Live in Victoria

About Victoria
Victoria is one of the most culturally diverse and liveable places in the world. It has a long history of welcoming migrants, who have been making it their home since the 1850s. Today, one in four of Australia’s migrants choose to live and work in Victoria, creating communities with rich cultural diversity and cosmopolitan vibrancy.

The growing Victorian economy is creating exciting opportunities for skilled and business migrants. Strong economic conditions, world-class health and education systems, and vibrant multicultural communities make Victoria an ideal place to live, work and raise a family. More than 300,000 thriving small businesses operate in Victoria, and nearly one third of small business operators were born overseas.

Victoria’s capital Melbourne is well-known for its major sporting events, including the Australian Open tennis tournament and the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne is also well known as Australia’s cultural heart offering a feast of international and local entertainment and exhibitions, and hundreds of bars, cafés, restaurants and boutiques.

Regional Victoria
Regional Victoria’s large regional centres offer unique, close-knit communities and a wide range of career and business opportunities. Victoria’s regional communities offer affordable housing, superb recreational facilities and locally based migrant support services. These flexible services help skilled and business migrants and their families settle into work and life in regional Victoria.

Services for skilled and business migrants in Victoria
The Victorian Government’s Skilled and Business Migration Program provides free services for professionals, tradespeople, business owners and investors who want to live, work and do business in Victoria. Free services for prospective skilled and business migrants include:

• Free visa sponsorship

• Information about migrating, living and working in Melbourne and in Victoria’s regional communities

• Links to public and private employment and business services

• Priority visa application processing by DIAC for state-sponsored visas

• Support for exploratory, short-term stay business visas.

The Victorian Government’s Skilled and Business Migration Program provides information and services for professionals, tradespeople, business owners and investors seeking to live, work and do business in Victoria.

Opportunities for health professionals
Victoria’s public health system currently offers many opportunities for skilled and qualified health practitioners including:

• Doctors including resident medical officers, specialists and visiting medical officers (commonly General Practitioners)

• Nurses including enrolled nurses (known as Registered Nurse Division 2 in Victoria) and midwives

• Allied health professionals including physiotherapists, radiographers, medical physicists, podiatrists, occupational therapists, social workers, dieticians and speech therapists.