{"id":6187,"date":"2026-07-16T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/?p=6187"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:27:18","slug":"skilled-work-regional-subclass-491-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/skilled-work-regional-subclass-491-191\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Work Regional &#8211; Subclass 491\/191"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Visa Type<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A 2-stage pathway starting with a <\/span><strong>5-year Points-Tested Temporary Regional Visa (491)<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that transitions into a <\/span><strong>Permanent Residency Visa (191)<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after meeting regional residency and compliance milestones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Target Audience<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Qualified skilled professionals who are nominated by an Australian state\/territory or sponsored by an eligible relative to live and work in regional Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Key Privileges<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Full work and study rights in regional zones, immediate access to <\/span><strong>Medicare<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Stage 1, and unconditional PR (freedom to live\/work anywhere in Australia) upon Stage 2 approval<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visa Type: A 2-stage pathway starting with a 5-year Points-Tested Temporary Regional Visa (491) that transitions into a Permanent Residency Visa (191) after meeting regional residency and compliance milestones. Target Audience: Qualified skilled professionals who are nominated by an Australian state\/territory or sponsored by an eligible relative to live and work in regional Australia. Key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6187","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\/6187","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=6187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6196,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6187\/revisions\/6196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jemmigration.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}