Intellectual Property Lawyer (ANZSCO 271214)
On the Regional 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 Intellectual Property Lawyer 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.
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 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
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Intellectual Property Lawyer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Intellectual Property Lawyer at Group A, its highest tier: a bachelor degree or higher in a field highly relevant to the occupation — for this code specifically, legal study majoring in patents and trade marks, or a relevant science or engineering qualification — plus at least one year of post-qualification employment in the last five years, at 20 hours or more a week, highly relevant to the role. VETASSESS names patent attorney and trade mark attorney as suitable titles under this code.
Where these applications come unstuck
271214 sits on both ROL and CSOL, reaching 186, 407, 482, 491 and 494 — the widest visa set in this family. The trap is elsewhere: VETASSESS's own page for 271299 (Judicial and Other Legal Professionals nec) names Intellectual Property Lawyer as an occupation it explicitly does not cover, so nothing is gained by nominating the broader nec code for genuinely IP-specific work. And a positive skills assessment here is a migration document, not registration as a patent or trade mark attorney — that sits with a separate professional body entirely.
An honest read on this pathway
A genuinely open pathway with the family's widest visa reach and a clear qualification-plus-experience test. The gap is what happens after the grant: VETASSESS's own page says nothing about practice-right requirements, pointing applicants to Home Affairs for visa conditions and leaving patent or trade mark attorney registration entirely outside its remit. Confirm that separately — the assessment does not by itself let you practise as either.
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 Intellectual Property Lawyer 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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