hello everybody i'm yana from sydney visa. today i continue the narrative
about the difference between visas 189 190 and 491. in the last video
of this series i talked about the general difference between thesze visas
and today i will talk about more practical aspects of each visa,
in particular i will compare the visa limitations,
social welfare subsidies and more.
let's remind you about the visas we are talking today.
189 is the permanent independent visa
you're going we're going to refer to it as independent visa. 190 is the
permanent state sponsored visa which we're going to call sponsored. and
visa 491 is a transitional or temporary regional
sponsored visa and we're gonna refer to it as regional.
today let's talk about more everyday aspects of these visas. so
independent and sponsored visa, as i said, are
permanent, whereas regional visa is a temporary visa.
after minimum of three years of leaving and working in australia on the regional
visa, one would fulfill the criteria for the
subsequent permanent visa 191 (see the first video)
after you receive the 191 visa
it becomes equivalent to the independent 189 visa
let's talk about citizenship
and getting the australian passport. well since the independent
and the sponsored visas are the pr visas you can expect to receive the
australian passport after satisfying residential criteria
the residence criteria is satisfied after living in australia for
a total of over four years. the residential criteria starts
when you first enter the country on a valid visa. this means
that you can start accumulating the years of residence for subsequent
citizenship while you are on a temporary original visa as well.
if you receive visa 191 after being on 491 for three years
you would need to spend
additional 12 months on this pr visa before you would
be eligible to apply for the australian citizenship. so in terms
of time needed to obtain australian passport all
three visas are the same.
i would like to remind you here, that we at sydney visa conduct a free visa
eligibility assessment. all you need to do is fill out the
questionnaire below and we will assist you with the choice of occupation and
provide a feedback about your chances of obtaining australian visa. one request
however please provide detailed information about your work
experience and education so we can assess your chances and suggest the
occupation more accurately. okay let's continue with the differences
about the visas. bringing over the family right
so all visas imply that the members of your family unit
are included in the application and receive the same visa as you.
the members of the family unit are husband, wife,
either civil marriage or de facto relationship,
and children under the age of 18. you can also include
children under age of 23, provided you can prove their dependency.
essentially it means that they study full time.
your parents and your siblings
are not considered family unit for the immigration purposes and cannot be
included in the application for these visas.
okay, nomination so since both sponsored and regional visas require state
or regional nomination, you will need to acquire
such a nomination from state or region and as a result you will commit yourself
to living in the state or the territory that
nominated you for the sponsored visa. you must live in the state for minimum
of three years. your work and income are not tested in
any way. for the regional visa you must live
and work in the region that sponsored you for
minimum of three years and show that you have an annual income
for three years of minimum 55 000 approximately annually.
all of the three visas have the working rights this means that you can
work without any restrictions as long as you work within the state
or region that sponsored you for the sponsored visas.
also it is important to mention here that
you have no obligation to work within the occupation that you used for your
visa application and this is true for original visa as
well. what about living in the country on both
permanent visas. you can travel unlimited for five years after five
years if you have not obtained an australian
passport then you will need to apply for the resident return visa
in order to re-enter australia if you left.
the regional visa is granted for a period of five years
and during this period you can travel and leave the country as much as you
like but keep in mind that in doing so you're
not extending your visa. that is, regional visa is granted for five years
and that's the five calendar years from the moment you first
entered the country on this visa. it's not the summary of five years
in the country.
medicare. medicare is the health insurance theme
which provides residents of the country with access to medical care
within the state's medical institutions. it is the government theme
so you can say that the australian healthcare is free.
although it is not really, most people pay medicare levy tax,
but nonetheless having medicare is the great security blanket for any
individual living in australia. i'm pleased to say
that all three visas assume availability of medicare insurance for all the
applicant. on previous regional visa, that was
before november 9 2019 (489) which was replaced by
the current one, did not include medicare which made it quite difficult for a lot
of immigrants. if you're moving to australia with children of preschool
age then the question of child care is of importance.
you might have already heard that there is no government subsidized child care
in australia and almost all child care is private
and it is quite expensive. in sydney you will be looking at about $150
a day for your child. however certain citizen and pr residents
can receive child care subsidy from the government,
which can cover up to 85 percent of the cost
of the child care. the subsidy is means tested
and both parents need to work or study to receive this subsidy.
unfortunately there is no access to this subsidy on the regional visa,
only on independent and sponsored. what about schooling education in
australia. public schools is free of charge to
the citizens and residents but on the regional visa you will
have to pay a little extra for school. the cost of tuition greatly
varies between the states and the year on enrollment.
the cost is about five thousand dollars per
year.. keep in mind that it is much lower than you would pay if you
were studying in school on australian student visa.
higher education higher education in australia
is paid. everybody must pay for it although
the cost of tuition varies significantly between
international and domestic students. an international student can expect to
pay around 25 000 a year for tutoring while citizens and pr
residents would only pay five to eight thousand
for the same faculty. although the tuition fees for
citizens and pr residents are the same, australian
citizens have the privilege of deferring their tuition fees.
the program is called hecs help and it allows students to repay their
debt to the government (for tuition) only after they find a job and start
earning over a certain amount and that's at least, i don't remember,
either 60 000 or 80 000 pa. the cost of studying in the university
on the regional visa depends very much on the university and
the state in which the uni is located. some
educational institutions make a discount to people that hold the regional
visa and others do not. right to sponsor your relatives. this
right gives you an opportunity to sponsor
your relatives such as your parents or your partner for permanent residency
in australia. the independent and
sponsored visas have this right, while on the regional visa you do not
have this right. well i hope this has given you an overview
of what you can expect on different skill
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cheers from down under. goodbye