Employer Sponsored Visa

You may be able to apply for these visas if you are nominated or sponsored by Australian employer, state, business or territory.

ENS (subclass 186) visa

  • This is a permanent visa for you if you get your skill assessment approved and have a Sponsor to Nominate and Sponsor you for this particular visa.

Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494)

  • 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.

Temporary work Skilled (subclass 482) visa

  • Due to being abolished in March 2018 and getting replaced by Temporary Skills Shortage-TSS visa, this is a temporary visa that lets you stay temporarily for up to 4 years and has a pathway to permanent residency.