Migration help for Brisbane clients
Brisbane is the third-largest city in Australia and the gateway to South-East Queensland. As a federally-regulated profession, migration agents anywhere in Australia can act on behalf of Brisbane clients — what matters is MARA registration and the agent's experience with your specific visa subclass.
Visa pathways for Brisbane and Queensland
Skilled migration
- Subclass 189 Skilled Independent
- Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated — Business and Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) program.
- Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional — only outside Greater Brisbane.
Employer-sponsored
The Skills in Demand 482 and Employer Nomination Scheme 186 are widely used in Queensland's healthcare, mining and tourism sectors.
Student, graduate and family
Subclass 500 (student), 485 (Temporary Graduate), partner (820/801, 309/100) and parent visas are all processed federally and supported by us regardless of state.
Regional Queensland — designated regional areas
For the 491 visa, all of Queensland except Greater Brisbane is designated regional. This includes:
- Gold Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- Toowoomba
- Cairns
- Townsville
- Mackay
- Rockhampton
- Bundaberg
If you are choosing between Brisbane and a regional Queensland centre, the migration calculus can change significantly — we run a side-by-side analysis as part of consultation.