Entertainer or Variety Artist (ANZSCO 211113)
On the Regional Occupation List
From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.
Which lists is Entertainer or Variety Artist on?
ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.
Visas this occupation can access
Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Entertainer or Variety Artist comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Entertainer or Variety Artist is a Group B occupation, assessed against an AQF Bachelor degree or higher in a highly relevant field plus paid employment meeting the standard framework's duration and hours tests. VETASSESS's own suitable-occupations list for this code is specific and varied: Busker, Circus Artist, Clown, Comedian, Magician or Illusionist, Puppeteer, and Ventriloquist all sit under it by name. No occupation-specific evidence guidance — showreel, portfolio or otherwise — appears on the page beyond the general framework.
Where these applications come unstuck
The named suitable list is broad enough that a variety performer whose act blends several of these skills — a comedian who also does magic, a puppeteer who busks — does not need to force the work into a single narrower title; VETASSESS's own list already anticipates the crossover. The genuine risk sits at the boundary with Actor and with the Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec code, where the distinction is about the nature of the act rather than anything the visa outcome turns on.
An honest read on this pathway
Entertainer or Variety Artist is Regional Occupation List only, reaching a single visa — subclass 494. It sits on exactly the same list tier as Actor and the performers' nec code, so choosing between these three is a question of which one actually describes the work, not a visa-reach decision — none of the three opens a points-tested, state-nominated or employer-sponsored route.
VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating Entertainer or Variety Artist is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.
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