Graphic Designer (ANZSCO 232411)

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 Graphic Designer 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).

Processing priority

Graphic Designer 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 Graphic Designer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Graphic Designer as a Group B occupation: an AQF Bachelor-or-higher qualification, plus one to six years of post-qualification employment depending on how closely the degree's field matches graphic design, with the six-year Pathway 4 route available where the degree is unrelated but the qualification itself is never waived. A portfolio of design work, capped at 5MB per sample, must be submitted for assessment.

Where these applications come unstuck

Graphic Designer's own page names Illustrator, Multimedia Designer, Web Designer, Industrial Designer, Advertising Specialist and Multimedia Specialist as excluded occupations, and separately warns that an applicant without a graphic-design qualification or employment history who is currently working as a UX or UI Designer is unlikely to be considered under this code at all — UI/UX sits under Web Designer instead. Nominating Graphic Designer on title-familiarity alone, without checking actual duties against the exclusion list, is the single most common error in this family.

An honest read on this pathway

Graphic Designer sits on the STSOL only, with no CSOL listing — the only one of the four 2324 unit-group occupations without it. That means no 186 or 482 employer sponsorship under this code, even though Illustrator, Multimedia Designer and Web Designer, which share almost the same task description, all reach those visas. Confirming the right code before nominating changes which visas are genuinely open, not just which paperwork applies.

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 Graphic Designer 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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