Global Talent Visa Is Now the National Innovation Visa (858)
The Global Talent visa was replaced by the National Innovation Visa, subclass 858, for applications made on or after 6 December 2024. This covers the recognised areas of achievement, the EOI-to-invitation process, Form 1000, and what the visa now costs. Figures as at September 2026.
Read the full guide, with official sources →
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Chapters
- 0:00 Global Talent visa →
- 0:16 No occupation list.
- 0:31 Three stages:
- 0:49 Your application must match
- 1:01 Form 1000: attested by someone
- 1:17 No fixed salary figure
- 1:32 First instalment:
- 1:49 Second instalment:
- 1:59 Under 18 or 55+?
- 2:11 No points, no employer —
- 2:29 Grant is direct PR —
- 2:42 Where to read more
Transcript
Still calling it the Global Talent visa? It's now the National Innovation Visa, subclass 858 — the name changed for applications made on or after 6 December 2024.
There's no occupation list and no points test. Instead, the regulations ask whether you have an internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement — in a profession, a sport, the arts, or academia and research.
The process runs in three stages, and you can't skip ahead. First, an Expression of Interest. Second, an invitation from the Minister, in writing — never guaranteed. Third, only once invited, the subclass 858 application itself.
The achievements you claim in your application have to be the same ones stated in your invitation — a rule added in 2024 to stop applicants inflating their claims between the EOI and the application.
Unless you qualify on the security-assistance ground, your application must include a completed Form 1000 — attested to by an Australian citizen, permanent resident, eligible New Zealand citizen, or an Australian organisation with a national reputation in your field.
The regulations set no salary figure. They ask whether you'd have difficulty obtaining employment, or becoming established independently, in Australia in your area — Home Affairs explains how it assesses that on its own 858 page.
From 1 July 2026, the first visa charge instalment is $6,235 for the main applicant, $3,120 for each additional applicant 18 or over, and $1,560 for each applicant under 18.
A second instalment of $4,890 is payable before grant, by each applicant 18 or over assessed as not having functional English.
Applicants under 18, or 55 or older, have an extra bar to clear — they must also be assessed as being of exceptional benefit to the Australian community.
Compare that with the points-tested subclass 189, which needs at least the 65-point pass mark, or the employer-sponsored subclass 186, which needs an actual job and an approved sponsor. The 858 needs neither — but it demands a record a case officer can verify independently.
Grant of the subclass 858 is direct permanent residence — no provisional stage. The most common misstep is treating this like the old Global Talent process, rather than the current invitation-only structure.
The full guide, with the official sources, is on migratio.com.au. The link is in the description. And if you'd like to talk it through, you can compare registered migration agents there, and see their fees before you book anything.
Short versions
- Global Talent visa is gone — here's what replaced it (0:34)
- What the National Innovation Visa actually costs (0:41)
- The three-stage process nobody skips (0:35)
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