Acupuncturist (ANZSCO 252211)

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 Acupuncturist 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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Acupuncturist comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

The Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA) is the named assessing authority for Acupuncturist. This guide could not confirm CMBA's current assessment or evidence requirements from the Board's own site — the AHPRA National Board domain family, chinesemedicineboard.gov.au included, could not be reached in this research after being reachable earlier in the same session, and nothing about how CMBA assesses this specific code could be re-verified in the form this pipeline requires. What can be stated is the code's list position: Acupuncturist sits on the STSOL alone, with no CSOL membership, reaching four visas. There is no 186 or 482 sponsored route for this code and no access to permanent skilled migration through 189.

Where these applications come unstuck

The clearest risk with this code is not a VETASSESS-style nomination trap — it is assuming this guide, or any secondhand source, can substitute for the Board's own current requirements. CMBA's assessment and registration criteria could not be confirmed here, and Acupuncturist's narrower list position (STSOL only, four visas) means there is also less room to fall back on a different visa route if the assessment or the qualifications underneath it turn out not to fit what CMBA actually requires. Anyone relying on secondhand summaries of CMBA's process, including older material online, should treat them as unconfirmed until checked directly against the Board's current published criteria.

An honest read on this pathway

This guide genuinely cannot tell you what CMBA requires to assess or register an acupuncturist, and says so rather than filling the gap with plausible-sounding detail. What is confirmed is the visa reach: STSOL only, four visas, no employer-sponsored or permanent skilled pathway through this code. Before relying on anything else written about Acupuncturist migration, including this page, check chinesemedicineboard.gov.au directly for the Board's current assessment and registration requirements, and confirm the occupation's list position against a live Home Affairs source, since STSOL and CSOL membership do change.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

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