🚨 Important Visa Update: Skilled Migration Income Thresholds Increasing from 1 July 2025 🚨
Big news for employers and skilled visa applicants! Starting 1 July 2025, the income thresholds for skilled visa nominations will increase by 4.6%, in line with the Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings (AWOTE).
This change is part of the Australian Government’s efforts to maintain fair wages and ensure skilled migration supports — not undercuts — local workers.
🔹 What’s Changing?
💼 For Employers: If you’re sponsoring skilled migrants, these are the new minimum salary requirements you’ll need to meet from 1 July 2025 (or the market salary rate, whichever is higher):
Core Skills Income Threshold (CSIT):
➡️ Increasing from $73,150 to $76,515
👉 Affects subclass 482 (Core Skills stream) and subclass 186
Specialist Skills Income Threshold (SSIT):
➡️ Increasing from $135,000 to $141,210
👉 Affects subclass 482 (Specialist Skills stream)
Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT):
➡️ Increasing from $73,150 to $76,515
👉 Affects subclass 494 and subclass 187
🌏 For Skilled Workers:
If you’re planning to apply for a visa in any of the above streams after 1 July 2025, your offered salary must meet these new thresholds. Now is the time to check your eligibility, prepare your documents, and talk to a migration professional.
🛑 Note: These changes will only apply to new nomination applications submitted from 1 July 2025. Existing visa holders or pending applications lodged before this date will not be affected.
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At MW Migration Solutions, we are here to support both employers and skilled migrants through these changes.
📩 If you’re unsure how this impacts your migration or sponsorship plans, let’s connect at info@mwmigration.com.au
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