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Your obligations

You and your family members must obey all Australian laws. We expect that you simply work for your nominating employer in regional Australia for at least 2 years. If you don’t, we might cancel your visa. You agree to begin your employment within 6 months of:

• entry to Australia if you were granted the visa outside Australia
• the visa grant date if you were granted the visa in Australia

Visa label

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

Have the required skills

You must have the specified skills and qualifications needed to perform the tasks of the nominated occupation. We might ask you to urge a skills assessment to show you have these skills.

Licensing, registration or membership

You must be licensed, registered or a member of a professional body if it is mandatory in the state or territory you intend to work in.

Be nominated by the employer who sponsored your temporary work visa

Your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time on your subclass 457 or subclass 482 visa for a minimum of 3 of the 4 years prior to nominating you for the subclass 187 visa. If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time for at least 2 of the 3 years prior to nominating you for this visa. If you have been temporarily stood down, been on unpaid leave or had your hours reduced due to the impact of COVID-19 and related restrictions, these periods of time can still be counted towards the time worked for your employer. Your employer must provide evidence that you have been temporarily stood down, been on unpaid leave or had your hours reduced due to COVID-19 but your employment was not terminated.

Be this age

Usually, you must be under 45 years of age when you apply. You are exempt from this criteria if any of the subsequent applies to you:

• you are nominated as an academic (university lecturer or faculty head at Academic Level B, C, D or E) by a university in Australia
• you are nominated as a scientist, researcher or technical specialist at ANZSCO skill level 1 or 2 by an Australian scientific government agency
• you are a medical practitioner who has worked in your nominated occupation for a minimum of three years as a 457 or 482 visa holder. For two of those years you were employed in regional Australia. The nominated position is in regional Australia
• as a subclass 457 or 482 visa holder, you have been working in the nominated occupation for the nominating employer for at least the last 3 years, and your earnings were at least as much as the Fair Work High Income Threshold for each year of that period

If during that 3 year period you were stood down or required to work reduced hours due to COVID-19, your earnings and the high income threshold are assessed at a pro rata rate for the affected years. This concession applies for applications lodged on or after 24 November 2020 and in relation to periods of COVID-19 related temporary employment changes since 1 February 2020. If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, you can still apply for this visa if you are under 50 when you apply.

Transitional arrangements

If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, you can still apply for this visa if you are under 50 when you apply.

Have this visa

You must currently be the first visa holder of either:

• a subclass 457 visa
• a subclass 482 (TSS) visa
• a bridging visa A, B or C

The bridging visa must be the one you were granted after your subclass 457 or TSS visa expired.

Meet our health requirement

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement. Other family members will also need to meet the requirement.

Meet our character requirement

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet our chartacter requirement. Other family members will also need to meet the need.

Sign the Australian values statement

If you are 18 years of age or older, you must:

• have read, or had explained to you, the Life in Australia booklet and
• sign an Australian Values Statement that confirms you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws.

Have this level of English language

You must have at least Competent English. You are exempt from this requirement if you have completed a minimum of 5 years of full-time study in a secondary or higher education institution where all tuition was delivered in English.

Have paid back your debt to the Australian government

If you owe the Australian Government money, you must have paid it back or have a formal arrangement to pay it back.

Not have had a visa cancelled or a previous application refused

You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.

Organise health exams

You need to have health examinations. You can complete them before you apply or you can wait until after you apply.

Get help with your application

You don’t have to use a migration agent to apply for any visa. But if you want to, see how to find a registered migration agent. Anyone can help you fill out forms or give you general help with your application. But you would like to allow us to know if you want someone to:

• receive your correspondence
• provide immigration assistance and act for you

Get the nomination TRN

Make sure your employer has submitted a nomination application. They will receive a nomination Transaction Reference Number (TRN) when they do. Ask your employer for the TRN. You need it to apply for the visa.

Your rights and your employer’s responsibilities

Criminal and civil penalties are often applied to anyone who asks for, receives, offers or provides a benefit in exchange for visa sponsorship. Gather your documents

Provide accurate information

Provide accurate information.

Identity documents

Provide the pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details, and passport issue and expiry dates. Also provide:

• a national identity card, if you have one
• proof of change of name

Documents that prove a change of name include:

• a marriage or divorce certificate
• change of name documents from an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or the relevant overseas authority
• documents that show other names you have been known by

Licensing, registration or membership

Provide evidence of any license, registration or professional membership mandatory to perform the nominated occupation within the state or territory you intend to work in, if applicable.

Skills assessment

We will ask you to undertake a skills assessment if you are required to do so.

Age exemption documents

If you are 45 years old or older.

English language documents

Provide documents that show you have Competent English at the time you submit your application. You are exempt from having to show us you have Competent English if you can instead show us you have completed at least 5 years of full-time study in a secondary or higher education institution where all tuition was delivered in English. If this is the case you must still show us you have Functional English or pay the second instalment.