Introduction

Overseas skilled workers may be sponsored by an Australian business or overseas business operating in Australia for a temporary or permanent residence visa depending upon the applicant’s skills/qualification/work experience and the employer’s location/position available and business needs.

Employer sponsored visas are ideal for businesses who need to fill a skill shortage which cannot be filled locally. Given the low unemployment rate and steady economic growth many Australian businesses across a wide range of industries are facing a hard time employing suitably qualified and experienced staff to help their businesses grow.

The Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457 Visa can facilitate the recruitment of overseas skilled workers on a temporary basis.

If an Australian business feels so inclined they may also want to recruit an overseas skilled worker for a permanent residency visa through the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) or the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS – location dependent).

Employer sponsored visas are also ideal for Australian or overseas businesses wanting to set up operations in Australia wanting to recruit overseas skilled workers on a permanent or temporary basis to fill in skill shortages.

The most common employer sponsored visa subclasses currently available are:

Permanent Employment Visas

Subclasses 121/856 - Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)
Subclasses 119/857 - Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS)
Subclasses 120/855 - Labour Agreement

Temporary Employment Visas

Subclass 457 - Business (Long Stay)

The Level 1 Service (US$229) allows for a professional assessment of your business sponsorship eligibility if you are an employer operating in Australia and preparation of a written document containing advice, information, application forms and support to manage approval as business sponsor applicant and an employer sponsored visa.

This is our most popular service and many clients have successfully utilised this affordable alternative to traditional migration consultancy.

This service also comes with our ongoing email support and a free 30 minute telephone conversation. Our email support is now unlimited. It is our interest to ensure our clients are satisfied with our service, and if successful in migration know they can rely on us for any help and support they may need to make the transition to Australian life as easy as possible.