Stay in Australia under an Employer Sponsored Visa

Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186) 

186 sponsorship visa is a permanent visa that allows you to stay infinitively in Australia. You must work for your employer who sponsors you for at least 2 years after the visa is granted.  

Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 494) 

Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa is a temporary visa for skilled workers who are sponsored by a company in a regional area in Australia. The duration of this visa is up to 5 years, but the good things is that you can apply for a permanent visa (subclass 191) after working and living in a regional area for 3 years.  

Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482) 

482 sponsorship visa is a temporary visa that allows you to stay from 1 year to 4 years in Australia, depending on your 482-visa stream. However, you can have a chance to apply for a permanent visa while in a 482 visa.  

Generally, under this visa, you can only work for the sponsored company or its associated entity and only in your nominated occupation. If you wish to change your occupation, you must have a new nomination.  

Training Visa (Subclass 407)  

Training Visa (Subclass 407) is a temporary visa, allowing you to stay up to 2 years in Australia in order to complete a workplace-based training. You must have an employer/organisation who is sponsoring you for the training to be eligible for this visa.  

As indicated by the name of employment sponsorship visas, you must have an employer who agrees to hire, sponsor and nominate you to an occupation in their company/organisation. In addition to the sponsorship, you also need to meet other requirements. Each employment sponsorship visa subclass will have specific requirements, but generally, you are required to have:  

• Sponsoring employer: who sponsored and nominated you to a position in his/her company. 
• Occupation: Your occupation needs to be in the medium and long term strategic occupation list. In case your occupation lies on the short-term occupation list, then you can apply for a visa 482 – short-term stream.  
• Work experience: Normally, you are required to have at least 1 year work experience to apply for an employer sponsored visa. Contact SOL Migration on 07 3003 1899 or hello@solmigration.com to know more about work experience for each employment sponsorship visa.  
• Skill assessment: One of the criteria to apply for a visa 186 (Direct Entry) and visa 494 is that you need to have a positive skill assessment for the occupation you are nominated for.  

• English proficiency: While visa 482 requires an IELTS overal 5.0 (no band score under 4.5), visas 186 and 494 require an IELTS overal 6.0 (no band score under 6.0).  

If you wish to know more about the specific requirements for each visa subclass (482, 186, 494), visit our website (please create a link to our articles for the visa 482, 186, 494).