Brief Overview of Global Talent Independent Program

The Global Talent Visa-Independent Program (GTI) was launched on 4th November 2019 by the Australian government. The GTI Visa program is specially formulated to offer efficient and priority-centred visa services for amply skilled and resourceful people to permanently migrate to Australia. Through the GTI program, the Australian government targets to attract highly skilled persons from diverse parts of the world. Moreover, these individuals should be on the pinnacle in their particular industry and specifically targeted sectors.


The GTI Visa program works with different stakeholders; for example, Australian universities, territory governments, states, and industry bodies with the objective of attracting amply skilled, resourceful, and talented persons. Besides, there are GTI Officers stationed in various major cities, for example, Berlin, London, Washington DC, Singapore, and Shanghai. 


Targeted Sectors

The GTI Visa program targets individuals who are amply skilled and talented in one of these seven sectors, i.e., Cybersecurity, Space and Advanced Manufacturing, Energy and Mining Technology, AgTech, FinTech, MedTech, and Quantum Information, Advanced Digital, Data Science, and ICT. Moreover, particular individuals should be high performing, and a recent Masters, Ph.D., or Honours graduate have higher chances of success.


Salary Threshold

In every financial year, the threshold is annually adjusted, and the amount is set by Fair Work Australia. The applicants' aptitude to earn the particular salary threshold is assessed by the GTI Visa program through various parameters. For example, recent PhD or Masters graduates in the specific target areas, the current salary of the particular applicant, and the job offer outlining the salary. The salary threshold for this year is $153,600.


Application Process of the GTI Program

The visa application process requires the applicant to have met certain standards. These include: 


  • The applicant must have a unique identifier that is allotted

  • The applicant must have secured a nominator & had them complete a nomination form.

  • If the applicant has already successfully completed the first two steps, the applicant can now proceed to apply for the visa.


Amply skilled and resourceful professionals who are referred to the GTI program are eligible to be invited to apply for a Distinguished Talent Visa. The particular costs for applying for a GTI Visa are; 


  • main applicant - $4,110

  • Dependent (under 18 years old) - $1,030

  • Dependent (over 18 years old) - $2,055


Advantages of the GTI Program


Some of the benefits of the Visa GTI program include; 


  • There is no age limit to apply.

  • There is no priority processing.

  • Exceptional skill and talent are successful.

  • There is no points system.


In the 2020/21 financial year, the Australian government plans to triple slots in the Visa GTI program to 15,000. This will provide extra slots for more individuals to apply for the GTI program, thus providing more opportunities for interested persons to migrate to Australia permanently.

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