Employer Sponsored Visa Options
Employers can access several different visa options for their employees. We can assist corporations to work through visa available options and find the right solution for their business.
Skills In Demand Visa (“SID”) - 482 Visa
The 482 visa allows sponsored workers with at least 12 months experience to work for their employer for between 1 to 4 years.
To access this visa 3 steps are required:
- Business Sponsorship
- 482 Nomination
- 482 Visa
Short Stay Specialist - 400 Visa
The 400 visa allows skilled employees to work in Australia for up to 6 months. This visa is often used for short-term assignments. It is less complex to apply for and less costly than the 482 visa.
Training Visa – 407 Visa
The 407 training visa allows employees to undertake up to 2 years of on-the-job training in Australia. These are three different stream to this visa. Which stream is best suited to your employee will depend on whether their training is required for:
- Registration
- To improve skills in an eligible occupation; or
- For capacity building overseas
To obtain this visa a three stage process must be undertaken. The steps are:
- Temporary Activity Sponsorship
- 407 Nomination
- 407 Visa
Employer Nomination Scheme –
186 Visa
The 186 visa gives an employee a permanent visa (permanent residence). Generally, the employer must have a skilled role available for at least 2 years full-time after the grant of the visa and pay the employee the market rate for the role.
Within the 186 visa there are two streams:
Direct Entry
In the Direct Entry (“DE”) stream the employee does not have to have previously worked for the employer. The employee is required to obtain a skill assessment – a letter from an industry body confirming they have the skills required for the role – and show that they have at least 3 years of full-time equivalent work experience in the occupation.
The role must also fall into an eligible occupation for the visa
Temporary Resident Transition
In the Temporary Resident Transition (“TRT”) stream the employee must have worked for at least two years full-time on a 482/ 457 visa in the same occupation. The work does not have to be with the same employer
Labour Agreements
A labour agreement is required if the business wishes to seek an exemption to the existing criteria under the 482 or 186 visa categories. The most comment reasons to opt for a labour agreement include:
- Occupation is outside the skilled occupations lists
- Your business on-hires your employees labour
- Salary of the role
- Age of the employee (if over 45 years old)
- English language ability of the employee
For some industries (eg: Aged Care and Diary), the peak industry body has already negotiated an Industry Labour Agreement. An Industry Labour Agreement is a template agreement that employers in a specific sectors can access. This reduces time and cost involved in setting up the labour agreement.