Employer Nomination Visa

This visa involves two stages:

• Nomination stage – At the nomination stage, the employer nominates a suitable candidate to sponsor
• Visa stage – At this stage, the visa application for the nominee and any dependent any family members have been lodged.

This visa has 3 main streams:

1.   The Temporary Residence Transition stream is for 457 visa /TSS visa holders who have worked for two years/ 3 years for TSS visa (Medium-term), while holding a subclass 457 visa/482 visa, in the same occupation with their nominating employer who wants to offer them a permanent position in that occupation.
2. The Direct Entry stream is for applicants who have not worked on a 457 visa/ TSS 482 Visa with their nominating employer for two years (3 years for TSS visa holders) but who are formally qualified in their occupation and have worked for at least three years at a skilled level in their occupation and their occupation is on the  Employer Nomination Visa Sublass186 occupations list (Direct Entry).
3. The Agreement stream is for applicants sponsored by an employer through a labour agreement