Skilled Recognised Graduate Visa 476

Travel, work and study in Australia

This is a temporary visa. You can usually stay in Australia for 18 months.

You can’t stay in Australia longer by extending this visa, as you can’t be granted another Skilled – Recognised Graduate visa. You will need to apply for another visa. Explore your visa options.

You can include members of the family unit in your application when you apply. 

Family members who apply for the visa must meet our health and character requirements.

You can add your children to the application until a decision on your application is made. You can’t add any other member of the family unit to your application during that period.

Subsequent entrants

If we grant you the visa, your family members might be able to apply to join you in Australia later as a subsequent entrant.

Family members applying for this visa as subsequent entrants must apply online in ImmiAccount.

The visa costs AUD405 for the main applicant.

There is also a charge for each family member who applies for the visa with you.

You might also have to pay other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.

To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not take into account the other costs.

You (and family members of your combined application) can be in or outside Australia when you apply for this visa. But, if you are in Australia when you apply, you will not be eligible for a Bridging visa to remain in Australia while we process your application.

When the visa is granted, you must be outside Australia.

Family members making a combined application must also be outside of Australia when the visa is granted.

If you are the holder of a Special Category (subclass 444) visa, you can lodge your application in Australia and be granted a Bridging Visa to remain in Australia pending a decision. Subclass 444 holders can be granted a bridging visa to remain in Australia because they are eligible for their visa to be granted while they are in Australia.

Your application can take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
• it takes us time to verify your information

We can’t process your application if you do not pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case. 

You, and your family members, must meet all visa conditions and obey Australian laws.

See which conditions will and might be attached to this visa.

You can travel outside Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid.

The time you spend outside Australia does not extend the visa.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

When you apply, you must have completed an engineering course for which you were awarded a degree or higher qualification in the last 2 years. This could be a:

• bachelors degree
• masters degree
• doctoral degree
• postgraduate diploma

This qualification must be in an engineering discipline, such as:

• civil engineering
• structural engineering
• chemical engineering
• environmental engineering
• electrical and electronics engineering
• mechanical, production and plant engineering
• mining and material engineering

Educational institutions

You must have completed your engineering qualification at a specified educational institution. Any institution offering an Engineering qualification accredited under the Washington Accord is a specified institution.

If you studied at an institution or college that is only affiliated with a Washington Accord specified institution, you would not satisfy this requirement.

We will also accept an engineering degree (or higher qualification) from:

• Argentina – Catholic University of Argentina
• Brazil – Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Chile – Universidad Catolica del Norte
• Chile – Catholic University of Chile
• Chile – University of Chile
• Chile – University of Concepcion
• Finland – HUT, Helsinki
• Germany – RWTH, Aachen
• Germany – Technical University of Berlin
• Germany – Technical University of Clausthal
• Germany – TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• Germany – University of Hannover
• Hungary – University of Miskolc
• India – Anna University, Chennai
• India – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• India – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• India – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• India – Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
• Iran – Amir Kabir University of Technology
• Iran – University of Tehran
• People’s Republic of China – Beijing Normal University
• People’s Republic of China – Beijing Petroleum University
• People’s Republic of China – Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• People’s Republic of China – Beijing University of Technology
• People’s Republic of China – China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
• People’s Republic of China – Guangzhou University
• People’s Republic of China – Shanghai University of Engineering Science
• People’s Republic of China – Shanghai Jiaotong University
• People’s Republic of China – Tongji University
• People’s Republic of China – Tsinghua University
• People’s Republic of China – University of Science and Technology, Beijing
• Philippines – University of the Philippines
• Poland – Wroclaw University of Technology
• Slovakia – TU Kosice
• Sweden – Lulea University of Technology
• Tanzania – University of Dar es Salaam

You must provide evidence of English proficiency unless you hold a valid passport from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland.

To do this show us evidence in the last 3 years you achieved: