Judicial and Other Legal Professionals nec (ANZSCO 271299)
On the Short-term Skilled 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 Judicial and Other Legal Professionals nec 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.
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 Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- 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 Judicial and Other Legal Professionals nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Also Group A: a bachelor degree or higher in law or legal studies, plus at least one year of highly relevant post-qualification employment in the last five years at 20 or more hours a week. VETASSESS names suitable titles — family court registrar, family law mediator, judicial registrar, legal officer, legal researcher, parliamentary counsel — all independent legal-analysis roles rather than supervised support work, and requires a cover letter justifying the 'nec' choice specifically because the code is an easy, incorrect reach for other titles.
Where these applications come unstuck
VETASSESS's own exclusion list rules out barrister, solicitor, legal executive, legal secretary, judge, magistrate, tribunal member, IP lawyer and conveyancer from this code by name, stating they are classified elsewhere in ANZSCO or not at the required skill level. The recurring failure this research found is support-tier applicants — paralegal-titled, Legal-Executive-shaped work — nominating 271299 to chase its better visa list rather than the code their actual duties support.
An honest read on this pathway
On STSOL and CSOL — the only code in this family reaching 190 state nomination alongside the employer-sponsored 186/407/482/491/494 set. VETASSESS enforces the boundary hard: employment 'should not better match another anzsco code,' and the cover-letter requirement exists precisely because this is the code applicants reach for when their real work sits closer to Legal Executive or Legal Secretary duties.
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.
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