Many professionals already living in Australia confuse the EOI with the visa application. They are not the same thing, and that confusion can cost months of waiting. In this article we explain how the SkillSelect system works, what role the Skills Assessment plays, what score you need based on your assessing authority and which states have open quotas in June 2026.

Before the EOI comes a key question most people skip: does my profile actually qualify? In this blog we explain how the skills assessment works, what Engineers Australia, VETASSESS, ACS and others evaluate, and how to know if your experience counts toward Australian residency.