Migration Agent (Aus) \ Immigration Consultant (NZ) (ANZSCO 224913)
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 Migration Agent (Aus) \ Immigration Consultant (NZ) 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 Migration Agent (Aus) \ Immigration Consultant (NZ) comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS's skills-assessment page for this code, titled Migration Agent (Aus) / Immigration Consultant (NZ), assesses a qualification in migration law and practice together with relevant employment; its suitable-occupations list names Migration Consultant. The code sits on ROL only, reaching a single visa subclass — skilled employer sponsored regional — the narrowest reach any code in this family can have. Nothing on VETASSESS's own occupation page mentions the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, registration, or a licence to practise; the assessment is a migration-visa document about qualifications and employment, and nothing more.
Where these applications come unstuck
The consequential mistake is treating a positive assessment on this code as authorisation to advise anyone on an Australian visa. It is not. OMARA states plainly, as a matter of law under the Migration Act 1958, that only registered migration agents, legal practitioners and exempt persons may lawfully provide immigration assistance in Australia — a completely separate gate, requiring a prescribed Graduate Diploma, the Capstone assessment within the twelve months before lodging registration, and an English-language standard, run by OMARA independently of VETASSESS's process entirely.
An honest read on this pathway
This is the narrowest-reaching code in the whole family — one visa subclass, regional sponsorship only — a fact worth knowing before building a broader plan on it. A positive VETASSESS outcome here answers a visa question about the applicant's own qualifications and work history. It says nothing about whether that person may lawfully give immigration assistance to anyone else in Australia, which is a separate, independently regulated matter governed by OMARA, not VETASSESS.
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 Migration Agent (Aus) \ Immigration Consultant (NZ) 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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