457 Visa In Australia

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The 457 visa program is a temporary residency visa for skilled workers from another country. It allows you to stay and work in Australia for up to four years. This is an Australian visa with subclass 457 which are employer sponsored visas. It has replaced several other subclasses such as the Temporary Business Innovation and Investment (T.I.P.), (Temporary) Graduate Trainee, and the Business Skills visa. A new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) Visa was also created under this program.

Australian 457 Visa Employer Requirements (Standard business sponsor)

For an employer to be eligible to apply, as a standard business sponsor, for a worker or workers to come to Australia under a 457 visa, they must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Be a lawfully operating business 
• Specify the number of workers they wish to sponsor over the full term of their sponsorship 
• Businesses IN Australia must:
  • Meet the prescribed training benchmark, if they have been trading for 12 months or more (see our Prescribed training benchmark section below) 
  • Have a viable plan to meet the prescribed training benchmark, if they have been trading for 12 months or less 
  • Declare in writing that they have a strong commitment to employing Australian nationals and will not discriminate in in any way in regards to recruitment 
  • Have fulfilled any training requirements under their last period as a 457 sponsor, if applicable
• Businesses OUTSIDE of Australia must:
  • Intend to sponsor a 457 worker to establish a new business in Australia with connections to an overseas business, OR 
  • Intend to sponsor a 457 worker to fulfil contractual obligations the employer has in Australia
• Have no ‘adverse information’ pertaining to them (for more information see our Adverse Information section below) 
• Must not have taken any action which resulted in a third party paying costs related to the employer becoming a sponsor or recruiting a 457 worker 

Labour agreements

A labour agreement is an agreement between an employer and the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection which allows employers to sponsor 457 workers in circumstances not covered by the standard business sponsor category, such as when:

• Sponsorship is sought for workers in the meat or on-hire industries 
• The sponsor is seeking to address ‘special labour market circumstances’ 
• Sponsorship is sought for a role that is not on Australia’s Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL)

There are 4 types of labour agreement:

• company specific labour agreements 
• industry labour agreements 
• designated area migration agreements 
• project labour agreements

Company specific labour agreements

These agreements are made on a case by case basis, and only where there is a labour shortage that is not already covered by another type of labour agreement.

Industry labour agreements

Industry labour agreements are made between the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and industry leaders to combat persistent labour shortages in that industry. Terms and conditions for these agreements are set in advance, and cannot be negotiated by individuals or companies. Industry labour agreements are currently in place for the meat industry and the on-hire industry.