Formerly Global Talent Visa For people who are internationally recognized for exceptional achievements in a profession, arts, or sport the applicant must be nominated by an eligible Australian person or an organization. There is no age limit for this visa. The applications are by invitations only. To be considered you need to submit an expression of interest (EOI) that shows your achievements.

Ministerial Direction 112 (MD 112) outlines the order of consideration for the National Innovation visa (NIV) and the factors that decision makers should consider when assessing exceptional and outstanding achievements as per clause 858.212(2)(a) at Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

The order of priority for allocating applications for the Sc 858 National innovation visa (NIV) are the following: 

• Priority one- Exceptional candidates from any sector who are global experts and recipients of international ‘top of field’ level awards. This includes but are not limited to Nobel Prizes; Breakthrough Prizes; Rousseeuw Prize; Eni Award; Institution of Electrical Engineers Medal of Honor; Fields Medal; Chern Medal; Abel Prize; L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science; Turing Award; ACM Prize in Computing; Pulitzer Prize; International Booker Prize; International Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal; Olympic Gold Medal and Laureus World Sportsman or Sportswoman of the year.
• Priority two- Candidates from any sector nominated on the approved Form 1000 by an expert Australian Commonwealth, State or Territory Government agency.
• Priority three- Candidates with exceptional and outstanding achievements in a Tier One sector:
  • Critical Technologies
  • Health Industries
  • Renewables and low emission technologies
• Priority four – Candidates with exceptional and outstanding achievements in a Tier Two sector:
  • Agri-food and AgTech
  • Defence Capabilities and Space
  • Education
  • Financial Services and FinTech
  • Infrastructure and Transport
  • Resources