There are many reasons for an Australian permanent visa to be denied: An unfavorable legal record, inadequate qualifications, no financial support, and so on. But perhaps one of the most common (and even most disconcerting) reason is because someone is beyond 50 already. Age is something you can never change (nope, don’t even think about falsifying your documents) and it is filled with retrospective and regret (“I should have applied for this five years ago”).

But the thing is, this rule is not absolute. There are few exceptions to the 50 year-old limit. And weirdly enough, we have seen people who had given up the opportunity to apply for permanent residency without knowing they belong to any of these exceptions.

Here are the list of circumstances and situations on which you are still allowed to live in Australia for good even if you are beyond the age limit. Because sometimes 50 is not yet the finality.

You Are Subclass 457 Visa Holder for Four Years

That is immediately before you apply for the Temporary Residence Transition stream. Also, you have to be working for your nominating employer on the aforementioned amount of time and that your employer paid you at least as much as the Fair Work High Income Threshold, which currently is $138,900, in each of those for years.

You Are Subclass 457 Visa Holder And A Medical Practitioner

You are a medical practitioner who has been employed in your nominated occupation as the holder of a subclass 422 visa before becoming the holder of a subclass 457 visa for two years in the four years promptly before applying and at least two years of that job was located in regional Australia and the nominated position is located in regional Australia.

You Are A Medical Practitioner For Four Years

You are are a medical practitioner who has been employed in your nominated occupation as the holder of a subclass 422 or subclass 457 visa for  four years at least promptly before applying and at least two years of that job was located in regional Australia and the nominated position is located in regional Australia.

You Are Going Through the Agreement Stream

And the applicable labour agreement actually permits the employment of a person who has turned 50.

You Are Applying Through Direct Entry Stream from New Zealand

For this exemption, you should be holding a Subclass 444 (New Zealand citizen) or Subclass 461 (New Zealand citizen’s family member) visa and you are working for the nominating employer for at least two in the least three years immediately before the application.

You Are a Senior Academic

One that is nominated by a university in Australia.

You Are a Scientist Or A Researcher

One that is nominated as a researcher, scientist or technical specialist an Australian government scientific agency (like any of these) under ANZSCO skill level one or two.