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If you don’t have an overseas qualification, but have years of industry experience,having worked your way up from junior to senior,yet find yourself frustrated that the migration pathway seems to ask you to start again as a student?
Or perhaps you have just stepped out of university,still finding your feet as a newcomer in the workforce,and uncertain about how to navigate your migration pathway from here?
If you find yourself in either of these situations, today’s article is here to tell you — your hard work is never wasted, and your experience still shines.
Employer-sponsored visas are your ideal first choice!
This visa category covers a wide range of occupations — whether you work intrades such as chef or automotive technician,or in fields such asaccounting, marketing, or office administration,it covers them all. You won’t need to return to study or be restricted in your working hours, and it allows you tobuild up relevant work experience in your field,while advancing your career at the same time.
And ultimately, you can work your way all the way through to permanent residency!
Employer Sponsorship:
Three Established Pathways
● There are currently three employer sponsorship pathways we commonly refer to:
1. The Subclass 407 Training visa;
2. The Subclass 482 Skills in Demand visa (employer-sponsored work visa);
3. The Subclass 186 Employer Nomination Scheme visa (permanent residency).
As the names suggest,the requirements and complexity of employer-sponsored visas follow the order: 186>482>407.Today, we’ll give you a brief overview of how these three visa types can be combined strategically to help you achieve permanent residency through employer sponsorship.
407
Buying You Time to Build Experience
● The Subclass 407 visa is known as the Training visa.
As the name implies, it allows applicants to undertake occupational training in Australia to develop their professional skills.This visa requires applicants to have at least one year of full-time relevant work experience in the past two years,no skills assessment is required,and the visa can be granted for up to two years.
However, it is important to note thatthe Subclass 407 does not lead directly to permanent residency, but it can buy you valuable time to pursue other migration pathways.
482
Currently a Department of Home Affairs Priority-Processing Channel
● The Subclass 482 is the employer-sponsored work visa.
Applicants must have at least two years of full-time relevant work experience, and this experience must be post-graduation —part-time work accumulated during your studies does not count. Most Subclass 482 employer-sponsored applications do not require a skills assessment. Once granted, the visa can be held for up to four years, or five years for holders of a Hong Kong SAR passport. Applicants can also use the Subclass 482 as a pathway to apply for Subclass 186 permanent residency.
The Subclass 482 can be consideredthe top choice for international graduates — you can accumulate relevant work experience during your two-year Subclass 485 period, achieving career and migration milestones simultaneously, while keeping other options such as state nomination open.
186
Higher Requirements — Overseas Experience May Be an Advantage
● The Subclass 186 employer-sponsored permanent residency visa has two streams.
The first is the 186 Direct Entry (DE) stream — if the applicant has at least three years of full-time relevant work experience,and the employer meets the Department of Home Affairs’ requirements for eligibility and size, the applicant may apply directly through the 186 DE stream.
The second is the 186 Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream — if you have been granted a four-year Subclass 482 visa and have worked for your sponsor for three years at a market salary rate, you are eligible to apply for permanent residency through the 186 TRT stream.
The DE stream is likely the better option for those with several years of relevant overseas work experience — it grants permanent residency in one step, and your entire family can migrate with you.
Applicant | Self-Assessment
●In terms of the conditions applicants themselves must meet,having briefly outlined the differences between the three employer-sponsored visa types,we can clearly see that —
– The Subclass 407 requires 1 year of work experience
– The Subclass 482 requires 2 years of work experience
– The Subclass 186 requires 3 years of work experience
Once you’ve identified how many years of relevant work experience you have, you can make a preliminary assessment of which pathway suits you best.
You may still find all of this a little confusing — let’s now take a closer look at thisemployer sponsorship combination strategyand how it can be put into practice.
Here is a straightforward example —
Suppose a student’s Subclass 485 visa is nearing expiry, but they have accumulated approximately one year of relevant work experience throughout the 485 period.At this point, we canconsider first applying for aSubclass 407 visa, on one hand, holding the Subclass 407 allows you to continue working and earning income; on the other, it also provides an opportunity to further build relevant work experience.
The two years gained can be used to accumulate points for state nomination, or to build up the work experience needed to later transition to a Subclass 482.When the Subclass 407 is nearing expiry,having accumulated full-time work experience over the two years on the Subclass 407, the applicant will have met the eligibility requirements forthe Subclass 482 employer sponsorship,and can proceed to apply for the Subclass 482 employer-sponsored work visa.
Once the Subclass 482 employer-sponsored work visa is in hand, the applicant can consider whether to proceedvia the Subclass 186 Direct Entry (DE) streamfor migration, or instead through the186TRTpathway for migration.
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Is Your Current Employer Eligible to Sponsor You? | A Preliminary Assessment Framework
● Beyond the conditions that applicants themselves must meet, many people’s biggest question is: what requirements does the employer need to meet?The answer varies considerably, because every occupation is different, and the financial requirements and sponsorship conditions for employers naturally differ accordingly —there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Simply put, the qualifications and turnover required of a law firm sponsoring a solicitor will be very different from those of a bakery sponsoring a pastry chef.
● Even so, the following basic questions provide a useful starting framework:
• How long has the employer’s business been established?
• What is the employer’s approximate annual turnover?
• How many employees does the business currently have, and is it sponsoring any other employees at this time?
• What is the organisational structure of the company’s workforce?
• Does the employer have any adverse record with any government authority?
These are the fundamental questions used to assess whether an employer is eligible to sponsor. Having a preliminary understanding of these points makes it much easier for us to conduct a more thorough assessment.
If you would like a more detailed assessment of your personal circumstances and your employer’s eligibility, please feel free to get in touch with us at any time.
Employer Sponsorship | Priority Processing in Progress
During the pandemic, while many other visa categories experienced various disruptions, employer-sponsored visas continued to be granted steadily. With borders closed and employers increasingly short-staffed,the government responded to this demand by giving employer-sponsored visas a high processing priority,particularly for the nearly 50 occupations on the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL), including accounting, programming, and engineering,all of which are included!
Here are a few examples —
[Accountant — Subclass 482 Nomination + Granted]Accounting occupation — submitted on 5 July, nomination received by 13 August, visa granted firmly this week!
[Chef — Subclass 482 Nomination + Granted]Submitted in May, nomination received on 16 July!
Lockdown delayed the health examination, but the visa was finally approved today, 10 December!
By all accounts, employer-sponsored visas have been far ahead of the pack during the pandemic — both in processing speed and approval rates!
If you have any further questions about employer sponsorship or would like to map out a clear migration pathway for yourself, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We sincerely hope everyone finds the migration pathway that is right for them and achieves success soon.
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