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Pacific Engagement visa (subclass 192)

This visa allows people of Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste to live and work in Australia permanently.

​We will allocate up to 3,000 visas to eligible Pacific island and Timor Leste nationals each year. Learn why we have introduced this visa at The Pacific Engagement Visa – Australia’s new permanent visa.

The Pacific Engagement visa pre-application ballot for Pacific island and Timor-Leste nationals opened for registrations on 3 June 2024. It closed to all new registrations in August 2024.​

You can only submit a Pacific Engagement (subclass 192) visa application if we selected you in the ballot and invited you to apply.​



Visa scams

The department is aware of the increasing risk of visa scams, including scams targeting Pacific Island nationals. To protect yourself from visa scams you should only deal with official Australian Government channels. These include websites for the:br/>

To report a visa scam see visa scams.​​​​​​