The Employer-Sponsored visa (subclass 186) allows Australian employers to sponsor specific skilled labour to serve their business needs.
- • You must have the skills for the job – your occupation must be on the relevant list
- • You will have to produce evidence of your English language skills
- • Your Australian employer must nominate you
- •You must meet the health and character requirements
This visa allows you to live and work in Australia permanently.
Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) is for skilled workers nominated by employers. To address labour shortages.
1) Medium-term stream
You can work for up to 4 years or up to 5 years if you are a Hong Kong passport holder. You can study You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want while thee visa is valid If eligible, you can apply for permanent residence.
2) Short-term stream
You can stay or up to 2 years or up to 4 years if an International Trade Obligation (ITO) applies. You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want while the visa is valid.
DO I APPLY FOR THE MEDIUM-TERM STREAM OR THE SHORT-TERM STREAM?
This will depend upon your occupation.
PRIORITY MIGRATION SKILLED OCCUPATION LIST (PMSOL)
This identifies 44 occupations which fill critical skills needed to support Australia’s economic recovery from COVID 19.
These occupations will be given priority processing. This list is temporary and priority occupations may change as Australia recovers from the pandemic. The government and the National Skills Commission will continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the Australia labour market and assess Australia’s skills needs as they evolve and new sources of data emerge.
THE PRIORITY MIGRATION SKILLED OCCUPATION LIST
The 44 occupations (ANZSCO code) are:
- • Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
- • Construction Project Manager (133111)
- • Accountant (General) (221111)
- • Management Accountant (221112)
- • Taxation Accountant (221113)
- • External Auditor (221213)
- • Internal Auditor (221214)
- • Surveyor (232212)
- • Cartographer (232213)
- • Other Spatial Scientist (232214)
- • Civil Engineer (233211)
- • Geotechnical Engineer (233212)
- • Structural Engineer (233214)
- • Transport Engineer (233215)
- • Electrical Engineer (233311)
- • Mechanical Engineer (233512)
- • Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) (233611)
- • Petroleum Engineer (233612)
- • Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611)
- • Veterinarian (234711)
- • Hospital Pharmacist (251511)*
- • Industrial Pharmacist (251512)*
- • Industrial Pharmacist (251512)*
- • Orthotist or Prosthetist (251912)
- • General Practitioner (253111)
- • Resident Medical Officer (253112)
- • Psychiatrist (253411)
- • Medical Practitioners nec (253999)
- • Midwife (254111)
- • Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (254412)
- • Registered Nurse (Medical) (254418)
- • Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422)
- • Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (254423)
- • Registered Nurses nec (254499)
- • Multimedia Specialist (261211)
- • Analyst Programmer (261311)
- • Developer Programmer (261312)
- • Software Engineer (261313)
- • Software and Applications Programmers nec (261399)
- • ICT Security Specialist (262112)
- • Social Worker (272511)
- • Maintenance Planner (312911)
- • Chef (351311)
* Indicates occupation added in July 2021
HOW DO I BECOME A SPONSOR?
Being a sponsor brings on many responsibilities. The Australian government has safeguards in place to ensure that overseas workers do not displace Australian workers
- •Be prepared to pay market salary to the sponsored worker – with the minimum salary being $53,900
- •Have an occupation vacancy that is an eligible occupation and in demand in the Australian labour market by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment
- • Be prepared to contribute to the Skilling Australians Fund
- • Make sure the overseas worker has the relevant Australian registration, licences and certificates
- • Ensure your nominated employee has the skills, English language, age and work experience
- • Test the local market to see if there is an Australian whom you can employ for the position.
- • Advertise the position. Keep the advertisements and state why these applicants are unsuitable.
The government will also want to know about:
- • Retrenchments in the previous 12 months
- • Reduction of hours worked during the previous 12 months
- • Any reductions in pay and conditions within the previous 12 months
- • The contents of the employment contract to make sure the overseas worker has the appropriate working conditions and pay – the same as Australian citizens and Permanent Residents.
- • Any training schemes you provide for your employers. What did you spend on training employees in the past 12 months?
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