Getting Tasmanian state nomination takes two steps, and the Registration of Interest (ROI) comes first. A lot of applicants assume that satisfying the minimum criteria secures an invitation. It does not. Each ROI is ranked against the rest using “priority attributes”, and only the strongest candidates receive an invitation to apply for nomination.
Below, we cover who can lodge an ROI under the TSE pathway, the baseline requirements, how the Gold, Green, Orange Plus and Orange attributes operate, the complete Health, Allied Health and Teaching occupation list that opens up Gold, and the mistakes applicants most often make.
2. Understanding the ROI and where it sits in the process
Two separate bodies handle your application. Migration Tasmania decides on your state nomination, while the Department of Home Affairs decides on your visa.
The process, step by step
- Confirm you meet visa requirements (Home Affairs). For the subclass 190, you must be under 45, nominate an occupation on the relevant skilled occupation list, hold a valid positive skills assessment, show at least Competent English, and reach 65 or more points on the points test.
- Confirm you meet Tasmania’s nomination requirements for your chosen pathway.
- Lodge a SkillSelect EOI (Expression of Interest) naming Tasmania as your preferred state. Without it, nomination isn’t possible.
- Submit your ROI through the Migration Tasmania Application Gateway. There is no charge, and it stays valid for six months.
- Wait for an invitation. If your profile is competitive, you will be invited to apply for nomination.
- Lodge your visa application once nominated.
- Honour your undertakings by living and working in Tasmania for a minimum of two years after nomination.
The four ROI outcomes (“Passes”)
| Pass | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Gold | You may submit your nomination application straight away. |
| Green | You will be invited within six months, depending on how many nomination places remain in the program year. |
| Orange | You might be invited within six months, depending on demand and how many priority attributes you hold. Among Orange candidates, those with at least one Orange Plus attribute are invited first, after Gold and Green. |
| Red | You fall short of the minimum requirements and cannot apply for nomination. |
If no invitation arrives within six months, your ROI expires and you will need to lodge a fresh one.
3. Who qualifies under TSE? The minimum requirements
TSE is designed for people who already work in Tasmania. You need to be living in Tasmania now and plan to remain there.
Subclass 190: two routes
Option A: TSE Priority Occupation
- Your skills assessment must be in an occupation on the TSE Priority Occupation list.
- You need at least 9 months of Tasmanian employment in a role within the same ANZSCO 3-digit group as your skills assessment.
- This drops to 6 months if your assessment is in a teaching occupation (with work in a school) or a health or allied health occupation. Teaching roles in childcare centres are not eligible for the shorter period.
- Your role must satisfy any occupational caveats attached to your occupation.
Option B: Long-term employment (any skills assessment)
- You need 15 months of Tasmanian work immediately before you apply, in a role that matches your skills assessment.
- The occupation has to appear on the Home Affairs skilled occupation list for the subclass 190.
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Requirements common to both 190 options
- Over the qualifying period you must have averaged 20 or more hours per week.
- Your pay must reach $57,000 per year or $28.85 per hour. Only base pay counts; overtime, penalty rates, bonuses and casual loading are left out.
- Your role must relate closely to your skills assessment (same ANZSCO 3-digit group).
- Dependants cannot be living in another Australian state or territory. If they relocated from elsewhere in Australia, they must have settled in Tasmania at least three months before you apply. Dependants living overseas are not a problem.
- You must genuinely plan to stay employed in your industry in Tasmania for two years after nomination.
- Self-employed applicants and contractors need a relevant skills assessment plus 12 months of business activity in Tasmania.
Your fallback option: If you satisfy the 190 pathway criteria but can’t qualify for a 190 because of your skills assessment or SkillSelect points, you can still lodge an ROI. If it is approved, you could be nominated for a subclass 491 instead. Add a statement requesting consideration for the 491, and select the 491 in your SkillSelect EOI. Without both, you will not be supported for the 491.
Subclass 491 TSE: what’s different
- You need 9 months of Tasmanian work at 20 or more hours weekly, earning at least $57,000 a year or $28.85 an hour.
- Your job doesn’t have to match your skills assessment. If it doesn’t, you must have suitable qualifications or experience for the role as defined in OSCA. The minimum fallback is an AQF Certificate III in a related field or one year of relevant Australian experience.
- If you earn below the priority income but at or above the National Minimum Wage, you need 12 months of work, a statement from your employer confirming serious difficulty recruiting for the role, and written confirmation of real career progression opportunities.
Employer and job conditions (190 and 491)
- Your employer must be a well-established business, meaning it has had the same ownership for at least 12 months and trades in Tasmania. Typical indicators include permanent signage, an active online presence, a Tasmanian address, and commercial premises rather than a home or shared office. A new outlet under an existing ABN must also have been trading in its own right for 12 months.
- Your pay and conditions must be no less favourable than those of local citizens and permanent residents, and must satisfy the Fair Work National Employment Standards.
- The role must reflect a real, ongoing need, backed by a contract of at least 12 months with at least 3 months left when you lodge your ROI. Casual contracts are acceptable if they follow Fair Work rules.
4. Occupational caveats to check
Certain jobs on the TSE Priority Occupation list carry additional conditions. Some examples:
| Occupation area | Caveat |
|---|---|
| Sales and Marketing Managers, Advertising Managers, Marketing Specialists, PR, ICT occupations (programmers, database and systems administrators, network professionals), Motor Mechanics | The employer must have operated in Tasmania for at least 3 years. |
| Accountants, auditors, company secretaries | Full membership of CPA, CA, IPA, ACCA, CFA or CIMA is required. |
| Painters | 12 months in the role are needed if the employer has not been operating for 3 years. |
| Motor Mechanics (ANZSCO Group 321), from 1 December 2026 | The employer’s core business must be vehicle repair. Employers that regularly buy and sell used vehicles are excluded, unless they are an authorised manufacturer dealer and your work mainly involves diagnosing and repairing that manufacturer’s vehicles. Service technician roles generally don’t count. |
| Massage Therapists, from 1 December 2026 | Work is recognised as a match only when performed in a health, allied health or aged or disability care setting. You also need a health fund provider number issued to you personally. |
Excluded employment never counts towards any pathway. This includes unpaid internships, scholarships, stipends, volunteering, taxi and ride-share driving, and food or alcohol delivery driving. Paid internships tied to professional registration, such as those for pharmacists, are accepted.
5. Priority attributes: Gold, Green, Orange Plus and Orange
This is the stage that decides most ROIs. Three ground rules come first:
- To claim Gold, Green or Orange Plus, your job must reach the priority income level of $57,000 a year or $28.85 an hour (base pay only).
- You must satisfy every element of an attribute before lodging your ROI. If you don’t, a later nomination application may be declined.
- Only one current job can be used to claim a priority attribute. The exceptions are adding concurrent jobs together to reach minimum hours (Green, Orange Plus, Orange) and adding sequential jobs together to reach an experience threshold. Each job you count must meet the attribute by itself, including the income threshold.
GOLD: 1000 points (immediate invitation)
You qualify if all of the following are true:
- You hold a skills assessment in a teaching occupation (and work in a school) or in a health or allied health occupation from the list in Section 6.
- Your work matches your skills assessment (same 3-digit ANZSCO group).
- You reach the priority income level ($57,000 a year or $28.85 an hour).
- You have worked in Tasmania for the past six months, with at least one job giving you a minimum of 30 hours every week.
The 30-hour requirement is strict. It is a weekly minimum rather than an average, and one job must satisfy it alone. A week below 30 hours doesn’t count, and you must add a replacement week to the end of your period. The one exception is a structured fortnightly roster that totals at least 60 hours.
GREEN: 500 or 300 points
| Attribute | Points |
|---|---|
| More than 2 years in Tasmania in a role matching your skills assessment, at the priority income level | 500 |
| 18 to 24 months in Tasmania in a matching role, currently at the priority income level (do not select if you have worked over two years) | 300 |
ORANGE PLUS: top priority within Orange
| Attribute | Points |
|---|---|
| Base salary of $106,600 or more ($53.95 an hour), received for at least the last 12 weeks | 40 |
| 15 to 18 months in a matching role at the priority income level (do not select if over 18 months) | 40 |
| 12 to 15 months in a matching role at the priority income level (do not select if over 15 months) | 30 |
ORANGE: supporting attributes (190 and 491)
| Attribute | Points |
|---|---|
| 9 to 12 months in a matching role at the priority income level (do not select if over 12 months) | 25 |
| 2 or more years of Australian experience in the same industry as your skills assessment, currently at the priority income level | 15 |
| Base salary from $79,423 to under $106,600 over the last 12 weeks | 15 |
| Base salary from $71,480 to under $79,423 over the last 12 weeks | 10 |
| Spouse employed in Tasmania for the past 6 months at the priority income level | 4 |
| Continuous residence in Tasmania for more than 3 years | 2 |
| Proficient or Superior English (or a passport-based exemption) | 1 |
| Spouse completed an AQF Level 6 or higher qualification, studied in Tasmania at a Tasmanian provider | 1 |
Additional Orange attributes for the 491 only
| Attribute | Points |
|---|---|
| 18 or more months in a Tasmanian role that doesn’t match your skills assessment, at the priority income level | 15 |
| 2 years of earlier Australian experience in the same industry, now earning above minimum wage but under $57,000 | 6 |
| 12 months in the same industry area as your skills assessment, at the priority income level | 6 |
| Earning above minimum wage but under $57,000, with a skills assessment related to the role | 4 |
| Earning above minimum wage but under $57,000, with a related qualification (minimum Cert III, not online or RPL-only) | 2 |
Pay close attention to the time bands. The time-based attributes are bands, not minimums. At 13 months of work, claim the 12 to 15 month attribute, not the 9 to 12 month one. Choosing the wrong band is a very common error.
6. Health, Allied Health and Teaching occupations (the Gold list)
Migration Tasmania maintains a specific list of occupations that open up the Gold priority attribute. It applies across the Tasmanian Skilled Employment, Skilled Graduate and Established Resident pathways.
How the Gold list works
- Your skills assessment must be for an occupation on this list.
- You must work in Tasmania within the same 3-digit ANZSCO group. For instance, a person assessed as a Primary School Teacher (241213) can work in any role under group 241 School Teachers.
- Teachers must work in a school to claim Gold. Every Tasmanian school appears in the Australian Schools Directory.
- You must also meet the Gold conditions from Section 5: the priority income level, six months of work, and 30 or more hours every week in one job.
A note on the shorter 6-month route: The TSE page ties the 6-month minimum (in place of 9) to teaching occupations (in a school) and to health or allied health occupations, and refers to this list. Occupations that sit on the wider TSE Priority list but are not on this one (such as Community Worker, Disabilities Services Officer, Welfare Worker or Dental Technician) seem to follow the standard 9-month route. Verify this for your own occupation on the Gateway or with a migration agent.
The full list
| Occupation group | Occupations on the list | Caveats |
|---|---|---|
| 241 School Teachers | 241111 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher 241213 Primary School Teacher 241311 Middle School / Intermediate School Teacher 241411 Secondary School Teacher 241511 Special Needs Teacher 241512 Teacher of the Hearing Impaired 241513 Teacher of the Sight Impaired 241599 Special Education Teachers nec | You must be working in a school to claim Gold. |
| 251 Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals | 251111 Dietitian 251112 Nutritionist 251211 Medical Diagnostic Radiographer 251212 Medical Radiation Therapist 251213 Nuclear Medicine Technologist 251214 Sonographer 251311 Environmental Health Officer* 251312 Occupational Health and Safety Adviser 251411 Optometrist 251412 Orthoptist 251511 Hospital Pharmacist 251512 Industrial Pharmacist 251513 Retail Pharmacist 251911 Health Promotion Officer 251912 Orthotist or Prosthetist 251999 Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals nec | *251311 Environmental Health Officer is eligible only under subclass 491. |
| 252 Health Therapy Professionals | 252311 Dental Specialist 252312 Dentist* 252411 Occupational Therapist 252511 Physiotherapist 252611 Podiatrist 252711 Audiologist 252712 Speech Pathologist / Speech Language Therapist | *252312 Dentist is eligible only under subclass 491. |
| 253 Medical Practitioners | 253111 General Practitioner 253112 Resident Medical Officer 253211 Anaesthetist* 253311 Specialist Physician (General Medicine) 253312 to 253324 Specialist Physicians (Cardiologist, Clinical Haematologist, Medical Oncologist, Endocrinologist, Gastroenterologist, Intensive Care Specialist, Neurologist, Paediatrician, Renal Medicine Specialist, Rheumatologist, Thoracic Medicine Specialist) 253399 Specialist Physicians nec 253411 Psychiatrist 253511 to 253521 Surgeons (General, Cardiothoracic, Neuro, Orthopaedic, Otorhinolaryngologist, Paediatric, Plastic and Reconstructive, Urologist, Vascular) 253911 Dermatologist 253912 Emergency Medicine Specialist 253913 Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 253914 Ophthalmologist 253915 Pathologist 253917 Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist 253918 Radiation Oncologist 253999 Medical Practitioners nec | *253211 Anaesthetist is eligible only under subclass 491. |
| 254 Midwifery and Nursing Professionals | 254111 Midwife 254211 Nurse Educator 254212 Nurse Researcher 254311 Nurse Manager 254411 Nurse Practitioner 254412 to 254425 Registered Nurses (Aged Care, Child and Family Health, Community Health, Critical Care and Emergency, Developmental Disability, Disability and Rehabilitation, Medical, Medical Practice, Mental Health, Perioperative, Surgical, Paediatrics) 254499 Registered Nurses nec | None listed. |
| 272 Social and Welfare Professionals | 272311 Clinical Psychologist 272312 Educational Psychologist 272313 Organisational Psychologist 272314 Psychotherapist 272399 Psychologists nec 272511 Social Worker | None listed. |
| 311 Medical Technicians | 311211 Anaesthetic Technician 311212 Cardiac Technician 311213 Medical Laboratory Technician 311214 Operating Theatre Technician 311215 Pharmacy Technician 311216 Pathology Collector / Phlebotomist 311217 Respiratory Technician 311299 Medical Technicians nec 311499 Science Technicians nec | None listed. |
| 411 Health and Welfare Support Officers | 411111 Ambulance Officer 411112 Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic (Aus) 411411 Enrolled Nurse | None listed. |
Where a row above bundles several codes together (for example 253312 to 253324 or 254412 to 254425), the official page lists each occupation separately. The grouping here simply keeps the table easy to read.
Pitfalls for health and teaching applicants
- The Gold list is shorter than the TSE Priority list. In group 272, only the psychologist occupations and Social Worker made the Gold list; Welfare Worker and Recreation Officer did not. In group 411, only Ambulance Officer, Intensive Care Paramedic and Enrolled Nurse appear. Community Worker, Disabilities Services Officer, Family Support Worker and Residential Care Officer are absent.
- Childcare-centre teachers are excluded. Even with an Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher assessment, Gold requires work in a school. Childcare-centre teaching jobs are also shut out of the shortened six-month route.
- Three occupations are 491-only: Environmental Health Officer, Dentist and Anaesthetist.
- Reaching 30 hours every week is tough for shift workers and casuals. A single short week delays your eligibility date. If you work a fortnightly roster, confirm it adds up to at least 60 hours and is structured and consistent.
- Part-time jobs can’t be added together for Gold. Two 15-hour jobs do not equal one 30-hour job.
- Your work must match your assessment. A Registered Nurse (Aged Care) assessment can match any role in group 254, such as Midwife or Registered Nurse (Surgical), but not a role in another 3-digit group, such as Enrolled Nurse (411).
- Only base pay counts. Nurses and allied health staff often depend on penalties, overtime and allowances, none of which count towards the $57,000 a year or $28.85 an hour threshold. Casual workers should use their rate before the 25% loading.
Worked examples
| Scenario | Likely outcome |
|---|---|
| Registered Nurse (Mental Health) assessment. Has worked 38 hours a week at a Hobart hospital for 7 months on a permanent contract, with base pay above $28.85 an hour. | Meets the 6-month minimum and the Gold conditions, provided every week reached 30 or more hours. Gold is likely. |
| Primary School Teacher assessment. Has worked full-time at a Launceston primary school for 6 months. | Gold is likely: school-based work, matches group 241, and the income threshold is met. |
| Early Childhood Teacher assessment. Has worked full-time at a childcare centre for 8 months. | Not Gold, because the work must be in a school. Probably follows the 9-month minimum. Orange or Orange Plus attributes may apply depending on time and pay. |
| Occupational Therapist assessment. Has worked 24 hours a week for 7 months at a community clinic. | Meets the 6-month and 20-hour minimums but is not Gold because it falls short of 30 hours a week. Look at the Green and Orange attributes instead. |
| Enrolled Nurse assessment. Has worked 32 hours a week for 6 months in aged care, with a base rate above $28.85. | Group 411 and Enrolled Nurse are both on the list, so Gold is possible, as long as every week reached 30 hours. |
| Social Worker (272511) assessment. Has worked as a Welfare Worker (272613) for 7 months at 30 or more hours a week, at the priority income level. | Both roles fall within group 272, so the work matches, and Social Worker is on the list, making Gold possible. If the assessment were for Welfare Worker instead, Gold would be unavailable because that occupation isn’t listed. |
Applicants overseas: the Health or Education Sector Job Offer pathway
People living overseas in these fields may also consider the Subclass 190 Overseas Applicant (Health or Education Sector Job Offer) Pathway. According to the pathway page, you need:
- A health, allied health or education skills assessment in one of the eligible 3-digit ANZSCO groups.
- A formal job offer in Tasmania that closely relates to your assessed occupation (same 3-digit group). Teaching offers must be for a position in a Tasmanian school.
- Neither you nor any dependants having lived in another Australian state or territory during the last 12 months.
- An employer that is a well-established Tasmanian business that has operated for at least 12 months.
- Pay and conditions that match or exceed those of Australian citizens and permanent residents, and at least equal local market rates.
If you fall short of the 190 points requirement, or your occupation is eligible only for the 491, you may be nominated for the 491. Review the pathway page for the current occupation list, since it can change between program years.
7. How the rules apply in practice
Salary
- Base wages and salary-packaged amounts count.
- Superannuation, allowances, bonuses, back pay, overtime, commissions, penalty rates and reimbursements do not
- Annual salary is worked out on a maximum 38-hour week. If your standard week is longer, only your base hourly rate is considered.
- You must evidence the claimed amount for at least the last three months (12 weeks for most salary attributes). If you received a pay rise within the past 12 weeks, use your earlier rate.
- Income from several jobs can’t be combined. Use the rate from your highest-paying job. If you combine jobs to reach hours, each job must meet the income threshold individually.
- Sole business owners cannot claim salary-based attributes.
Matching your job to your assessment
- The role must sit within the same 3-digit ANZSCO group, with a duties match of at least 70%.
- Work done before you received your skills assessment can still count.
Gaps and leave
- Annual, sick and maternity leave taken while living in Tasmania counts. Up to four weeks of paid leave spent outside Tasmania also counts, provided you have lived and worked in Tasmania for six months.
- Unpaid leave, casual breaks longer than two weeks, and gaps between employers do not count, so that time is added to your qualifying period. A gap of three months or more restarts the clock.
Migration-industry jobs
- Jobs that rely heavily on the state nomination program, such as registered training organisations, do not count towards most priority attributes. Attributes based on 12 weeks of base salary are the exception.
8. Documents to prepare
Mandatory
- Passport bio-data page and SkillSelect EOI
- A skills assessment issued within the last 3 years
- An English test result dated within the last 3 years (or a passport bio page if you hold a UK, Canadian, NZ, US or Irish passport and need no test)
- A CV covering all study and employment from the past 10 years
- A travel itinerary showing your permanent arrival date, plus proof you have lived in Tasmania since arriving (rental agreements or a statutory declaration)
- Bank statements on official letterhead showing living expenses and salary deposits in Tasmania
- Your employment contract and a signed, dated employer confirmation letter
- Payslips covering the entire claimed period
- ATO income statements and ATO superannuation statements for all employment claims
- An Employment Hours Summary spreadsheet if you are claiming multiple casual or part-time jobs
- Evidence that your pay and conditions meet market rates (the award or agreement and classification level, or an employer statement)
Strongly recommended
- A one-page personal statement explaining why you want to live in Tasmania, your community connections, your career prospects, where your family is and when they arrived. It matters most if you spent over two years living elsewhere in Australia before moving, or if your family is overseas or recently arrived.
Consistency matters most. Your payslips, bank deposits and contract need to line up. Migration Tasmania checks for discrepancies, and false or misleading information leads to a declined application and possible referral to other agencies, including the Department of Home Affairs.
9. Costs and timeframes
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| ROI | Free. Valid for 6 months. |
| Invitation to apply for nomination | Valid for 28 days. |
| Nomination application fee | $387 plus 10% GST, non-refundable. Check the website for current fees. |
| Visa invitation after nomination | Valid for 60 days. |
| Undertaking after nomination | Live and work in Tasmania for at least 2 years. |
| Multiple nominations | Not allowed. Anyone who accepts a 491 nomination cannot later be nominated for a 190. |
10. Red flags that can sink your application
Migration Tasmania watches for signs of non-genuine employment. None of the following leads to automatic refusal, but each prompts closer scrutiny:
- A recently registered business with little physical presence
- A role that doesn’t suit the business (for example, a small retailer employing an in-house IT developer)
- Heavy dependence on temporary visa workers, or high turnover among previous staff who also pursued nomination
- No genuine local recruitment, or recruitment only through social media targeting particular communities
- Connections between the employer and migration or education agents
- Payslips that don’t match bank deposits
- Money moving from the employee back to the employer (“wage recycling”), loans, gifts or other unusual payments
- An incomplete, broken or unprofessional business website
11. Quick self-check before you lodge
- I live in Tasmania and intend to stay for at least two years.
- I hold a valid skills assessment (under 3 years old) and an EOI naming Tasmania.
- My job falls in the same ANZSCO 3-digit group as my assessment (or I meet the 491 alternative).
- I have averaged 20 or more hours a week across the qualifying period.
- I earn at least $57,000 a year ($28.85 an hour) in base pay, with 3 months of evidence.
- My employer is well-established (12 or more months) and my contract has 3 or more months remaining.
- My dependants have lived in Tasmania for at least 3 months if they moved from another state.
- I have reviewed my occupational caveats, including the 1 December 2026 changes.
- If I’m claiming Gold: my occupation is on the Section 6 list, I work in a school if I’m a teacher, and every week of the last six months included 30 or more hours in one job.
- I have claimed only the priority attributes I fully satisfy today, in the right time band.
- My documents agree with one another.
12.Final thoughts
An ROI is a competition, not just a checklist. The strongest profiles pair a Gold-eligible job (teaching in a school, or health and allied health, at 30 or more hours a week) with a long Tasmanian work history at a solid salary and clean, consistent paperwork. Everyone else can lift their ranking by timing the ROI to the correct time band, raising base pay above the salary thresholds, and claiming spouse, residency and English points.
These rules change often, and several of the source pages were updated within the past two months, so always consult the official pages before you lodge.
