Get Australia 494 Visa | Panache Immigration

With this visa you can

• Live, work and study only in designated provincial areas of Australia for five years
• journey to and from Australia as repeatedly as you would like while the visa is valid
• if qualified, apply for permanent residence after 3 years from the time your visa is granted

Specified region

You can stay, work and study only in a designated regional area. Designated provincial areas include all of Australia except for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Pathways to permanent residence

• If qualified, you can registered for permanent residence after you have held your 494 visa for 3 years.
• Unless you have held your subclass 494 visa for 3 years, holders of the subclass 494 visa are unable to:
  • Make a valid application for a subclass 820 (Partner) visa
  • Be granted any of the following visas:
    • Subclass 132 (Business Talent)
    • Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme)
    • Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional))
    • Subclass 189 (Skilled (Independent))
    • Subclass 190 (Skilled (Nominated))
    • Subclass 858 (Distinguished talent)

How long you can stay

This is a temporary visa. You can live in Australia for a time of 5 years from when your visa is granted.

Stay longer

You can’t live in Australia longer by extending this visa. Explore your visa options. If qualified, you can register for permanent residence after three years from the period your visa is granted.

Include family

You can include members of the family unit in your application. You can:

• include them when you submit your visa application
• add a dependent child after you submit but before we decide on your visa application

Family who be relevant for the visa with you should meet our health and character requirements. Family who do not register for the visa with you may also have to meet our health and character requirements. If your partner or dependent children are not included in this application, you tell us the reason why. For example, they already hold Australian citizenship or are a permanent resident.

Cost

This visa costs AUD 4,045 for the main candidate, AUD 2,025 for each reliant 18 years and over, and AUD1,010 for each dependent under 18 years. It costs an additional AUD4,890 if any reliant applicants who are 18 years and over do not have functional English. This extra charge is called a second instalment. To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not take into account the second instalment or other costs. You will have to pay other costs including English language tests, health test, police certificates and biometrics.

Apply from

You can be in or outside Australia when you valid for the visa and when we make a decision on your application, but not in immigration clearance. If you are applying in Australia, you must hold either of the subsequent visa otherwise your application will not be valid:

• a substantive visa, or
• a Bridging visa A, Bridging visa B or Bridging visa C

Processing times

We assess applications on a case-by-case basis, and actual processing times can vary due to person circumstances including:

• whether you have lodged a complete application, including all necessary supporting permit papers
• how rapidly you respond to any requests for additional information
• how long it takes to perform required checks on the supporting details give
• how long it takes to receive additional information from external agencies, particularly in relation to health, character, and national security requirements

We might invite more information. We aren’t obliged to request next information or documents and may make a choice on the information provided. It’s your responsibility to make sure all relevant supporting/evidentiary documentation is attached to your application.

Your obligations

You and your family obey with all visa conditions and Australian laws. You begin your employment within 90 days of:

• entering Australia, if you are outside Australia when we grant the visa
• the visa grant date, if you are in Australia when we grant the visa

You must only work in your nominated occupation and only work for your nominating employer in regional Australia. If you do not, we might cancel your visa.

Travel

You can travel out of Australia and return as repeatedly as you would like while the visa is valid. The time you spend outside Australia doesn’t extend the visa.

Visa label

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

Be this age

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

• you are nominated as a tutorial (University Lecturer or Faculty Head at Academic Level A , B, C, D or E) by a university in Australia
• you are nominated as a medical consult and are employed therein occupation for 3 years immediately before you apply because the holder of a short lived Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) or Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa (subclass 482) visa, with a minimum of 2 years of this point employed in regional Australia
• you are nominated as a scientist, researcher or technical (scientific) specialist at ANZSCO skill level 1 or 2 by an Australian scientific agency or Australian university
• you have held a Special Category visa (subclass 444) or New Zealand Citizen kinship visa (subclass 461) visa for the last 3 years immediately before you apply and have worked for the employer who nominated you, within the nominated occupation, for a minimum of 2 years during that point
• have held a subclass 457 visa or TSS visa for the last 3 years immediately before you apply
• have worked in your nominated occupation for the employer who nominated you in the least time during those 3 years
• had annual earnings for every of these 3 years, that were adequate to or greater than the Fair Work High Income Threshold that applied at the top of the relevant year.

Be nominated by an approved sponsor

You must be listed by an employer whose business is lawfully operating in Australia. You must be used to figure within the nominated profession and during a position within the sponsoring business or an associated entity of that business, situated during a designated regional area of Australia. Before you’ll apply for the visa, your employer will got to lodge a nomination application for you. They’re going to only be ready to do that if they’re an accepted work sponsor or have a minimum of lodged an application to become a standard business sponsor

Have relevant skills, qualifications and work experience

If you’re the first visa candidate, you want to show that you simply have the talents, qualifications and work experience required to perform the nominated occupation. You must undertake a skills assessment to demonstrate this – see Have a positive skills assessment below. If it’s not mandatory for you to undertake a skills assessment, you’re still required to supply other evidence to demonstrate that you simply meet this requirement – see ‘Skills and qualifications documents’ under the Step by step tab. You must are employed within the nominated profession for a minimum of 3 years on a full-time basis and at the skill level required for the nominated occupation. Generally, you must to have gained your experience within the last 5 years. The amount doesn’t have to be continuous. We’d consider the same part-time work. We don’t consider casual work

Have a positive skills assessment

You must your skills assessed as suitable for the nominated occupation by the relevant assessing authority. The assessment will show us you’ve got the talents to figure within the nominated occupation. The skills assessment must be undertaken before your application is lodged. A skills assessment obtained for a short lived Graduate visa (subclass 485) isn’t a legitimate assessment for this visa. You do not got to complete a skills assessment if at the time of application you held a short lived Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) or Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) for the nominated occupation and so as to be granted that visa, you were required to demonstrate your skills by providing an appropriate skills assessment. You are exempt from these criteria if any of the subsequent applies to you:.

• you are nominated as a tutorial (University Lecturer or Faculty Head at academic Level A, B, C, D or E) by an Australian university
• you have held a Special Category visa (subclass 444) or New Zealand Citizen kinship visa (subclass 461) visa for the last 3 years immediately before you apply and have worked for the employer who nominated you, within the nominated occupation, for a minimum of 2 years during that point

Have this level of English language

You must have at least Competent English to be granted this visa.

Meet our healthrequirement

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement. If requested, family members not accompanying you to Australia might also need to meet our health requirement.

Meet our character requirement

You and your relations aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you want to meet our character requirement. Family members not accompanying you to Australia must also meet the character requirement. Important: if you’re sponsored by an accredited sponsor, you’re not required to get police certificates from countries aside from Australia provided you attach a reference from your accredited sponsor confirming that you simply are of excellent character which you’ve got not been convicted of any criminal offences. you want to still, however, provide any required Australian police clearances where applicable or when requested to try to to so. Not have had a visa cancelled or a previous application refused You may not be qualified for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia. Check if visa cancellation affects your eligibility.

Have paid back your debt to the Australian government

If you or any relatives (including those who don’t apply for the visa with you) owe the Australian government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back.

Sign the Australian values statement

If you are 16 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

(subclass 494)

Employer Sponsored stream

This visa enables regional employers to address identified labour shortages within their region by sponsoring skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.