Vascular Surgeon (ANZSCO 253521)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Vascular Surgeon on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Vascular Surgeon comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Vascular Surgery is named directly among RACS' nine surgical specialties, sitting alongside General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery as related but separately assessed fields. RACS' Specialist Assessment process runs document-first: intended scope of practice, prior training and assessment, recent specialist practice and continuing professional development are reviewed on paper before any interview is scheduled, and a case already resolved to "not comparable" at that stage does not proceed to interview at all.

Where these applications come unstuck

Vascular surgery overlaps in places with general and cardiothoracic surgical scope, and RACS assesses comparability against the specific scope the applicant intends to practise in Australia — an overseas vascular practice with a different case mix than Australian vascular training expects can complicate the paper review even where the underlying training was substantial. RACS' recency standard applies here as elsewhere: roughly twelve months of documented vascular practice within the past twenty-four.

An honest read on this pathway

RACS' outcome structure is consistent across its nine specialties: substantially comparable, up to twelve months FTE supervised practice; partially comparable, up to twenty-four; not comparable, a redirect to AHPRA's other pathways or RACS' own SET training program. Vascular Surgery follows this exactly, with 28 days to accept the recommended pathway once RACS issues its decision, and no separate fast-track exists for this specialty within RACS' process.

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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