Queensland state nomination
Nomination and approval
Applying for nomination correctly does not guarantee that you will receive Queensland nomination or be granted an Australian visa. Nomination is granted at the discretion of Migration Queensland and is subject to quotas.
Migration Queensland reserves the right to withdraw or cancel the nomination under certain mitigating circumstances. The final decision and time frame on granting a visa is made by the Department of Home Affairs. Migration Queensland takes no responsibility if your visa application is not approved by the Department of Home Affairs.
Processing times – Migration Queensland
The processing time of each application varies, depending on the quality of your application documents, timely payment of application fee, and volume of applications submitted to Migration Queensland.
Periodically, due to quota limitations or peak demand, processing times may be longer than anticipated.
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
Migration Queensland will not, under any circumstances, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) against decisions made by the Department of Home Affairs to decline a visa to any skilled or business applicant nominated by Queensland.
After moving to Queensland
You must supply your residential address and contact details to Migration Queensland upon receiving your visa and settling in Queensland, or after securing a permanent place of residence. You must also advise Migration Queensland of any change to your circumstances within the first 2–3 years of living in Queensland – including changes of address, investment, business, or employment.
For skilled visa applicants
Expression of interest (EOI)
Preference will be given to applicants who select “Queensland” as their nominating state of choice over applicants who select “Any” state. If a suspension period is in place, do not submitting an EOI until processing has reopened.
Occupation ceilings
Occupations on Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists (QSOL) may be subject to caps. This means that Migration Queensland will accept a maximum number of nominations for those occupations within a given period. When program targets are met, the occupation will be closed and further applications will not be accepted.
Program targets are opened and closed at Migration Queensland’s discretion. The status of occupations will be regularly updated to indicate whether applications are being accepted. Regularly review the Migration Queensland website to check the status of your occupation. Migration Queensland will not contact you if your occupation is later closed or opened.
Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists (QSOL)
QSOLs reflect the current labour demand, change regularly, and may do so without notice.
Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List
The occupations set out in the following table are the Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List.
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Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List |
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|
Item |
Column 1 Occupation |
Column 2 ANZSCO code |
Column 3 Assessing authority |
|
1 |
construction project manager |
133111 |
VETASSESS |
|
2 |
engineering manager |
133211 |
(a) Engineers Australia; or (b) AIM |
|
3 |
child care centre manager |
134111 |
TRA |
|
4 |
nursing clinical director |
134212 |
ANMAC |
|
5 |
primary health organisation manager |
134213 |
VETASSESS |
|
6 |
welfare centre manager |
134214 |
ACWA |
|
7 |
arts administrator or manager |
139911 |
VETASSESS |
|
8 |
environmental manager |
139912 |
VETASSESS |
|
9 |
dancer or choreographer |
211112 |
VETASSESS |
|
10 |
music director |
211212 |
VETASSESS |
|
11 |
musician (instrumental) |
211213 |
VETASSESS |
|
12 |
artistic director |
212111 |
VETASSESS |
|
13 |
accountant (general) |
221111 |
(a) CPAA; or (b) CAANZ; or (c) IPA |
|
14 |
management accountant |
221112 |
(a) CPAA; or (b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
15 |
taxation accountant |
221113 |
(a) CPAA; or (b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
16 |
external auditor |
221213 |
(a) CPAA; or (b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
17 |
internal auditor |
221214 |
VETASSESS |
|
18 |
actuary |
224111 |
VETASSESS |
|
19 |
statistician |
224113 |
VETASSESS |
|
20 |
economist |
224311 |
VETASSESS |
|
21 |
land economist |
224511 |
VETASSESS |
|
22 |
valuer |
224512 |
VETASSESS |
|
23 |
management consultant |
224711 |
VETASSESS |
|
24 |
architect |
232111 |
AACA |
|
25 |
landscape architect |
232112 |
VETASSESS |
|
26 |
surveyor |
232212 |
SSSI |
|
27 |
cartographer |
232213 |
VETASSESS |
|
28 |
other spatial scientist |
232214 |
VETASSESS |
|
29 |
chemical engineer |
233111 |
Engineers Australia |
|
30 |
materials engineer |
233112 |
Engineers Australia |
|
31 |
civil engineer |
233211 |
Engineers Australia |
|
32 |
geotechnical engineer |
233212 |
Engineers Australia |
|
33 |
quantity surveyor |
233213 |
AIQS |
|
34 |
structural engineer |
233214 |
Engineers Australia |
|
35 |
transport engineer |
233215 |
Engineers Australia |
|
36 |
electrical engineer |
233311 |
Engineers Australia |
|
37 |
electronics engineer |
233411 |
Engineers Australia |
|
38 |
industrial engineer |
233511 |
Engineers Australia |
|
39 |
mechanical engineer |
233512 |
Engineers Australia |
|
40 |
production or plant engineer |
233513 |
Engineers Australia |
|
41 |
mining engineer (excluding petroleum) |
233611 |
Engineers Australia |
|
42 |
petroleum engineer |
233612 |
Engineers Australia |
|
43 |
aeronautical engineer |
233911 |
Engineers Australia |
|
44 |
agricultural engineer |
233912 |
Engineers Australia |
|
45 |
biomedical engineer |
233913 |
Engineers Australia |
|
46 |
engineering technologist |
233914 |
Engineers Australia |
|
47 |
environmental engineer |
233915 |
Engineers Australia |
|
48 |
naval architect |
233916 |
Engineers Australia |
|
49 |
engineering professionals (nec) |
233999 |
Engineers Australia |
|
50 |
agricultural consultant |
234111 |
VETASSESS |
|
51 |
agricultural scientist |
234112 |
VETASSESS |
|
52 |
forester |
234113 |
VETASSESS |
|
53 |
chemist |
234211 |
VETASSESS |
|
54 |
food technologist |
234212 |
VETASSESS |
|
55 |
environmental consultant |
234312 |
VETASSESS |
|
56 |
environmental research scientist |
234313 |
VETASSESS |
|
57 |
environmental scientist (nec) |
234399 |
VETASSESS |
|
58 |
geophysicist |
234412 |
VETASSESS |
|
59 |
hydrogeologist |
234413 |
VETASSESS |
|
60 |
life scientist (general) |
234511 |
VETASSESS |
|
61 |
biochemist |
234513 |
VETASSESS |
|
62 |
biotechnologist |
234514 |
VETASSESS |
|
63 |
botanist |
234515 |
VETASSESS |
|
64 |
marine biologist |
234516 |
VETASSESS |
|
65 |
microbiologist |
234517 |
VETASSESS |
|
66 |
zoologist |
234518 |
VETASSESS |
|
67 |
life scientists (nec) |
234599 |
VETASSESS |
|
68 |
medical laboratory scientist |
234611 |
AIMS |
|
69 |
veterinarian |
234711 |
AVBC |
|
70 |
conservator |
234911 |
VETASSESS |
|
71 |
metallurgist |
234912 |
VETASSESS |
|
72 |
meteorologist |
234913 |
VETASSESS |
|
73 |
physicist |
234914 |
VETASSESS/ACPSEM |
|
74 |
natural and physical science professionals (nec) |
234999 |
VETASSESS |
|
75 |
early childhood (pre‑primary school) teacher |
241111 |
AITSL |
|
76 |
secondary school teacher |
241411 |
AITSL |
|
77 |
special needs teacher |
241511 |
AITSL |
|
78 |
teacher of the hearing impaired |
241512 |
AITSL |
|
79 |
teacher of the sight impaired |
241513 |
AITSL |
|
80 |
special education teachers (nec) |
241599 |
AITSL |
|
81 |
university lecturer |
242111 |
VETASSESS |
|
82 |
medical diagnostic radiographer |
251211 |
ASMIRT |
|
83 |
medical radiation therapist |
251212 |
ASMIRT |
|
84 |
nuclear medicine technologist |
251213 |
ANZSNM |
|
85 |
sonographer |
251214 |
ASMIRT |
|
86 |
optometrist |
251411 |
OCANZ |
|
87 |
orthotist or prosthetist |
251912 |
AOPA |
|
88 |
chiropractor |
252111 |
CCEA |
|
89 |
osteopath |
252112 |
AOAC |
|
90 |
occupational therapist |
252411 |
OTC |
|
91 |
physiotherapist |
252511 |
APC |
|
92 |
podiatrist |
252611 |
ANZPAC |
|
93 |
audiologist |
252711 |
VETASSESS |
|
94 |
speech pathologist |
252712 |
SPA |
|
95 |
general practitioner |
253111 |
MedBA |
|
96 |
specialist physician (general medicine) |
253311 |
MedBA |
|
97 |
cardiologist |
253312 |
MedBA |
|
98 |
clinical haematologist |
253313 |
MedBA |
|
99 |
medical oncologist |
253314 |
MedBA |
|
100 |
endocrinologist |
253315 |
MedBA |
|
101 |
gastroenterologist |
253316 |
MedBA |
|
102 |
intensive care specialist |
253317 |
MedBA |
|
103 |
neurologist |
253318 |
MedBA |
|
104 |
paediatrician |
253321 |
MedBA |
|
105 |
renal medicine specialist |
253322 |
MedBA |
|
106 |
rheumatologist |
253323 |
MedBA |
|
107 |
thoracic medicine specialist |
253324 |
MedBA |
|
108 |
specialist physicians (nec) |
253399 |
MedBA |
|
109 |
psychiatrist |
253411 |
MedBA |
|
110 |
surgeon (general) |
253511 |
MedBA |
|
111 |
cardiothoracic surgeon |
253512 |
MedBA |
|
112 |
neurosurgeon |
253513 |
MedBA |
|
113 |
orthopaedic surgeon |
253514 |
MedBA |
|
114 |
otorhinolaryngologist |
253515 |
MedBA |
|
115 |
paediatric surgeon |
253516 |
MedBA |
|
116 |
plastic and reconstructive surgeon |
253517 |
MedBA |
|
117 |
urologist |
253518 |
MedBA |
|
118 |
vascular surgeon |
253521 |
MedBA |
|
119 |
dermatologist |
253911 |
MedBA |
|
120 |
emergency medicine specialist |
253912 |
MedBA |
|
121 |
obstetrician and gynaecologist |
253913 |
MedBA |
|
122 |
ophthalmologist |
253914 |
MedBA |
|
123 |
pathologist |
253915 |
MedBA |
|
124 |
diagnostic and interventional radiologist |
253917 |
MedBA |
|
125 |
radiation oncologist |
253918 |
MedBA |
|
126 |
medical practitioners (nec) |
253999 |
MedBA |
|
127 |
midwife |
254111 |
ANMAC |
|
128 |
nurse practitioner |
254411 |
ANMAC |
|
129 |
registered nurse (aged care) |
254412 |
ANMAC |
|
130 |
registered nurse (child and family health) |
254413 |
ANMAC |
|
131 |
registered nurse (community health) |
254414 |
ANMAC |
|
132 |
registered nurse (critical care and emergency) |
254415 |
ANMAC |
|
133 |
registered nurse (developmental disability) |
254416 |
ANMAC |
|
134 |
registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation) |
254417 |
ANMAC |
|
135 |
registered nurse (medical) |
254418 |
ANMAC |
|
136 |
registered nurse (medical practice) |
254421 |
ANMAC |
|
137 |
registered nurse (mental health) |
254422 |
ANMAC |
|
138 |
registered nurse (perioperative) |
254423 |
ANMAC |
|
139 |
registered nurse (surgical) |
254424 |
ANMAC |
|
140 |
registered nurse (paediatrics) |
254425 |
ANMAC |
|
141 |
registered nurses (nec) |
254499 |
ANMAC |
|
142 |
ICT business analyst |
261111 |
ACS |
|
143 |
systems analyst |
261112 |
ACS |
|
144 |
multimedia specialist |
261211 |
ACS |
|
145 |
analyst programmer |
261311 |
ACS |
|
146 |
developer programmer |
261312 |
ACS |
|
147 |
software engineer |
261313 |
ACS |
|
148 |
software and applications programmers (nec) |
261399 |
ACS |
|
149 |
ICT security specialist |
262112 |
ACS |
|
150 |
computer network and systems engineer |
263111 |
ACS |
|
151 |
telecommunications engineer |
263311 |
Engineers Australia |
|
152 |
telecommunications network engineer |
263312 |
Engineers Australia |
|
153 |
barrister |
271111 |
a legal admissions authority of a State or Territory |
|
154 |
solicitor |
271311 |
a legal admissions authority of a State or Territory |
|
155 |
clinical psychologist |
272311 |
APS |
|
156 |
educational psychologist |
272312 |
APS |
|
157 |
organisational psychologist |
272313 |
APS |
|
158 |
psychologists (nec) |
272399 |
APS |
|
159 |
social worker |
272511 |
AASW |
|
160 |
civil engineering draftsperson |
312211 |
(a) Engineers Australia; or (b) VETASSESS |
|
161 |
civil engineering technician |
312212 |
VETASSESS |
|
162 |
electrical engineering draftsperson |
312311 |
Engineers Australia |
|
163 |
electrical engineering technician |
312312 |
TRA |
|
164 |
radio communications technician |
313211 |
TRA |
|
165 |
telecommunications field engineer |
313212 |
Engineers Australia |
|
166 |
telecommunications network planner |
313213 |
Engineers Australia |
|
167 |
telecommunications technical officer or technologist |
313214 |
Engineers Australia |
|
168 |
automotive electrician |
321111 |
TRA |
|
169 |
motor mechanic (general) |
321211 |
TRA |
|
170 |
diesel motor mechanic |
321212 |
TRA |
|
171 |
motorcycle mechanic |
321213 |
TRA |
|
172 |
small engine mechanic |
321214 |
TRA |
|
173 |
sheetmetal trades worker |
322211 |
TRA |
|
174 |
metal fabricator |
322311 |
TRA |
|
175 |
pressure welder |
322312 |
TRA |
|
176 |
welder (first class) |
322313 |
TRA |
|
177 |
fitter (general) |
323211 |
TRA |
|
178 |
fitter and turner |
323212 |
TRA |
|
179 |
fitter‑welder |
323213 |
TRA |
|
180 |
metal machinist (first class) |
323214 |
TRA |
|
181 |
locksmith |
323313 |
TRA |
|
182 |
panelbeater |
324111 |
TRA |
|
183 |
bricklayer |
331111 |
TRA |
|
184 |
stonemason |
331112 |
TRA |
|
185 |
carpenter and joiner |
331211 |
TRA |
|
186 |
carpenter |
331212 |
TRA |
|
187 |
joiner |
331213 |
TRA |
|
188 |
painting trades worker |
332211 |
TRA |
|
189 |
glazier |
333111 |
TRA |
|
190 |
fibrous plasterer |
333211 |
TRA |
|
191 |
solid plasterer |
333212 |
TRA |
|
192 |
wall and floor tiler |
333411 |
TRA |
|
193 |
plumber (general) |
334111 |
TRA |
|
194 |
airconditioning and mechanical services plumber |
334112 |
TRA |
|
195 |
drainer |
334113 |
TRA |
|
196 |
gasfitter |
334114 |
TRA |
|
197 |
roof plumber |
334115 |
TRA |
|
198 |
electrician (general) |
341111 |
TRA |
|
199 |
electrician (special class) |
341112 |
TRA |
|
200 |
lift mechanic |
341113 |
TRA |
|
201 |
airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic |
342111 |
TRA |
|
202 |
technical cable jointer |
342212 |
TRA |
|
203 |
electronic equipment trades worker |
342313 |
TRA |
|
204 |
electronic instrument trades worker (general) |
342314 |
TRA |
|
205 |
electronic instrument trades worker (special class) |
342315 |
TRA |
|
206 |
chef |
351311 |
TRA |
|
207 |
horse trainer |
361112 |
TRA |
|
208 |
cabinetmaker |
394111 |
TRA |
|
209 |
boat builder and repairer |
399111 |
TRA |
|
210 |
shipwright |
399112 |
TRA |
|
211 |
tennis coach |
452316 |
VETASSESS |
|
212 |
footballer |
452411 |
VETASSESS |
Note 1: Column 2 is included for information only.
Note 2: For the meaning of the expressions in column 3, see section 11.
For Business visa applicants
Business migration advice
Migration Queensland recommends that you seek professional migration, legal, and financial advice before making an investment or starting a business – to ensure compliance with all eligibility requirements. Migration Queensland takes no responsibility if your investment or business is not successful.
Complying investments or business investment may carry risk. It is your responsibility to evaluate and determine the merit, viability, and risk of a proposed investment or business and to verify the reliability, accuracy, and completeness of the information that you have gathered.
By granting nomination, the state of Queensland makes no endorsement or representation regarding the:
- business proposal or complying investments,
- viability or otherwise of the proposed business or complying investments, or
- origin, validity, accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information in your business proposal.
The State of Queensland disclaims and excludes to the full extent permitted by law any liability for losses of whatsoever nature that arise in any way from, or in connection with, the applicant’s business proposal or by reason of reliance thereon by any person.
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