Skilled migration starts with a clear, well-documented picture of your career

Skilled migration is a general term for pathways that allow people to move abroad on the basis of their professional skills, qualifications and experience. Each destination designs its own pathways, with its own criteria and procedures. There is no single international system.

Only by comparing your documented profile with the current criteria of a specific programme. Organising your qualifications, experience and language readiness first makes that comparison possible and much more reliable. Wobridge can help with the preparation, but an official eligibility decision can only come from the responsible authority.

No. Some skilled pathways use a points-based framework, others are led by employer sponsorship or by regional or occupational priorities, and many combine approaches. Whether points apply, and how anything is counted, is set by each programme and can change, so it has to be checked in the programme's current official rules.

No. No adviser can guarantee eligibility, an invitation or a visa: those decisions belong to the responsible authorities, under rules that change. What Wobridge offers is careful preparation, clear information about what must be verified and honest advice about the gaps in a profile.

It depends on the destination, the programme and often the occupation. Some pathways involve a formal assessment of qualifications or skills and others do not. The programme's official guidance will say whether one applies and which body carries it out.

Usually not on its own. Job titles vary widely between employers and countries, so what you actually do in the role tends to matter more when it is compared with an occupation description. Describing your duties accurately, and having records that support them, is more useful than relying on a title.

Where a pathway takes experience into account, it will generally expect that experience to be supported by records. What kind of records, and in what form, is for the programme to specify. Gathering references, contracts and similar documents early is sensible in any case, because they can be slow to obtain.

Not always. Some pathways ask for recognised language test evidence, some assess language ability in other ways and some may have exemptions. The accepted tests, required levels and any exemptions are set by each programme, so check its current official guidance before you prepare.

Some pathways allow a partner or children to be included, and others handle family members differently. The rules on who can be included, and what they need to provide, are specific to each programme. What you can do now is gather the documents that show your family relationships and think through what a move would mean for everyone.

It depends on the pathway. Some skilled routes are built around an employer, while others do not require a job offer at the outset. The programme's official guidance is the only reliable source on this for any given destination.

There is no fixed pattern. Criteria, occupation information, procedures and fees can all be revised, sometimes with little notice. That is why anything you rely on should be checked at the official source close to the time you act on it.

A current CV, a list of your qualifications with approximate dates, a simple chronology of your jobs and a note of the destinations you are curious about are enough to start. Copies of certificates and any language results are useful if you have them. Most importantly, bring your questions and what you hope a move would achieve.