{"id":6178,"date":"2026-07-16T12:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:08:20","slug":"skilled-independent-subclass-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/skilled-independent-subclass-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Independent &#8211; Subclass 189"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Visa Type:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A points-tested permanent residency (PR) visa that allows independent skilled workers to live, work, and study anywhere in Australia permanently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application Location:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Can be applied for from either inside or outside Australia (onshore or offshore).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Target Audience:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Designed for qualified skilled professionals who do not have an employer, state\/territory government, or family member to sponsor them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Key Privileges:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Grants permanent residency immediately upon approval, full working\/study rights, access to Medicare, sponsor pathways for relatives, and eligibility for Australian citizenship.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jem-Migration-Australia-Jemmigration-Skilled-Independent-Subclass-189-icon.webp\" alt=\"Jem Migration Australia - Jemmigration - Skilled Independent - Subclass 189 icon\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jem-Migration-Australia-Jemmigration-Skilled-Independent-Subclass-189-icon.webp 212w, https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jem-Migration-Australia-Jemmigration-Skilled-Independent-Subclass-189-icon-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jem-Migration-Australia-Jemmigration-Skilled-Independent-Subclass-189-icon-12x12.webp 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visa Type: A points-tested permanent residency (PR) visa that allows independent skilled workers to live, work, and study anywhere in Australia permanently. Application Location: Can be applied for from either inside or outside Australia (onshore or offshore). Target Audience: Designed for qualified skilled professionals who do not have an employer, state\/territory government, or family member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-visacategories","category-category-skilled-visas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6181,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6178\/revisions\/6181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}