Australia Sponsorship

Northern Territory Government Sponsorship for Charles Darwin University Students

(1) Skilled Sponsored (SS) (Permanent) 886 visa  
(2) Skilled Sponsored Regional (SRS) (Provisional) 487visa

The Northern Territory Government will offer sponsorship to international students
who complete eligible studies at Charles Darwin University (CDU) under either the:

• Skilled - Sponsored (SS) permanent residence visa (subclass 886); or 
• Skilled - Regional Sponsored (SRS) provisional visa (subclass 487).

All CDU international students who study at a CDU campus for at least two years,
and successfully complete a degree, diploma, or trade certificate course and have an occupation:

•  on the Northern Territory’s Baseline List of Occupations (www.migration.nt.gov.au); 
• or on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s Skilled Occupation List and can demonstrate positive employment prospects in that occupation,
• or a closely related occupation, in the Northern Territory 

 
are eligible for Northern Territory Government sponsorship under the SS scheme,
which provides a Permanent Residency visa.  

Further, any international student who successfully completes eligible studies is
eligible to apply for Northern Territory Government SRS visa sponsorship, which
provides a 3 year provisional visa leading to Permanent Residency visa.  

The Northern Territory also participates in the concessional English arrangement
which enables students who do not achieve the required IELTS level to be
sponsored for the SRS visa scheme. 

Sponsorship by the Northern Territory Government means that eligible
international students are automatically given an additional 10 points towards
their General Skilled Migration points test; however, it does not guarantee their
visa application will be successful.