Migration NT 2025-26: Secure Your Nomination
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Migration NT ramps up to 1,650 places for 2025-26—a 50-spot jump from 1,600 last year. Skilled workers eye subclass 190 permanence or 491 regional provisional paths. This guide unveils categories, occupations, and deadlines. Unlock eligibility secrets for onshore and offshore success. VEM provides proven steps to fast-track approvals.
Additional Information: Migration NT
Migration NT 2025-26 Highlights
Northern Territory claims 1,650 nomination places. 850 for subclass 190 deliver permanent residency. 800 for subclass 491 enable five-year regional work, transitioning to permanence after three years.
Doors open to both onshore and offshore talent. Growth contrasts shrinking quotas elsewhere. VEM tracks these shifts closely.
Visa Breakdown
Subclass 190 allows Australia-wide living post-nomination. Subclass 491 focuses regional areas to fill skills shortages. Pair with Home Affairs points of 65-plus, skills assessment, and competent English.
Targeted Occupation Priorities
NT chases demonstrated shortages. Engineers dominate. Add trades technicians, health professionals, social carers, hospitality staff, logistics operators, teachers, digital ICT pros, finance managers, farm stewards.
Priority list dropped 28 October 2025. Verify against NT and national rosters.
Federal Thresholds Overview
Limit age to under 45 on nomination day. Gain positive skills assessment from approved bodies. Hit 65 points on tests.
Achieve competent English via IELTS 6.0 per band or equivalents. Specialized fields like architecture require dedicated validations.
Core Nomination Categories
Migration NT sorts into NT Graduate, NT Resident, Offshore Applicant streams. All emphasize long-term ties and economic input.
Graduate Stream Specifics
Complete two full academic years at NT colleges. Follow with six months continuous stay on work-open visas like subclass 485, including bridges.
Evidence job pursuits: repeated applications, stakeholder networks, professional joins. Residency gaps steer to subclass 491 only, judged per case.
Resident 190 Criteria
Prove two years straight NT living before lodging. Confine dependents to territory; refresh marital updates swiftly.
Log two years full-time in aligned roles, assured 12 months ahead. Matches nominated trade or kin duties. Firms active 12 months locally, pay market wages. Reject desk-sharing hubs.
Resident 491 Rules
Pre-1 July 2020 movers: six months residency, six months employment. Later arrivals: 12 months home, six months job—full-time, 12-month extension.
Rare non-aligned work passes if ads prove local hire fails, role proves vital, efforts shine. 457/482 sponsors letter non-binding support. NT verifies; waivers scarce.
Offshore Pathway Nuances
Subclass 491 standard; 190 exceptional. Fulfill federal basics, one-year post-qual work in decade, funds proof, territory vow.
Priority Stream
Secure NTOMOL match with comprehensive migration skills assessment. Heed extra experience notes.
Family Stream
NT kin qualify: citizens, residents, NZ eligibles, or 491/494/887-191 bridges—12 months local. Spans kin from parents to cousins, inclusive relations.
Kin swear aid on housing, jobs. Bolster with market scans, app logs, outreach.
Job Offer Stream
Clinch firm offers from year-old NT outfits on Australian skilled occupation list. Updates ease to one-year experience, broaden lists, extend family via 489/494/bridges.
Interim 491 Priority
Spares for graduates/residents hitting 31 December 2025 walls: visas lapsing sans subclass 485, age 45 hits, points slips. Slots finite—priority urged.
Employability Proof Tips
Spotlight formal job offers, qual-role fits, ad persistence, interest notes. Strong files persuade. VEM hones evidence.
Migration NT packs 1,650 allocations—850 permanent 190s, 800 provisional 491s—via graduate two-year study plus six-month stay, resident two/12-month terms, offshore one-year experience streams. Dates anchor: October list, December urgents. Nail assessments, English, 65 points. Probe official pages. VEM's MARN 1577877 experts customize wins. Advance now—engage pros.
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