Services We Offer

We provide a range of free migration services to:

Skilled and business migrants

Free services to skilled professionals, tradespeople, business owners and investors who plan to migrate to Victoria include:

  • visa sponsorship
  • information about migrating, living and working in Melbourne and in Victoria's regional communities
  • post-arrival skilled and business migrant seminars to help migrants settle into life in Victoria
  • links to public and private employment and business services
  • priority visa application processing by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for State sponsored visas
  • support for exploratory, short-term stay business visas.

If you are planning to move to regional Victoria, you will also be supported through the Victorian Government's Global Skills for Provincial Victoria (GSPV) initiative.

Seminars

Skilled and business migrant seminars are offered to help migrants settle into life and work in Victoria.

If you have recently arrived in Victoria as a skilled or business migrant, you can register to attend these seminars, which provide advice on:

  • making the most of your skills and business experience
  • making a quick transition into work or business in Victoria
  • understanding how Victoria's industries and business environment operate
  • referrals to specialised employment, business and migrant services

Seminars also provide the opportunity to network with professional and industry associations, business services, recruiters and other migrants.

Find out more about the seminars for skilled migrants.

Find out more about the seminars for business migrants.

Facilitation and referral

We can also link business migrants to government agencies and private sector agencies, including the Office of Small Business to:

  • prioritise the types of business activity that best suit your circumstances
  • discuss market and feasibility research options with you
  • direct you to the most appropriate sources of information for market research
  • discuss business development opportunities with you, including business planning
  • provide information and referral to develop realistic business strategies to operate a business in Victoria.

Victorian employers

Victorian employers have access to the following services:

  • Resumes/Curriculum Vitaes of qualified and experienced skilled migrants who have recently arrived or will soon be arriving in Victoria to fill skill shortages
  • Help source skilled migrants for job vacancies
  • Provide information on visa options to sponsor a skilled migrant to Victoria
  • Provide information and referral to find out if a migrant's qualifications are recognised in Victoria
  • Can sponsor migrants to Victoria whose skills are listed on Victoria's Eligibility Lists.

Local government, industry and migration agents

Services provided to local government, industry, migration agents, employer and community groups include:

  • providing advice to help address skill shortages in the region or industry
  • organising forums to inform industry, employer and regional groups about addressing skill shortages through migration programs
  • seminars to help attract business migrants to regions
  • seminars to assist migration agents, accountants, legal firms and others to promote Victoria as a business migration destination and attract eligible business migrants to Victoria.

Please contact us for more information about these services.

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Last updated: July 2009

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