Working in Australia as a foreign national almost always runs through a visa first: the occupation you do, the skills assessment you can pass, and whether a state, territory or employer will nominate you determine which pathway is even open to you. The links below are grouped so you can start with the government's own visa finder and points test, then move into employer sponsorship, state nomination, skills assessment and licensing, and finally the practical set-up once you land.
These are the Department of Home Affairs' own pages for the main skilled visa subclasses, the points test, SkillSelect, and the English and health/character requirements that sit underneath every pathway.
This is the closest Australian equivalent to a list of firms that have 'opted in': how a business becomes a standard or accredited sponsor, and the labour agreements (including region-specific DAMAs) that name participating occupations and, in some cases, employers. Home Affairs does not currently publish a public, up-to-date list of accredited sponsors, so none is included here.
No current official public list of accredited sponsors is published by Home Affairs; a 2022 FOI release exists but is stale and is deliberately excluded.
Each state and territory runs its own nomination program for subclasses 190 and 491, with its own occupation list and, in several cases, a separate regional pathway. Start with the jurisdiction you want to live and work in.
Whether you qualify for a skilled visa depends on your occupation being on the relevant list and passing a skills assessment from the authority responsible for that occupation family.
Occupational licensing sits alongside (not instead of) migration skills assessment; these are the national bodies and the recognised English tests referenced in the visa criteria above.
Regional visas (491, 494) and several state programs offer lower points thresholds or dedicated occupation lists for designated regional areas — this is where 'regional' is defined and mapped.
These are the government-run recruitment platforms for the Australian Public Service, the federal jobseeker service, and state public-sector and health-service employers.
Large private job boards are widely used in Australia but are not government-run — kept separate from the official listings above.
These are private commercial platforms, not government sources.
Once you're working, these are the official steps for tax, health cover and retirement savings that every new arrival goes through.
Directory of official and semi-official sources, compiled 2026-08-26. Links are to the issuing body wherever one exists. This page states no eligibility, processing time or fee, and is not immigration advice — rules change, and the issuing authority is always the current source.
Your own government runs the register of licensed recruiters, the emigration clearance and the welfare fund that apply before you leave. Those pages are written from that side.
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