / 494

Employer-Sponsored Pathways

Australian employer required · RMA-led

The Temporary Skill Shortage (482), Employer Nomination Scheme (186 Direct / Transitional), and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (494) routes — for candidates with a genuine Australian job offer. Regulated representation strongly recommended.

Job offer neededRMA recommended186 = direct PR

Subclass 500 → 485 → PR

Study-to-Migration Route

Multi-stage · Best for younger applicants

Enter on a Student visa (500), graduate, transition to the Temporary Graduate visa (485) for post-study work, then apply for skilled PR with Australian qualifications and work experience. Often the lowest-friction route for under-30 applicants who don't currently qualify directly.

3–5 yr journeyLower upfront pointsBest under 30

What Australia is hiring

Occupations driving Australian PR.

Australia publishes its skilled occupation lists openly — and updates them based on labour-market shortages. Your occupation must sit on the right list, be matched to the correct ANZSCO code, and pass skills assessment. The categories below are dominant in recent invitation rounds. The wizard maps your role to the actual ANZSCO code that matters.

Software & ICT Professionals

Engineers (All Disciplines)

Healthcare & Nursing

Accountants & Finance

Teachers & Education

Skilled Trades & Technicians

Construction & Infrastructure

Scientists & Researchers

Social Workers & Counsellors

Chefs & Hospitality (Skilled)

Agriculture & Farm Managers

Business & Management Specialists

Find out if your occupation can support your Australia PR pathway.

The wizard checks your role against the latest MLTSSL, STSOL, and regional lists — and tells you which assessing body, which subclass, and which states will look at your application.

Start with the wizard

Six minutes. Free. Honest answers.

In a handful of questions, the wizard tells you:

→Whether you're realistically eligible for Australia PR today
→Your indicative points score across 189, 190, and 491
→Which of the five pathways suits your profile
→Whether you need the Standard track or RMA-supervised track
→Which Y-Axis tier — Evaluation, Strategy, Review, SAS, or Full Service — fits your case
→Whether your profile flags require RMA handling (refusals, character issues, onshore, complex)

You leave with a recommendation, an indicative price, and a clear next step. No phone calls required. No quotes ambushing your inbox. Just clarity.

Wizard preview

What the wizard asks

Q1Where are you in your Australia journey — just exploring, or ready to file?

Q2Any prior visa refusals, health, or character flags we should know about?

Q3Are you offshore or already onshore in Australia?

Q4Which pathway are you exploring — Skilled PR, Employer-sponsored, Family, Study?

Q5Your readiness — eligibility, points, documents, EOI lodged?

Output: Recommended Y-Axis service (T1–T4) · Standard or RMA track · Indicative price · Next-step CTA · Option to talk to a consultant first.

Multiple tiers · Two tracks · One staircase

Start small. Climb at your pace.

Y-Axis runs a tiered ladder priced from ₹4,999 to ₹1,90,000 — so you can get expert advice, prepare yourself, or hand the whole thing over. Two parallel tracks: Standard (clean profiles, offshore filing) and RMA (regulated agent supervision for complex cases). Every step delivers value before the next is sold.

Australia Evaluation

₹2,300

Points test · 189/190/491 fit

Know if you qualify before you spend. Points calculation across all three core pathways, ANZSCO mapping, skills-assessment guidance, indicative cut-off positioning. Delivered in 1–2 days.

Strategy Session

₹5,000

30-min Career Architect call

Personalised expert plan: 189 vs 190 vs 491 decision, state nomination strategy, ACS vs Engineers Australia vs VETASSESS, partner-points optimization. Booked within 48 hrs.

DIY Bundle + Review

₹10,500

All templates · 1 review call

Complete ACS / EA submission checklist, document matrix, points calculator, EOI template, DIY state-nomination guide — validated by a Y-Axis consultant in a 1:1 review call.

Y-Smart Assisted Services

₹30,000

You file, we ensure it's right

Y-Axis reviews your ACS submission, validates the EOI, reviews each state nomination application, ongoing corrections. 8–12 weeks of supervised filing without the full-service price.

EOI + State Sponsorship + Visa (DHA)

₹66,240

Full pre-grant + visa — mainstream T4 entry

End-to-end EOI creation, state nomination, and DHA visa filing with medicals, PCC, and spouse inclusion. The mainstream T4 entry point covering everything from EOI through visa grant.

Skill Stream Flagship

₹80,000

ACS + EOI + Nomination + DHA Visa

The complete Migrate-to-Australia package. Skills assessment, EOI, state nomination, DHA visa filing, medicals, PCC, spouse inclusion. 9–14 months end-to-end. Flagship 189 / 190 / 491.

Standard track: the right choice for clean profiles filing offshore — mainstream Skilled PR (189 / 190 / 491), no prior refusals, no character issues, no health complications. Most Indian applicants fit here. Lower price, same documentation rigour.

Why Y-Axis for Australia

25+

Years guiding overseas careers

Since 1999, Y-Axis has helped over a million clients understand their overseas options — across Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, and beyond. Pattern recognition matters.

1,100+

Migration experts across 50+ offices

Local consultants in your city. Senior architects in regional hubs. Registered migration agents (MARA) for the Australia track. One file, one dashboard, multiple eyes.

RMA

Regulated Migration Agent supervision

For complex cases — refusals, character issues, onshore filings, employer sponsorship — Y-Axis routes to RMAs registered with Australia's Migration Agents Registration Authority. Not optional. Not adjacent. Built in.

4 tiers

Transparent ladder pricing

₹4,999 to ₹1,90,000 — published, not negotiated. Climb at your pace. Every tier credits toward the next within the eligible upgrade window. No surprise quotes.

2 tracks

Standard + RMA — explicit routing

The wizard sorts your profile into the right track before you spend a rupee. No accidental Full Service purchase when SAS was the right move. No Standard-track filing when only an RMA can legally represent you.

6 dimensions

Y-Path Decision Criteria — proprietary

No other consultancy scores you on Income · Education · Health · Retirement · Family · Freedom before recommending a country. You migrate where you'll actually succeed.

24×7

Live dashboard tracking

Every stage of your PR file visible in real time — from ACS lodgement to ITA to visa grant. No phone calls to ask "what's next." See it yourself.

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Post-PR continues

Post-landing settlement, partner skill assessment for points, family sponsorship, citizenship at four years, Resident Return Visa management. A typical Australia PR client stays on the Y-Axis platform for a decade.

Six minutes. Free. Zero obligation.

Not sure which Australia PR pathway is right for you?
Start with the wizard.

The Y-Axis Australia PR Wizard scores your profile against 189, 190, and 491 — and tells you the right Y-Axis tier in plain language.

Australia · Skilled Migration

Find out if you qualify for Australia PR
in under 5 minutes.

Two quick options. Pick a 4-question triage for a fast recommendation, or the deep evaluation for a full points test on 189/190/491 and a written report.

About Australia migration: Skilled migration uses a 65-point minimum threshold across age, English, work experience, education, and other factors. Most successful applicants score 75–90 points. State nomination (190) adds 5 points; regional pathways (491) add 15 points.

Questions we hear before every Australia PR file.