Australia Permanent Residency Pathway for COOK and CHEF 2022
Cook/ Chef are always the most popular occupations for Permanent residency pathway in Australia even in 2022 when pandemic hits hard. Due to the changing of social trends, fast paced and busy lifestyle, restaurants are booming and growing significantly which leads to higher demand in Cook/ Chef occupations. This, in turn, Australian Government has realized the demand and increased quotas for well-trained and qualified chefs.
Therefore, commercial cookery course is perfect for skilled migrants who are seeking for an affordable but easy to get PR in Australia. In the next few articles, Hays Migration will share some other trades occupations with PR Pathway in Australia 2021, please refer to the left sidebar for other occupations pathway.
There are a lot of provider in Commercial Cookery courses and Hays Migration team reccomends clients to start studying from Certificate 3 to Diploma of Commercial Cookery course ( it is optional if you want to study bachelor, but there are only courses in Bachelor of Hospitatity Management).
The minimum requirement to study Certificate 3 Commercial Cookery course:
5.5 Overall in IELTS with no band less than 5 ( Or Equivalent )
a minimum of year 11 Schooling or equivalent completed
Affordable PR Pathway for Skilled Migrants - Commercial Cookery Courses
WHAT COURSES YOU SHOULD TAKE IN COMMERCIAL COOKERY?
The full course of Commercial Cookery in Australia comprise of:
Certificate III in Commercial Cookery: Normally 1 year duration course with both theory and practical training. A mandatory workplace training of 10 weeks in hotels, restaurants, cafes or coffee shops partner with the institution.
Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery: Normally 6 months course for students completed certificate III in Commercial Cookery. This course is enough to become a qualified Chef.
During those courses you are required to complete a total of 360 hours of work placement.
Diploma of Hospitality Management (Commercial Cookery Pathway)
In order to apply for 485 visa, please refer to the requirement and overview of Graduate Work Stream through Trades Courses ( 18 months full time work right). Click here !
Plus, most of combination courses of certificate 3, Certificate 4 and Diploma will not fulfill the 2 years study or even longer time to complete in Australia for Visa 485 (Graduate Work Stream), as a results, colleges and Training institutions have created a package of 2 years course included Certificate 3, Certificate 4 in Commercial Cookery and Diploma of Hospitality Management with 360 hours of placement during the courses for TRA Skill Assessment. Moreover, those packaged courses in Commercial Cookery seems to be more reliable and affordable than taking it separately.
After completing those courses, Skilled migrants can start to do Skill Assessment with TRA as in Job Ready Program.
pr pathway for commercial cookery (cook/chef)
Apply for 485 visa (Graduate work stream)
After completing a 2 year packaged course, you are eligible for applying a 485 visa with a Provisional Skill Assessment from TRA (SKill Assessing Authority)
Requirements for 485 visa application:
Satisfy 2 years Australiann study requirement (Package 2 year course is perfect)
Ielts 6 Overall - NO band less than 5
Your nominated occupation is required to be in MLTSSL.
Have a positive Provisional Skill Assessment
Common Mistakes : There are some misunderstanding of the period of time that you are still eligible to apply for Visa Subclass 485. You can only apply for 485 visa in the period of 6 months after your COURSE COMPLETION DATE ! Please note it is different from Visa Expiry date.
Refer to Completion Letter from your Institution to see the Completion Date - This Example’s Completion date is 11/12/2020
Hays Migration team has come up with a lot of queries from students who completed Commercial Cookery course and got wrong guidance from others non-registered Migration Agent about this 6-month Period. So please be careful when you choose a migration agent, you must check their MARN calll Migration Agent registered Number or can refer to this website to check their number provided.
job ready program (TRA SKill assessment)
Hays Migration has explained in details regarding Job Ready Program. Please refer to this page.
apply for australia permanent residency chef 2022
With the full skill assessment from TRA, you are all set with:
1 year work experience in Chef
you are mostly having enough 65 points including 5 points for visa 190 and 15 points for visa 491 invitation (Depends on your age, English and others factors). Calculate your points here !
If you had your courses in regional area (NT, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia…) you are almost there for PR Australia as a Chef, you can certainly opt for pathways of visa 190, visa 491 or even visa 189 if you have good points.
=> Contact Hays Migration team of consultants and Registered Migration Agent for a complete details of Commercial Cookery courses in Regional Area with the best course Providers, Intakes and Affordable Tuition Fee and more.
permanent residency and visa application fee and cost for commercial cookery migrants
Student Visa Subclass 500
Main Applicant - AUD $620 (Or Plus $700 for Subsequent Temporary Application Charge, Contact us if you are not sure about this)
Secondary applicant of 18 and over - AUD $460
Other applicant under 18 - AUD $150
Graduate Work Visa Subclass 485
Main Applicant - AUD $1680
Secondary applicant of 18 and over - AUD $840
Other applicant under 18 - AUD $425
Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189
Main applicant - AUD $4045
Secondary applicant of 18 and over - AUD $2025
Other applicant under 18 - AUD $1015
Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190
Main applicant - AUD $4045
Secondary applicant of 18 and over - AUD $2025
Other applicant under 18 - AUD $1010
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491
Main applicant - AUD $4045
Secondary applicant of 18 and over - AUD $2025
Other applicant under 18 - AUD $1010
How to Apply for Australia PR from Any Country
Consider some steps needed to avail PR visa from any country:
Step 1 - Choose your occupation from SOL (Skilled Occupation List)
Step 2 - Meet points as per the country’s Points calculator
Step 3 - Lodge EOI with help of Skill Select
Step 4 - Receive ITA (Invitation)
Step 5 - Submit Australia Permanent Residency application
Step 6 - Get medical and police clearances
Step 7 - You receive PR grant to migrate
In a nutshell, every professional has to comply on visas criteria and processes.
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