There are two primary categories that can be sponsored by your employer in Australia:
Temporary Business (Long Stay) - Standard Business Sponsorship (Subclass 457)
This is the most commonly used program for employers to sponsor overseas workers to work in Australia on a temporary basis. There are also special arrangements for employers in regional areas across Australia.
Employers can be either:
- Australian businesses
- overseas businesses.
To be eligible to apply for this visa, you must first obtain and accept an offer of employment from an employer that is an approved standard business sponsor.
There are no age restrictions on this visa subclass.
This visa entitles you to:
- work in Australia for a period of between three (3) months and four (4) years
- bring any eligible secondary applicants with you to Australia – secondary applicants can work and study
- after entering Australia, have no limit on the number of times you travel in and out of Australia.
Medical Practitioner Visa (subclass 422)
This is the most commonly used program for employers to sponsor overseastrained medical practitioners to work in regional and rural Australia on a temporary basis.
The medical practitioner visa allows foreign nationals, who are medical practitioners, to work in Australia for a sponsoring employer for three (3) months to four (4) years.
Employers must be an Australian sponsoring organisation and include:
- employers from the health industry
- state/territory health authorities
- deputising services and locum agencies
- communities, such as the local council, government regional health organisation or government regional medical centre.
To be eligible to apply for this visa, you must first obtain and accept an offer of employment from an employer.
There are no age restrictions on this visa subclass.
This visa entitles you to:
- work in Australia for a period of between three (3) months and four (4) years
- bring any eligible secondary applicants with you to Australia – secondary applicants can work and study
- after entering Australia, have no limit on the number of times you travel in and out of Australia.
