Financial Investment Adviser (ANZSCO 222311)
On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills 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 Investment Adviser 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.
CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.
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
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- 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 Investment Adviser 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 Investment Adviser comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Financial Investment Adviser under Group B, against a highly relevant field list that includes Finance, Business, Commerce, Accounting and Economics. Its own occupation description centres on developing financial plans and giving personal advice on investment strategies to individuals and organisations. This is the one occupation in the whole family whose VETASSESS page carries a dedicated Licensing and Registration section, sourced by VETASSESS to the Financial Advice Association Australia, on top of the standard migration-only disclaimer every occupation page carries.
Where these applications come unstuck
The confusable-code risk sits with Financial Investment Manager, its direct sibling: the two occupations exclude each other by ANZSCO code on their own pages, and the practical test is whether the work is personal advice to an individual client (Adviser) or managing pooled funds without giving advice directly to clients (Manager). Getting this wrong risks both a task-mismatch finding and, separately, operating retail-client advice work without the Financial Adviser Register registration ASIC requires for it.
An honest read on this pathway
Financial Investment Adviser sits on STSOL and CSOL and reaches 482 and 186, unlike Financial Investment Manager, which does not. Providing retail advice also requires Financial Adviser Register registration, generally including a professional year unless the existing-provider exemption applies — a separate individual licensing track the skills assessment itself does not clear, and which does not apply to Manager in the same form.
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.
We've also written a full pathway guide for this occupation: read the Financial Investment Adviser pathway guide.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating Financial Investment Adviser 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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