The Department of Immigration and Citizenship identifies Skillselect as a major change to how Australia manages its bank of migrated general skill. Skillselect: Australia's new visa application process starts with an EOI (Expression of Intent) from the intending migrant. The next stage of the migration process calls for a self-declaration on account of the applicant about the professional expertise, education details, skills, age and similar other factors. It also makes it mandatory for the applicant to nominate a specific occupation from the provided SOL ‘Skilled Occupation List' in line with his professional and educational qualifications. The applicant must also show his abilities with the English language along with a formal adequacy with the visa requirements. Skillselect with then invite or offer an employment to the intending migrant based on his or her pass marks and the allocated ranking, to proceed through the next stage of the migration process.

The salient features of the Skillselect: Australia's new visa application process are:-

The intending migrants need to provide the EOI ‘Expression on Intent' to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship along with a mention of the skills, personal details, education and professional expertise.

Skillselect will rank the applications as per the occupation criteria, pass marks and the prevalent demand. The invitations would subsequently be sent across to the candidates for a mutual discussion.

For a ‘points tested visa' system, the applicants should make sure that the minimum criteria with the pass marks must be matched. Else, the candidature stands ineligible.

The applicants should receive an invitation from the state government with a mention of the nomination. Skillselect makes it possible for the employers and the state representatives to contact the applicant and discuss the job prospect with the applicant. A common platform allows for an opportunity for the employers and the intending migrants to discuss the employment taking into consideration the varied aspects of the association. The prospects of a possible selection can further be improved by indicating that the applicant and the immediate family are willing to settle in Australia. The visa application process also doesn't require the applicant to go in for an employer sponsored visa.

Skillselect: Australia's new visa application process also requires the primary applicant to meet the visa requirements and to substantiate the claims made at the time of EOI submission. The applicant should obtain an endorsement over the pre-application assessment of the skills from the relevant authorities. The endorsement along with the English language proficiency report should be kept ready as a window of just 60 days is allowed for complying with the visa application formalities. Skillselect database maintains the database of the applicant for a period of the two years since the submission date and therefore it becomes implied for the candidates to periodically update the details. The Skillselect portal is also available online for the intending migrants to pursue the migration formalities on net.