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BSMQ State Nomination Program
The BSMQ business and skilled program is NOW OPEN. We are open from Tuesday 29 September 2020 until Monday 5 October 2020. Please note, only decision-ready applications in a COVID-19 priority area will be considered.
Due to the limited nomination allocation and processing timeframe:
- BSMQ will only pick up NEW EOIs lodged on Skillselect from Tuesday 29 September 2020.
- If an invitation is made, all supporting documents must be uploaded in 24 hours. If all documents are not received in the 24-hour period, the invitation will be closed.
Nomination guidelines
Business Program
With limited allocations, BSMQ will only nominate:
- high-quality applications related to the COVID-19 economic recovery, or
- businesses that focus on productive investment and job creation, or
- businesses that have a regional investment focus within the business program.
- Priority processing for:
– Subclass 132 – Significant Business History stream
– Subclass 188 – Business Innovation stream
– Subclass 188 – Significant Investor stream
– Subclass 188 – Entrepreneur stream
Skilled Program
With limited allocations, BSMQ will only nominate applicants critical to the effort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- in medical services, or
- in maintaining the supply of essential goods and services, or
- in delivering services in sectors critical to Australia’s economic recovery.
Further information regarding critical skills and sectors is available on the Department of Home Affairs website: (https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/critical-skills-and-sectors#toc-1).
- Priority processing for:
– 491-SBO (small business owners’ pathway) applications
– Subclass 190 visa applicants who have worked in their nominated occupation in
Queensland for at least 6 months and have a job offer for 12 months
– Subclass 491 applicants who have worked in their nominated occupation in a regional
area of Queensland for at least 3 months and have a job offer for 12 months.
- Open only to ONSHORE applicants in Queensland.
- After lodging your EOI, you must send an email explaining how you will meet the Department of Home Affairs ‘critical skills and sectors’ direction.
- Your email must include your full name, date of birth and EOI number and should be sent to migration@qld.gov.au.