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Application guidance
Critical Skills Work Visa requirements
AuthorityDepartment of Home Affairs
ContextDHA checklist effective 9 October 2024
Registry checked2026-10-01
Official checklist describing documents required for a Critical Skills Work Visa application, including an employment offer, selection of a listed critical skill and professional-body or government confirmation where applicable.
What this source means for the pathway
This converts the legal/points framework into the practical evidence bundle a Critical Skills applicant needs to assemble.
Key points
- DHA's checklist requires a valid employment offer or contract.
- The applicant must select one occupation/critical skill on the latest list.
- Relevant professional-body, council, board or government confirmation is required where applicable.
- For foreign qualifications, the checklist calls for a SAQA evaluation outcome or proof that the evaluation application has been submitted.
- Professional registration evidence may also be required where the occupation is regulated.
A checklist is application guidance; where it conflicts with later law or a later official directive, the later authoritative source should be checked.
Use the official source for the operative rule.PathLens summary is a navigation aid and does not replace professional immigration or legal advice.