SR6.5 Skilled Residence: Care Workforce Work to Residence summary of requirements (31/10/2022)

1. To be granted a Skilled Residence: Care Workforce Work to Residence visa, all applicants must:
   1. meet health and character requirements for residence (see A4 and A5); and
   2. meet the applicable minimum standard of English or, where instructions allow, pre-purchase English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tuition (see SR5.15).
2. In addition, the principal applicant must:
   1. hold an Accredited Employer work visa, or another work visa applied for before 4 July 2022 at the time the residence application is made; and
   2. be paid at or above the Level 4 rate per hour in a Care Workforce sector occupation listed in Appendix 14 (see SR6.10); and
   3. have completed 24 months in a Care Workforce sector occupation listed in Appendix 14 (see SR6.15); and
   4. be aged 55 or younger at the time the residence application is made.

Note: The current Level 4 rate can be found in the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017 – Schedule 2 Minimum hourly wages. For the period from 1 July 2022 – 31 December 2023 the Level 4 rate is $28.25.

Effective 31/10/2022