Requirements for Sponsorship, Nomination and Subclass 457 Visa

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Australian Government support

Subclass 457 via is the easiest and most common form of visa for employing persons in Australia who are not permanent residents.

This visa is particularly designed to enable employers to fill positions for which they need a person with particular qualifications or for which there is a shortage of suitable persons in Australia.

This visa is especially favoured by the Australian Government because it is a temporary visa that allows a person to remain in Australia only as long as that person is employed unless that person changes to another visa.

Better still, all the qualifications and experience of the person are paid for by another country before the person comes to Australia.

3 Step process

Sponsorship, nomination and visa are a 3 step process.

Firstly, the sponsor (the employer) is approved for sponsorship.

Secondly, the job is approved for nomination.

Thirdly, the applicant is approved for the visa.

All these steps can be done at the same time.

Fees

Fees payable to the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship are currently:

• sponsorship application charge $405
• nomination charge $80
• visa application charge $305

total $790

Processing time

The application for sponsorship, nomination and visa can be done electronically.

Current processing time is about 4 weeks from submission of all material.

Requirements for sponsorship

The employer must be in business

The employer, as sponsor, must prove that the sponsor is lawfully and actively operating in business.

This is demonstrated by company search, background/publicity material and the sponsor’s accounts or the last 2 years.

Information on any previous sponsorship should be supplied

Personnel

Details of personnel currently employed, including resident status and position (organigram) need to be supplied.

Included in details will be recent graduates (less than 2 years) and apprentices.

Training

Unless the sponsor is an overseas company, the sponsor needs to show training of local personnel, or a contribution to a training scheme or institution, or a future training program

Duration of sponsorship

The sponsorship is valid for 3 years.

During the period of the sponsorship the sponsor may nominate other subclass 457 visa applicants as it considers desirable.

Requirements for nomination

Job description

There needs to be a description of the duties and responsibilities of the position that it is proposed to fill.

ANZSCO definition

The job description has to conform to the Australian recognised definition of position, qualifications and experience. This is contained in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).

Salary

The salary proposed must be to least equal the greater of the market rate or the current minimum authorised by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (TSMIT), which is now $49,330 per annum.

Market salary is demonstrated by the salary of another employee of the sponsor doing a similar job, or employment advertisements, or an industry award.

Employment agreement

The terms of employment need to be shown in an employment agreement.

This agreement must conform to minimum requirements of Australian employment law (Fair Work Australia).

Requirements for the visa applicant

Qualifications and experience

The visa applicant must demonstrate any necessary qualifications and experience. These are shown in the applicant’s c.v.

Knowledge of English

Unless the applicant is from Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK or the USA, or the applicant has studied in English, the applicant must produce a recent English (IELTS) test with a score of at least 5/10.

The IELTS test can be taken on a number of dates and at various locations around Sydney, including:

Place: IDP IELTS Sydney Test Centre

Level 4, 210 Clarence Street

Sydney, NSW

Tel: 1800 664 700

Email: ielts.sydney@idp.com

Fee: $317

Place: UWS College Test Centre

158 Hawkesbury Rd

Westmead, NSW

Tel: 9685 9709

Email: ielts.enquiries@uws.edu.au

Fee: $317

Private medical insurance

The applicant will be required to provide full private health cover for the duration of stay in Australia under subclass 457 visa.

Duration of the subclass 457 visa

This visa is available for up to 4 years and may be renewed.

Change to permanent residence

After 2 years as sponsored subclass 457 visa holder, a person may qualify to become a permanent resident.

To qualify, the person must have been on subclass 457 visa for at least 2 years and be sponsored by current employer for permanent residence.

Secondary visa applicants

Any person dependent on the visa applicant, such as spouse or child may obtain a secondary subclass 457 visa.

The secondary subclass 457 holder is permitted to work any where and in any position for as long as the primary subclass 457 visa holder continues to hold that visa.

Australian citizenship

Any person who has been in Australia for a period of 4 years on a temporary or permanent resident visa (including subclass 457 visa) may qualify for Australian citizenship on the basis of having been a permanent resident for at least 2 months before applying for Australian citizenship.

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Source by Brian Hillman