Conveyancer (ANZSCO 599111)
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 Conveyancer 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).
- 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
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Conveyancer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Group C, the same diploma-or-higher structure as Legal Secretary and Legal Executive. VETASSESS's highly relevant field of study is conveyancing specifically, and the task list is property and business transfer work: title searches, contacting government authorities about planned development or disputes affecting a property, preparing contracts of sale, calculating stamp duty. VETASSESS's own description: 'acts for and on behalf of clients in the area of property and business transfers.'
Where these applications come unstuck
On CSOL, reaching 186/482/494 — but a positive skills assessment is a migration document only. It does not license you to practise conveyancing, which is regulated state by state, separately from VETASSESS: Western Australia runs two parallel routes (a settlement agent licence or a certified legal practitioner conveyancer), Victoria and NSW license conveyancers directly through their own regulators, and Queensland's own material shows conveyancing performed by supervised paralegals rather than a distinct licensed conveyancer category.
An honest read on this pathway
Open on CSOL, but the state licensing gate is real and the model differs by jurisdiction — a WA-shaped answer does not transfer to Queensland, where a separately licensed conveyancer occupation was not found to exist in the same form, and NSW and Victoria run their own dedicated licensing regimes again. Budget for a second, state-specific approval process that sits after the visa, not instead of it.
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
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