Employer Nominated

The Australian Government’s Visa Wizard can help you find the right visa.

Some employer nominated visa options are explained below.

Temporary Business Long Stay (Subclass 457) visa

The Temporary Entry Long Stay Business visa is a temporary visa between one day and four years. This visa enables employers to sponsor overseas skilled workers when they are unable to fill skilled positions from within the local labour market.

Employers must be approved by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to sponsor overseas workers under this scheme. Detailed information can be found under Sponsors Eligibility of the Temporary Business Long Stay visa.

To be eligible for nomination under this visa:

the tasks of the position must equate with those for one of the occupations listed on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL)
the base salary for the position must be at the market rate for that occupation and the market rate must be no less than the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT)
all overseas nominees for trade level occupations and for the occupation of chef must have Moderate English.
overseas nominees from some countries and for some trades must have a skills assessment.

Detailed information about the Temporary Business Long Stay visa

Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186) visa

The Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) enables employers to sponsor highly skilled workers to fill skilled vacancies in their businesses. Employers can employ skilled workers from overseas, or temporary residents who are living and working in Australia.

The Employer Nomination Scheme visa gives an overseas skilled worker permanent residence in Australia.

Detailed information about the Employer Nomination Scheme

Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (Subclass 187) visa

The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) visa is for skilled workers from outside Australia or skilled temporary residents who currently live and work in Australia.

The RSMS enable employers in the Northern Territory, who cannot fill vacancies from within the local labour market to employ skilled overseas workers.

RSMS is part of the permanent Employer Sponsored visa program.

Read detailed information on the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme visa

Training and Research Visa (Subclass 402) – Occupational Trainee Stream

The Training and Research visa is for people who want to come to Australia on a temporary basis to undertake occupational training, conduct or observe research as a visiting academic or participate in a professional development program.
The Training and Research visa has three streams:

Occupational Trainee stream – is for people who require structured training to either enhance their skills in their current occupation, area of tertiary study or field of expertise
Research stream – enables professional academics to visit Australia on a temporary basis, to observe or participate in an Australian research project
Professional Development stream – is for professionals, managers or government officials to undertake a professional development training program in Australia.

Detailed information on the Training and Research Visa

Labour Agreements

A labour agreement is a formal arrangement negotiated between an employer and the Australian Government and will only be considered where a genuine skills shortage exists and there are no suitably qualified or experienced Australians readily available.

Detailed information on the Labour Agreements

Enterprise Migration Agreements

Enterprise migration agreements are custom-designed, project-wide arrangements for large scale resource projects designed to help ensure the peak workforce needs of large scale projects are met, easing capacity constraints and ensuring economic and employment benefits are realised.

Further information on Enterprise Migration Agreements

Regional Migration Agreements

A Regional Migration Agreement is an agreement between the Australian Government and a state or territory government, local council, or another local stakeholder designed to facilitate increased labour flows to regional areas experiencing acute labour shortages, in particular, regions that are isolated from large populations and do not have Australian skills and labour available. The agreements will specify the occupations, numbers and visa requirements for the sponsorship of workers from outside Australia to certain regional locations.

Further information on Regional Migration Agreements

Seasonal Worker Program

The Seasonal Worker Program is one of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s Special Program visa categories. It allows employers, who are approved as Special Program Sponsors, to sponsor people from eligible countries to work as seasonal workers.

East Timor, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have Memoranda of Understanding agreements in place with the Australian government for the Seasonal Worker Program.

Further information on the Seasonal Worker Program