Visa Programs

Visa Programs - Employer Sponsored Migration

Skilled Workers Temporary Visas

Temporary Business (Long Stay) - Standard Business Sponsorship (Subclass 457)

This is the most commonly used program for employers to sponsor overseas workers to work in Australia on a temporary basis. Employers can be either:

  • Australian businesses, OR
  • Overseas businesses.

With this visa employers can recruit overseas workers for a period ranging from 3 months to four years. With this visa those people you employ from overseas can:

  • work in Australia for a period of between one day and four (4) years
  • bring any eligible secondary applicants with them to Australia – secondary applicants can work and study
  • after entering Australia, have no limit on the number of times they travel in and out of Australia

Visa Programs - Skilled Workers Permanent Visas

Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 121/856)
The Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) allows Australian employers to sponsor employees who are foreign nationals for a permanent visa to work in Australia. Employees under these visas cab be either:

  • highly skilled workers from overseas, OR
  • highly skilled temporary residents currently in Australia

This visa allows you and any dependent family members included in your visa application to live as permanent residents in Australia. Australian permanent residents can:

  • live and work in Australia on a permanent basis
  • study in Australia at school or university
  • receive subsidised healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
  • access certain social security payments (subject to waiting periods)
  • be eligible for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
  • sponsor people for permanent residence.

Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (Subclass 119/857)
The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) allows employers in regional or low population growth areas of Australia, to sponsor employees who are foreign nationals for a permanent visa to work in Australia. The employees applying for a visa can be either of the following:

  • skilled workers from overseas, OR
  • skilled temporary residents currently in Australia.

This visa allows you and any dependent family members included in your visa application to live as permanent residents in Australia. Australian permanent residents can:

  • live and work in Australia on a permanent basis
  • study in Australia at school or university
  • receive subsidised healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
  • access certain social security payments (subject to waiting periods)
  • be eligible for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
  • sponsor people for permanent residence.

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