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Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191)

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Eligibility varies by stream: the Regional Provisional stream requires holding an eligible visa for at least 3 years while complying with its conditions and meeting an income threshold for that period, with no sponsor or nominator needed; the Hong Kong stream requires holding a Hong Kong or British National (Overseas) passport and meeting certain visa and residence requirements, also with no sponsor or nominator needed.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

No sponsor or nominator is needed under either stream (Regional Provisional stream or Hong Kong stream). The official source does not mention a job offer or employer requirement.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

In the Regional Provisional stream, the visa is for people who have lived and worked in designated regional areas of Australia on an eligible visa: the applicant must have held an eligible visa for at least 3 years, complied with its conditions, and had a taxable income at or above a specific income threshold for at least 3 years while holding that visa. In the Hong Kong stream, the applicant must hold a Hong Kong or British National (Overseas) passport and meet certain visa and residence requirements. The official source does not state the income threshold amount or any occupation, qualification or skill-level requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state the income threshold amount or any occupation, qualification or skill-level requirement.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The visa allows the holder to live and work in Australia permanently. The source does not state whether the holder is tied to an employer, occupation or sector, nor whether family can accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • No statement on employer, occupation or sector restrictions.
  • No statement on family accompaniment.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The visa is permanent: holders may live and work in Australia permanently, so no renewal arises.

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Limits of the record
  • the page does not state any travel-facility period
  • the page does not state a pathway to citizenship

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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