Global Talent Visa Australia

The Global Talent Independent Program is for the brightest and best global talent.

The Global Talent Visa Program

The Global Talent Visa Program, also known as the Global Talent Independent Program, is a streamlined visa pathway for highly skilled professionals to work and live permanently in Australia.

Australia is after the brightest and best global talent to work in seven future-focused sectors. The global talent independent program is designed to help grow our innovation and tech economies. This will create opportunities for Australians by transferring skills, promoting innovation, and creating jobs.

Australia is also a lifestyle destination, and one of the most prosperous, safe and culturally diverse countries in the world. Australia offers opportunities for innovation, with strong trading links and a business friendly regulatory approach. Through the program, talented individuals will be given permanent residency to make their new lives in Australia.

In 2020-2021, there are 15,000 places available under the Global Talent Independent Program.

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Benefits of the GTI Program

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Permanent Residency

With the global talent independent program visa you can work and study in Australia permanently and if eligible you can eventually become an Australian Citizen 

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Priority processing

The global talent visa program is a streamlined visa pathway for highly skilled professionals to work and live permanently in Australia.

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Sponsor your family

You can include members of your family unit on the application including your partner and children.

If you meet the requirements for Global Talent Visa Program, you would submit an expression of interest to Immigration. Immigration will then contact you and invite you to lodge a distinguished talent visa

Application process

Submit EOI

Submit an expression of interest (EOI) using Global Talent contact form. The Departmenrt will then assess your application and let you know the outcome in around 2-4 weeks

Global Talent Form

Use this form to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Global Talent Visa Program.If eligible, we will provide you an Invitation reference identifier and an Invitation code to lodge a Distinguished Talent (subclass 858) visa application.
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Wait for a Response

You will be contacted if your EOI has been successful and if not, you will be notified via email.
There can be three outcomes:you receive a unique identifier, The officer emails asking for more information about your achievements. These can include recommendation letters, proof of pay and documents specific to your application. More on this later. A rejection email if the officer does not think you qualify
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Apply for Visa

Subclass 858 Distinguished Talent Visa.This is a permanent visa for people who have an internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in an eligible field.

Visa Application process

We assist you to lodge the visa application via ImmiAccount from offshore or onshoreWe will also provide you with a checklist of required documents.
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Eligibility Criteria:

Subclass 858 Distinguished Talent visa

This is a permanent visa for people who have an internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in an eligible field.

To meet the requirements for this visa applicants must:

  • prove they are internationally recognised with evidence of outstanding achievements
  • still be prominent in their field of expertise
  • provide evidence that they would be an asset to Australia, in their area of expertise
  • have no difficulty obtaining employment in Australia or becoming established in their field
  • have a recognised organisation or individual in Australia endorse them as global talent, in the same field as the applicant
  • applicants who apply for this visa should have the ability to attract a salary at or above the high income threshold of AUD153,600.

The Government has identified several different industries or occupations in which Australian is in need.

    • The relevant sectors are

(a)  Resources 

Engineering, Geology, Metallurgy, Waste Management, Energy Saving Technology, Extraction and Processing. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Advanced visualisation technologies, e.g. sensors;
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies;
  • Beneficiation technologies (improving the economic value of a resource such as ore.);
  • Expertise in energy saving technologies for extracting and processing ores, such as ore body mapping, geophysical tools and drilling, mineral refinement, automated trucks and robotic equipment or grinding and processing technologies; and
  • Resource waste management.

(b) Agri-food and AgTech

Seed technology, nanomaterials, biofuels, supply chain and packaging, wearable technologies. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Agricultural big data analytics;
  • Commercialisation experience within the industry;
  • Future proteins for human and animal consumption;
  • Food and beverage technology;
  • Individual technologies or a combination of technologies related to farm equipment, weather, seed optimisation, fertiliser and crop inputs, and irrigation;
  • Precision measurement and/or application of farm inputs such as nitrogen and pesticides, gene editing, nanomaterials and synthetic biology;
  • Predictive technologies around planting times, climatic forecasting and crop cycles; and
  • Wearable technology, including ear-tag trackers for animal management.

(c)  Energy 

Clean energy, resource robotics, computational metallurgy, geostatistics, beneficiation, battery / energy storage. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Advanced visualisation technology (e.g. sensors);
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies;
  • Automation and robotics (e.g. smart sorting technologies for recycling);
  • Beneficiation technologies (i.e. improving the economic value of ore);
  • Recycling technology (e.g. feedstock recycling or E-waste processing);
  • Traceability technologies, e.g. experience with sophisticated material trading systems that make material sources more transparent to consumers; and
  • Expertise with the following fields:
    • Hydrogen technology;
    • Clean technologies, renewables and hybrids (including solar and wind power);
    • Battery/energy storage design (specialised, grid-scale and precursors for batteries);
    • Bioenergy and biofuels;
    • Micro-grid design; and
    • Supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions.

(d)  Health Industries

Medical and biomedical technology, pharmaceutical and vaccine research and development, IT biochemistry, digital health, implantables and wearable devices, genomics. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Antimicrobial resistance;
  • Biochemistry and cell biology;
  • Biostatistician;
  • Biotechnology;
  • Biomedicine and Bioengineering;
  • Cell and gene therapies – genomics;
  • Clinical trials;
  • Digital health;
  • Health economists;
  • Implantable and wearable devices (e.g. 3D printed custom devices, bionics and prosthetics);
  • Infectious disease;
  • Medical devices;
  • Medical physicist;
  • Microbiology and immunology;
  • Nanotechnology and genomics;
  • Neuroscience and neurology;
  • Pharmaceuticals;
  • Precision medicine;
  • Point of care diagnostics; and
  • Regenerative medicine.

(e) Defence, Advanced Manufacturing and Space

Astrodynamics, satellite systems, rocket and avionics systems, urban mobility, military equipment acquisition and sustainment, automation and robotics, nano-manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing and life-cycle engineering. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Defence:
    • Augmented and virtual reality;
    • Cyber Security;
    • Expertise in military equipment acquisition, sustainment and evaluation;
    • Robotics and automation; and
    • Sensors and analytics
  • Advanced Manufacturing:
    • Advanced materials;
    • Additive manufacturing (3D printing), materials resilience and repair;
    • Artificial intelligence and machine learning;
    • Automation & Robotics;
    • Bio-manufacturing and biological integration;
    • Biotechnologies;
    • Digital design and rapid prototyping;
    • Digitisation and automation;
    • Nano-manufacturing and micro-manufacturing;
    • Characterisation (Technologies in advanced microscopy and microanalysis that underpin modern science, medicine, engineering and industrial innovation);
    • Precision manufacturing; and
  • Space:
    • Aviation in space
    • Experience that would be of benefit to the National Civil Space Priority Areas: (a) Position, navigation and timing (PNT) infrastructure (global navigation satellite systems);
      • Earth observation technology and services (b) Communications technologies and services (lasers for data communication, quantum technologies for secure communication, and hybrid radio and optical communications) (c) Space situational awareness and debris monitoring (including space traffic management) (d) Leapfrog R&D, which includes new rocket technology, high-tech materials, space medicine, synthetic biology, quantum communications, in-orbit servicing and optical wireless communication technologies (e) Robotics and automation on Earth and in space;
    • Access to space, which includes international space missions and launch activity;

management and analysis; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; robotics; advanced mathematics and statistics);

(f)  Circular Economy 

Bioenergy, sustainable production, recycling, waste treatment, waste to energy technology, emissions technology, ecologically sustainable manufacturing. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies;
  • Bioenergy generation;
  • Bio-methane production;
  • Commercialisation experience within the industry;
  • Development of sustainable production and supply chain practices that reduce atmospheric land and marine pollution;
  • Energy infrastructure;
  • Recycling and responsible manufacturing to support industries (plastics, paper, glass, tyre components, e-waste and lithium batteries);
  • Reducing emissions and increasing efficient use of natural resources (including energy, water and materials);
  • Waste treatment (management and reuse) and emissions technology; and
  • Waste to Energy (WtE) technology (the ability to generate reliable baseload electricity that is also capable of diverting waste away from landfill and reducing carbon emissions).

(g)  Digitech

Quantum computing, cyber sciences, cyber security, artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, big data, disruptive technologies, smart cities, machine learning, network engineering, cloud computing. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning;
  • Automation;
  • Big data;
  • Blockchain technology;
  • Cloud computing;
  • Cyber security detection, prevention and response services;
  • Data and eResearch infrastructure;
  • Data management and analysis;
  • Data science;
  • Disruptive technologies;
  • Front-end development;
  • Internet of Things;
  • IT integrated with control systems for plant and machinery;
  • Machine learning engineering;
  • Network engineer/architect;
  • Quantum information and computing;
  • Robotics;
  • Senior experience in developing and producing digital games and immersive technology;
  • Smart cities;
  • Smart tech;
  • Software and product management/development;
  • Start-ups and Entrepreneurs in the industry;
  • Systems integration; and
  • 3D printing

 (h) Infrastructure 

 Water infrastructure, Energy infrastructure, regional development. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

      • Potential or ability to drive economic development in regional communities;
      • Potential or ability to develop gateways to support Australia’s international competitiveness;
      • Potential or ability to  improve and expand Australia’s energy infrastructure; and
      • Potential or ability to improve water security across Australia
    •  

(i) Tourism 

Travel and tourism infrastructure. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Potential or ability to increase the economic benefits to Australia from tourism;
  • Potential or ability to target high value travellers in the markets and tourism segments that deliver the greatest returns; and
  • Potential or ability to foster a sustainable and innovative tourism industry.

(j) Financial Services and FinTech 

Neobanking, payment systems, wealth and regtech, blockchain. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Automated and predictive financial advice;
  • Blockchain technology;
  • Commercialisation experience within the industry;
  • Digital wallets;
  • Financial advice (e.g. automated and digital);
  • Financial data analytics, compliance and ‘RegTech’;
  • Micro-savings;
  • Next generation lending, investment and wealth management;
  • Online banking; and
  • Platform banking and payments (e.g. contactless).

(k) Education 

Cutting edge skills in emerging fields of the industry, developing advanced educational systems and curricula, improving the education infrastructure in Australia, digital data and eResearch platforms. Under Departmental policy, for the purposes of prioritisation, the Department will give consideration as to candidate’s specialisations per below:

  • Cutting edge innovation within the Education sector
  • Research and education infrastructure planning;
  • Digital Data and eResearch Platforms; and
  • Platforms for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

Applications made in relation to the above-mentioned sectors by applicants who provide evidence of their current earnings or future salary equal to or above the FWHIT will be given priority processing of their Distinguished Talent visa application.

All other Distinguished Talent visa applications receive the second highest priority under Direction No 85.

The rationale for the direction is to give priority to applicants viewed as ‘highly desirable’ because of their skills and salary in sectors identified by the Australian Government as a priority for future industry growth, and with emerging opportunities for Australia’s economy. These sectors have been highlighted as priorities through the Industry Growth Centre initiative and through targeted consultation with key industry stakeholders including: Austrade; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business; and academia.

Processing times vary from 2 days to 2 months with many being decided in one to two weeks.For distinguished talent applications, The Department is considering the following order:
  • Priority 1 (the following are equal in priority):
    1. You have an Australian job offer paying higher than the $153,600 Fair Work High Income Threshold, or
    2. You are currently earning more than the $153,600 Fair Work High Income Threshold
    3. You can show that you are likely to attract a salary greater than the $153,600 Fair Work High Income Threshold
  • Priority 2:
    1. All other distinguished talent applications

Immigration has announced a quota of 15,000 Global Talent Visas for the 2020/2021 financial year.

As part of the application, you must be nominated by an eligible individual or organisation with a national reputation in your field. The nominator will endorse your achievements and international standing. They are not required to provide you with employment in Australia.

Once you receive your Permanent Residency through Global Talent, you are entitled to:

There is also no age limit for applicants. However, if an applicant is aged below 18 or above 55, an exceptional benefit to the Australian community needs to be established.

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Palmer Migration and Education Services assisting clients with a 98.5% success rate 

The process was very quick and stress-free, after submitting the EOI, I received a positive response within 3 weeks and then Palmer Migration assisted me with the whole process until I received my visa, great work
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James and his team helped us through the entire process of securing a Global Talent Visa. From the first consultation until the end, her team was diligent and professional, helping us secure a result that exceeded our expectations.
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Patricia Kelly
Financial Analyst
Palmer Migration was with me every step of the way through the visa decision making the process very stress free, They were a great source of wisdom but also a great source of encouragement for me.
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To be the number one Migration Agent in Australia constantly delivering highly-skilled and personalised immigration services to both our corporate and individual clients.

At Palmer Migration and Education Services we believe the client must always come first, whereby everything we do for our clients is dedicated to assisting them to achieve their goals.

Since our inception, we have grown and built a respectable name amongst a diverse clientele, both individual and commercial. Undertaking each migration case with a focus on reliabilityintegrity, and professionalism, and with a consistent dedication to our customers and values.
 

We are experts in identifying your best options and streamlining the entire visa application process on your behalf.

Our team of experienced registered migration agents can advise on the best Australian visa for your situation – be it a student visa, business or skilled worker visa, family visa, partner visa, or global talent independent visa. We can also help you attain permanent residency or citizenship if you have already spent some time living in Australia.
 

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