Australia's Northern Territory MINT project is a project based on state sponsored skilled immigrants. Applicants have the opportunity to obtain a 190-step green card, or they can apply for 491 by investing 515,000 Australian dollars.

Australia's Northern Territory MINT project is a project based on state sponsored skilled immigrants. Applicants have the opportunity to obtain a 190-step green card, or they can apply for 491 by investing 515,000 Australian dollars. This is currently the only skilled immigration project in Australia that is only open to direct applications from overseas applicants, and the visa application time is only 1-3 months.

On June 23, at the MINT meeting of the Northern Territory new financial year (2022-23), big news was announced, including the following aspects:

First: Expand the list of eligible occupations

From July 1 Starting from the new financial year, the MINT project will be expanded from the current separate occupation list NT-SOPL to any of Australia's three major occupation lists, including the MLTSSL list, STSOL list and ROL list. There are a total of about 500 occupations in the three lists, including some common and popular occupations such as IT, engineering and finance.

Due to space reasons, it is not possible to display all of them. If you want to know whether your occupation can be applied for, you can directly contact our consultants to help you inquire~

Engineering/construction occupations include:

urban and regional planner

architectural draftsperson

building inspector

architectural, building and surveying technicians ( nec)

mechanical engineering technician

interior designer

IT occupations include:

ICT project manager

ICT managers (nec)

ICT business development manager

ICT sales representative

web designer

database administrator

systems administrator

network administrator

network analyst

ICT support engineer

ICT customer support officer

ICT support technician s (nec)

Financial occupations include:

finance manager

finance broker

insurance broker

financial brokers ( nec)

financial market dealer

financial investment adviser

financial investment manager

2: The state government is considering opening the application channels for overseas graduates (not yet finalized)

The state government said it is considering setting up a new project start-up graduate program, which will serve students studying abroad. Open to graduates, only 20 places available.. However, specific rules have not yet been finalized. It was mentioned at the meeting that they can be divided into the following two categories:

The first category of overseas graduates: requires that they have not left Australia for more than two years and have no spouse or children living in other states.

Category 1 domestic graduates: Domestic students participating in the program must have lived in the Northern Territory for at least 12 months before receiving a state sponsorship invitation, and already hold a 485 visa when entering the start-up graduate program, and have a visa Valid for at least 13 months (can be for out-of-state graduates).

What are the advantages of the MINT project?

1. For those under the age of 45, the MINT190 EOI score for obtaining the family's Australian green card only requires 60 bare points to lock in the quota, and the investment amount is only 510,000 Australian dollars.

2. Most nominated occupations need to pass a career assessment, but do not require high English scores. They only need to meet the federal IELTS score of 4 and 6 points, and a few individual occupations require a total score of 7 points.

3. Apply directly if you meet the conditions specified by the Immigration Bureau. There are as many as 250 recognized occupations. The processing speed is very fast, and one person can get permanent residence.

It is one of the few or even the only projects where overseas applicants can get 190 in one step.For overseas applicants, Northern Territory MINT does not require how high your score is. 65 points is enough. There is no need to compete with domestic international students for places, you do not need to go to school locally, and you do not need to work locally. As long as your occupation is on the MINT list, You can apply!

What are the application requirements for the MINT project?

The Northern Territory MINT project is a project that combines investment and technology in a certain sense. Therefore, after meeting the basic conditions for skilled immigrants and meeting the following requirements, you can apply for the state with 65 points Guaranteed nomination:

1. The applicant needs to make a total investment of 515,000 Australian dollars in the MINT project:

with a total investment of 515,000 Australian dollars (no need to prove the source of funds) and hold it for 5 years. The investment portfolio is: 80% invested in government bonds (stable returns, annualized returns of 1.2%); 20% invested in start-up companies (venture capital, annualized returns up to 15%) .

2. The main applicant and his spouse cannot have close contact with other Australian states in the past five years, unless they have closer contact with the Northern Territory.

Xinghan reminds: The application process for the MINT project in the Northern Territory must be completed through PANEL AGENT. Other immigration agents who have not been certified by Paspalis Fund Company cannot submit the state sponsorship application.

In the 2022-23 fiscal year, the Northern Territory government will make new adjustments to the current MINT project. According to the changing trends of Australian immigration policies, each policy adjustment will become more stringent.

The Northern Territory MINT project is one of the few immigration methods for overseas applicants. Applications are open on July 1 of each fiscal year, and there are only 50 places.

If you are interested in the MINT project in the Northern Territory, please leave a message in the comment area or send a private message if you have any questions!