Financial Brokers nec (ANZSCO 222199)
On the Short-term Skilled 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 Financial Brokers nec on?
STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.
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 Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Financial Brokers nec isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.
Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Financial Brokers nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Financial Brokers nec is VETASSESS's Group C catch-all for broker work that does not fit Finance Broker, Insurance Broker or Commodities Trader — its own page describes the typical work as complex and commercial leases, equipment finance, commercial finance, project finance and finance for property developers. The field-of-study list matches Finance Broker's exactly, and VETASSESS's own wording is explicit that nominating the nec code requires holding qualifications and employment that genuinely do not fit better under a named code.
Where these applications come unstuck
The recurring mistake is reaching for this code by default when a role sounds broadly like broking, rather than checking whether it actually matches a named sibling first. Finance Broker and Insurance Broker sit on better list access; nominating nec instead of one of them, when the day-to-day work is really a personal loan or an insurance placement, forecloses 482 and 186 for reasons that have nothing to do with assessment difficulty.
An honest read on this pathway
Financial Brokers nec sits on STSOL only, so it reaches 190, 407, 491 and 494 but not 482 or 186 — the same narrower reach as Commodities Trader, and worse than Finance Broker or Insurance Broker despite an identical four-pathway Group C assessment and an overlapping field-of-study list. Confirming the work genuinely fits the catch-all, rather than defaulting to it, is worth doing before lodging.
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 Financial Brokers nec 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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