The Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) has launched a new invitation -only permanent visa program for exceptionally talented migrants which replaced the Global Talent Visa on 7 December 2024. Some of the areas included to target world leading skills include advanced robotics, quantum computing and clean energy.
Interested talented individuals are required to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the Department of home Affairs and the department will then invite a select number of people from the pool of EOI who have applied for NIV.
DOHA will process invitations to apply and NIV according to the following priority order:
- Recipients of internationally prestigious awards. This includes Nobel Prize laureates, Fields Medal recipients, Booker Prize winners or Olympic gold medallists.
- Exceptionally talented people in their field who are endorsed by a relevant Australian state, territory or federal government agency.
- People with exceptional skills in critical technologies, renewables and low emission technologies and health industries.
- Exceptionally talented people in agri-food and ag-tech, resources, defence capabilities and space, education, financial services and fin-tech, and infrastructure and transport.
The EOI process for NIV has no age limit and English language requirements are flexible. Applicants can apply EOIs from overseas or if they are in Australia on a temporary visa. EOIs are valid for 2 years.
Source: Department of Home Affairs