Exciting Update: Australia’s Mates Visa Ballot is Now Open!

Australia’s Mates Visa is now open for Indian graduates and early professionals to make their move to Australia. The registration for ballots will begin on November 11, 2025 and will close on December 14, 2025.

 Mates Visa (Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-Professional Scheme) (Subclass 403), commonly known as the Australia Lottery visa, is a unique visa designed for Indian graduates and early professionals to migrate to Australia for up to 2 years with inherited education, knowledge, and skills. 

The specially designed visa allows skilled professionals and graduates from India to migrate to Australia in search of better employment opportunities. The foremost condition for Australia’s Mates visa is that the applicant must have education, knowledge and skills in a certain field, such as:

●    Renewable energy

●    Mining

●    Engineering

●    Information & Communications Technology

●    Artificial intelligence

●    Financial technology

●    Agricultural technology

 The Mates visa will be allocated to 3000 applicants, but it will be granted in the form of temporary visas.

 Australian Mates Visa Application Guide

The Australian Mates visa is a direct way for Indian graduates and skilled professionals to immigrate to Australia but applying for the visa requires a sequenced procedure as:

 a)  Mates- pre-application ballot

The applicants applying for the visa are required to first register in the ballot, and later in the procedure, applications are randomly selected from the ballot. 

Australia Mates Visa Eligibility

The Australia mates visa is one of a kind opportunity for young professionals who desire to relocate to Australia. Australia Mates Visa eligibility for the registration of the ballot system is as following:

 The applicant must have:

❖  Valid passport

❖  18-30 years of age

❖  Residing outside of Australia at the time of application

❖  Not participated in the Mates application

❖  English language test

❖  Meet health and character requirements

❖  Recently graduated from an eligible educational institution, with an eligible qualification*

 *(Recently graduated means the applicant must have graduated on or after 01 November 2023)

 ★   The list of eligible educational institutions is the Top 100 listed on the Indian Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Ranking Overall 2024 List. The eligible qualifications must be equivalent to an Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Bachelor's degree or higher. 

 b)  Mates- visa application

Once an applicant gets selected in the Mates ballot and has received a Notification of Selection Letter. The applicant, after getting the letter, becomes eligible for a visa application.

 Cost of Mates Application Visa

The cost of applying for the Australian Mates Visa can be concluded in such a manner, such as:

 Ballot Registration Fee - AUD 25

Visa Fee - AUD 375

 Although the Australian Mates Visa is eligible for up to 2 years, it provides numerous job opportunities to skilled professionals who want to build their future in Australia.

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