Working and settling in Australia as a medical lab scientist
Registration with the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS) comes first, and we prepare and file it; the visa after it is the Australian government's decision.
We prepare and file; the regulator decides.
Credentis Global prepares and files
You are here
Fit check
Registration with the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS)
Credentis Global prepares and filesThe government decides · with a licensed adviser
A job offer and the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494), or the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) from home
Arrive and start
The government decidesSettle
The government decides
Is your occupation wanted here?
What the Australian government's own lists say about medical lab scientists.
- Not listed
Core Skills Occupation List
234611
Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611) is not on the Core Skills Occupation List; the assessing authority named is the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS).
Department of Home Affairs · Skilled occupation list · read 5 Oct 2026
- Listed
Skilled occupation list: Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
234611
Medical Laboratory Scientist is eligible for the Skilled Independent (189), Skilled Nominated (190) and Skilled Work Regional (491) visas.
Department of Home Affairs · Skilled occupation list · read 5 Oct 2026
What the official pages leave open
- Home Affairs shows no date against individual occupations on the skilled occupation list.
- Medical laboratory science has no national registration board in Australia; Home Affairs names AIMS as the assessing authority.
Two lanes after registration.
Both are the government's routes, named as it names them.
We prepare and fileRegistration with the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS)
With a job offer · the government decides
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494)
This occupation is not on the Core Skills Occupation List, so the Skills in Demand visa and the Employer Nomination Scheme Direct Entry stream are not open to it. Home Affairs’ skilled occupation list shows it as eligible for the employer-sponsored regional visa, subclass 494.
Registration requiredNo
Department of Home Affairs · Skilled occupation list · read 5 Oct 2026
On your own · the government decides
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
A points-tested permanent visa for which you apply only if invited through SkillSelect after an expression of interest, with a suitable skills assessment for your occupation. The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is the same kind of route with nomination by a state or territory government.
Registration requiredNo
Department of Home Affairs · Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189): Points-tested stream · 2 Oct 2026
Immigration steps are decided by the Australian government and handled with a licensed adviser. Under the Migration Act 1958, only registered migration agents, Australian legal practitioners or an exempt person can lawfully give immigration assistance in Australia. We handle the registration that comes first. Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) · Giving immigration assistance in Australia · 2021
The numbers.
Published figures, named at source. The sentence under each chart is the publisher's own.
Skill stream places to priority healthcare occupations
Unit: places
| Category | Priority healthcare occupations |
|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 8,195 |
| 2022–23 | 17,061 |
| 2023–24 | 16,572 |
| 2024–25 | 10,472 |
Permanent Migration Program outcomes
Unit: places delivered
| Period | Total | Skill stream |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 160,052 | 79,620 |
| 2021–22 | 143,556 | 89,063 |
| 2022–23 | 195,004 | 142,344 |
| 2023–24 | 190,000 | 137,100 |
| 2024–25 | 185,001 | 132,148 |
What we do
How Credentis Global helps with this route
You trained. We file. The regulator decides. Here is what that means for a medical lab scientist in Australia.
Prepared for AIMS
Your skills assessment runs through the Australian Institute of Medical & Clinical Scientists. we prepare the file to its own list, in its order.
Every document, in the order the regulator reads it
Each item is checked against the regulator’s own list: names matched to your passport, hours in writing, copies certified by the person the list names.
One portal, and a person who answers
Upload your documents, see every stage of the file and message us in one place. The person who replies is the specialist preparing your file.
We prepare and file. The regulator decides.
Your application goes in from your own regulator account with every page prepared, and every query is drafted against the regulator’s exact question.
One specialist owns your file
The specialist who reads your documents builds the file and answers the regulator’s queries. You always know who has it, and you pay the regulator directly.