Visa subclass 191- Permanent residence ( Skilled Regional): There are two streams available to apply for this visa: The Regional Provisional visas stream and the Hong Kong (Regional) Stream.

Major highlights applicable to the permanent visa subclass 191 ( Regional Provisional visas stream): 

• The applicant has held a regional eligible visa such as visa subclass 491 or visa subclass 494 for at least 3 years
• The applicant holds a regional eligible visa
• Applicant needs to provide notices of assessments for at least 3 income years.
• The applicant has complied substantially with the conditions of the regional provisional visa and any subsequent bridging visas.

Visa subclass 191- Hong Kong ( Regional) Stream

Major highlights relevant to the Hong Kong ( Regional) Stream

• The applicant has complied  substantially with the conditions of his/her visas and any subsequent bridging visas
• Hold an eligible visa such as Visa subclass 482, 457 or 485.
• The applicant must be a Hong Kong or British National ( Overseas) passport holder
• The applicant must have held any of the eligible visas for at least 3 years
• The applicant holds an eligible visa.
• For the last consecutive 3 years before the date of the application, the applicant must have lived and carried out any work or study in a Designated Regional area.