Skilled Migrant Visas Explained

If you have never heard of a Rube Goldberg machine, then the above image might not make much sense, but to bring everyone up to speed, they are basically a clever and very complicated machine (or group of machines) that makes a simple process (like switching on a light) as complicated as humanly possible - with often ludicrous, over the stop steps, added just for fun.

If you have ever tried to decipher what our current Skilled Migrant category looks like or how it operates, with the very simple end goal being to attract skilled, employable people - you could be forgiven for thinking that INZ have created their very own Rube Goldberg machine.

The irony of course, is that in developing the current suite of Skilled Migrant options, the plan was to simplify everything. In some ways they have simplified things for themselves, taking a lot of work out of the process for immigration officers who have to handle these applications, but in other ways, by adding multiple versions of Visas that all have the same key goal, they have in fact created an immigration system that Rube would be proud of.

So in an attempt to demystify the mystical and clarify the complicated I am going to summarise what the key options are below for those that are skilled, employable and looking to make the move.

Click here to read our full article on the Turner Hopkins Immigration website.