Corporate Services - Visa Options
If your business is unable to meet its skills needs from within the local labour market, you may be eligible to employ and sponsor staff from overseas on either a temporary or permanent basis.
Many people are surprised at how easy this process is when they receive professional guidance and assistance with the application process.
There are a number of options available for your prospective overseas employee which are categorised under two headings.
- Sponsoring a Temporary Overseas Employee
The most common visa application is a subclass 457 visa, which is where an employer is unable to meet its skill needs from within the local labour market. In this case an eligible employer can sponsor an employee to work for up to 4 years on a temporary basis. At the end of the visa period, the visa applicant would need to either depart Australia, apply for another temporary visa, or the employee may be eligible to apply for permanent residency through an Employer Sponsored Category.
An eligible employer is one who has been granted Standard Business Sponsorship approval. This sponsorship approval allows employers to sponsor a specified number of temporary business entrants within a two year period or until the maximum number of temporary business entrants specified on the application has been reached
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- Employer Sponsored Migration
The two most common visas under employer sponsored migration are;
Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS)
This visa category has been designed to assist employers in regional or low population growth areas of Australia, who are unable to meet skills needs and fill skilled vacancies from within the local labour market. It assists those employers who need to recruit and employ highly skilled staff from overseas or people who are currently in Australia as the holder of a temporary visa.
An employer can take part in this scheme if their business is in any part of Australia except for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Wollongong, Perth, the Gold Coast and Newcastle. All employers located in South Australia, including Adelaide are eligible for this scheme.
This is a 3 stage application process where initially the nomination or job/employment vacancy must be certified by a Regional Certifying Body. After this initial stage the nomination is forwarded to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA). Once the second stage has been successfully assessed by DIMA, the nominee or prospective employees visa application is assessed. It is at this stage where the visa applicant is required to demonstrate that they have the relevant skills, qualifications and work experience to carry out the nominated occupation and meet other mandatory requirements.
Employer Nominated Scheme (ENS)
This visa category has been designed for Australian employers to recruit permanent, highly skilled staff from abroad or people currently in Australia on a temporary visa, where they have been unable to fill a vacancy from within the local labour market or through their own internal training programs.
There are two stages to the application process, the first being where the employer lodges a nomination application to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA), whilst the second is where the prospective employee applies for the visa.
An employer can take part in this scheme if their business is in any part of Australia, including those areas eligible under the Regional Skilled Migration Scheme. Once again, all employers located throughout South Australia, including Adelaide are eligible for this visa category.
Visa applications under the ENS must be nominated by an Australian employer. This nomination must by approved by DIMA and before the visa can be granted. In addition to this, the visa applicant is also required to demonstrate that they have the relevant skills, qualifications and work experience to carry out the nominated occupation and meet other mandatory requirement
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