The Global Talent Independent Visa programme is an Australian government program launched in November 2019. It aims to attract highly skilled migrants to live and work in Australia. It then offers them a fast tracked Permanent residence option.
Why write this blog?
I moved to Australia for work in 2018, received the GTI Visa (Subclass 858) in May 2020. I work in Technology within the Insurtech sector in Sydney.
I’ve also started a company, mentored startups, and taught students globally. I did my Bachelors in Engineering back in 2012 from.
Hope this blog helps other talented individuals from everywhere around the world to come live and work in Australia. I will post about the GTI Process and share experiences of others who have gone through the process.
How to use this website?
There are multiple ways to engage with the content on the website based on how you want to engage with the program.
If you’re a prospective talent looking to engage with the GTI Process, I suggest you start at the Global Talent Eligibility Calculator, and move onto Submitting an Expression of Interest to express interest for the Global Talent Independent Visa program.
If you’re looking to get a Lawyer’s help for the program, speak to Ruobing from Ashton Legal. He’s helped many people get a Global Talent Independent Visa grant. They will help you prepare your documents for Expression of Interest to submitting your visa application.
If this is the first time you have heard about this visa. Start by reading about and understanding the visa program. You can find also statistics for the program from a crowd-funded Survey of GTI candidates or the Migration statistics for the program from 2019 to 2020 to understand the distribution of grants within the program.
Browse through the posts in blog categories if you’d like to understand the process. Or understand the Government’s vision behind the Global Talent Independent Program.
Contact me if you’d like to get in touch.
DISCLAIMER: This information is subject to change. The information in this publication is general only. It should not be used as legal advice. I’m not an immigration agent and this is not immigration advice.
20 Comments
June 22, 2020
Thanks for your reply and Congrats!!!!
I have actually received UID under cybersecurity as my Ph.D. work is on watermarking. However, I am kind of in a pickle, as my Ph.D. supervisor is not directly related to cybersecurity so I actually can not nominate him.
I am wondering if you know anyone who has got his/her PR under the GTI program in the cybersecurity stream and can be my nominator?
Any help will be great!!!!!
June 22, 2020
Thanks, wudit
June 29, 2020
Hi Udit,
Thanks for the informative article. How can you be so sure that only 200 was granted GTS per month. As I know initially many did not know about this and by the time of May June many started to apply.
Do you have any idea whether this is going to be continued after July 1st?
From your experience, how many publications needed to be there to be selected? Thanks
June 29, 2020
Hey pippi,
Glad you enjoyed the blog. If you read the article here , which has information from the Government of Australia for the number of Grants per month. I think 150 might be an average, and they are always looking for deserving candidates. The program has slowed down in the past couple of months because of Covid, but is now picking up speed again.
I’m pretty sure they will continue the program post July 1st for another year or so, they’ve been able to attract some great talent to Australia because of this program. They are already building businesses and being a part of the Australian community.
There’s no limit on how many publications are needed. In my case, I have 0 publications and neither PhD or Masters degree. It’s always about the quality of work you’ve done over quantity.
November 24, 2020
Hi Wudit,
I am a Singapore resident but currently stuck in India.I am thinking to apply from India itself (and select visa office as India)as I won’t be able to travel to Singapore soon due to travel restrictions.Only thing am worried is about getting Pcc from Singapore as not sure if they will allow me to get it.
I wanted to know when we go for medical and embassy visit,do we need all Pcc in place or Pcc can be sent later date.
July 4, 2020
Do you know anyone offshore that got invite and when did he/she apply and got answer.
Do you know if they answer if people is not sucessful?
July 4, 2020
Hey Moni,
Yes, I know people who have received Invites and even PR Grants from Offshore over the last month.
I’ve read a few cases of people who have received answers from the Department in case they weren’t eligible. But I’m not sure if this is happening for all of the candidates.
July 5, 2020
Thank you for your reply do you know when they submittwd the Eoi?
July 5, 2020
Please check the survey results on the Global Talent Survey Page.
July 12, 2020
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. I have a few questions.
It’s 19 days since I submitted the EOI, however, I haven’t received any response for the department.
How long does it take to receive the invitation after submitting the EOI? And will they inform me if my EOI is not successful?
Looking forward to your reply.
August 7, 2020
Hey mate,
I have applied to Distinguished Talent Visa (858) as I live now in Australia and just got my PhD.
I have directly applied to this visa on 26 June 2020 without an invitation as I had no idea about EOI. I have already done the health examination checks by early July 2020 and is now waiting for the outcome.
Any ideas ?
Many thanks
August 7, 2020
Hey there!
Your application case is very specific. I suggest you talk to an immigration lawyer about the best way forward with this one.
September 25, 2020
Hey,
I am planning to do the same, but wondering if you heard back from immigration department about the outcome or something?
August 12, 2020
Hi…my husband recently finished his masters on cyber security…Is he eligible for eoi lodgement??
August 12, 2020
Yes, he’s eligible for lodging a UID, but Its hard to say if he would be able to get a UID based on that description
September 26, 2020
Hi,
I submited my EOI on 08 July 2020 but I have not get any reply from them. Anyone got invitation in this month?
October 7, 2020
Processing time for an EOI / issuance of the Unique Identifier is around 4 months.
October 7, 2020
Hi. have you got any update?
February 25, 2021
How is the EOI processing times these days. I’ll submit phd thesis in about 1 month, and my student visa expires in September, if i submit now, how much chance do i have to receive invitation by then?
February 25, 2021
*I mean submit EOI now