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Subclass 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme

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This visa is a permanent residence visa for skilled workers. It allows you to work in Australia in one of three streams.

  • Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream
  • Direct Entry (DE) stream
  • Labour Agreement (LA) stream

Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream

This stream may be available if your employer wishes to sponsor you for permanent residence.

You may be eligible under this stream if you hold either of the following:

and have worked for your employer full-time in Australia on your TSS for at least:

  • three out of the previous four years (before the nomination is made) in the same position that they have nominated you for or
  • two out of the previous three years before the nomination is made, if transitional arrangements apply because you either held, or were an applicant for, a subclass 457 visa (which was subsequently granted) on 18 April 2017.​

Direct Entry (DE) stream

If you do not meet the requirements under the TRT stream (for example, because you have never, or only briefly worked in Australia), this stream may then be available if your employer still wishes to sponsor you for permanent residence.

​Labour Agreement (LA) stream

This stream may be available if your employer wishes to sponsor you for permanent residence and has entered into a labour agreement with the Department that provides for a permanent residence pathway

 

Subclass 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa

  • Subclass 494 – Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa

    This visa enables regional employers to address identified labour shortages within their region by sponsoring skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.

    The visa is a permanent resident visa. You can be in or outside Australia when you apply. If you are in Australia, you must hold a substantive visa or a bridging visa A, B or C.

    The visa has two streams:

    1. Employer Sponsored stream

      This visa enables regional employers to address identified labour shortages within their region by sponsoring skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker

      • ​You can live, work and study only in designated regional areas of Australia
      • You can apply for permanent residence after 3 years from the time your visa is granted

    2. Labour Agreement stream

      This stream is for skilled workers nominated by employers who have a labour agreement. Labour agreements are developed between the Australian Government (represented by the Department) and employers.

      • ​Your employer has to have a labour agreement with the Australian government in effect

        Subsequent entrant

        This visa is for members of the family unit of a Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (SESR) (Provisional) visa (subclass 494) holder who are applying separately for their SESR visa and wish to join the primary SESR visa holder in Australia.
        • ​This is for members of the family unit of SESR visa holders

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Subclass 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage visa

  • This visa, referred to as the TSS visa, enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in genuinely skilled workers where they cannot source an appropriately skilled Australian. It facilitates targeted use of overseas workers to address temporary skill shortages, while ensuring that Australian workers get priority. TSS visa holders can work in Australia in their nominated occupation for their approved sponsor under one of three streams:

    • the Short-Term stream
    • the Medium-Term stream
    • the Labour Agreement stream.
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    Short-term stream

    This stream is available if your employer wishes to sponsor you (as an overseas skilled worker) on a temporary basis only in occupations listed on the Short-term Skilled Occupation list (STSOL) for a TSS visa – see lists of eligible skilled occupations. It can be used to fill positions for a maximum of:

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    Medium-term stream
    This stream is available if your employer wishes to sponsor you (as an overseas skilled worker) for periods of up to four years in occupations listed on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL) for a TSS visa.
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    Labour agreement stream
    This stream is available if your employer wishes to sponsor you (as an overseas worker) and has entered into a labour agreement with the Department.