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The 2025–26 State Nominated Migration Program criteria is available on the WA State Nomination Migration Program page(opens in a new tab).

A limited invitation round will be conducted in October for the interim 2025-26 SNMP allocation.

Applications for Regional Certifying Body advice and the WA State Nominated Migration Program (once an invitation has been issued) are now available through the State Government’s Migration WA Portal (the Portal). 

A new Portal profile is also available, providing Migration Agencies with the ability to link their agents, so they can view and assist with agency applications (branch specific).  

A small interim allocation has been issued for the 2025–26 Western Australia State Nominated Migration Program (SNMP). This allocation will be used to clear the remaining 2024–25 applications.

Given the limited number of places, the 2025–26 program year will not open until the formal allocation is issued by the Commonwealth Government. 

The State Nominated Migration Program (SNMP) will be paused from 1 July 2025 pending confirmation of 2025-26 places from the Department of Home Affairs.

New invitations to apply for State nomination will not be issued during this time.

WA Migration Services will continue to receive and assess SNMP applications.

The Western Australian State Nominated Migration Program (SNMP) 2024-25 program year is now open.

For the SNMP 2024-25 program year, the Western Australian government will continue to waive the $200 application fee.
 

A new feature of the 2024-25 SNMP includes additional employment contract arrangements for candidates invited through the General Stream – WASMOL – Schedule 1.
 

In July 2024, the Western Australian Designated Area Migration Agreement (WA DAMA)(opens in a new tab) was established in response to the strong demand that still exists from employers to fill jobs in key areas of…

Following successful negotiations with the Commonwealth Government Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs), Western Australia will be allocated 5,000 state nominated migration places for the 2024-25 program year.

Invitation rounds for State nomination for the 2024-25 program year will begin once the Western Australian Government formally receives its allocation from Home Affairs.

The Western Australian Government has successfully negotiated the establishment of a Western Australian Designated Area Migration Agreement (WA DAMA)(opens in a new tab) with the Commonwealth Government.

The Skilled Migrant Job Connect Subsidy program (the Subsidy) is the second service available through the State Government’s newly launched Migration WA Portal. 

The Migration WA Portal allows migrants to submit a Subsidy registration, claim request, and supporting documents at a convenient save-as-you-go pace, through easy-to-follow prompts.

The Skilled Migration Job Connect Program is continuing to support newly arrived skilled migrants into Western Australia’s workforce and community with specialist settlement services extended to regional locations.

Four providers have been appointed to deliver regional settlement services for two years: