Graduates

There are opportunities for highly talented graduates of Australian universities to make their stay in Victoria permanent through Victorian visa nomination. So far this year, 87% of all nominated applicants held an Australian qualification.

There are many visa options for graduates of Australian universities who want to live and work in Melbourne or regional Victoria, including:

independent visas
state and territory nominated visas
employer sponsored visas

Migrate Program review Statistics about the candidates we are selecting to apply for nomination, including information on their education and occupation.

Skilled visa options The Victorian Government supports skilled migrants through free visa nomination. There are two state nominated skilled visa options available for visa nomination:

Migrate 188 - Business Innovation stream For those with business skills who want to establish. develop and manage a new or existing business in Victoria.

Migrate 188 - Entrepreneur stream For start-up founders who plan to grow their business ideas in Victoria.

Migrate Skilled migration visas Understand the requirements and conditions you need to gain visa nomination and find out more detailed information about skilled migration visas.

Migrate Registration of Interest Learn more about submitting a Registration of Interest for Victorian State Visa Nomination.

Discover Migration stories Melbourne is one of the world’s most loved migration destinations. But don’t take our word for it, hear about the experiences of some of our migrants who have made the move to Melbourne already.

Discover Huong Tran After recently completing a Masters of Health Economics at Deakin University, state nomination has allowed Huong to continue her work at Deakin Health Economics.

Discover Ranja Salvamoser Ranja completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne after falling in love with Melbourne on a student exchange. Nominated by Victoria in 2020, she now works as a biologist at Exopharm.