Australian Work Visas (Sponsored)
In order to temporarily work in Australia, non-citizens who have do not have work right may seek sponsorship from their employers. There are 5 temporary work visas and 2 permanent visas in Australia, under which they are further broken down into streams within each subclass of visa.
Temporary Work Visas
For individuals who wish to come to Australia and work temporarily. There are 5 working visas:
Each of the above working visas is broken down into streams.
Permanent Residency Work Visas
For individuals who wish to come to Australia and work permanently. There are 2 permanent residency work visas:
- 186 visa - Temporary Skill Shortage (Class VC) - subclass 186
- 187 visa - Training（Class GF) - subclass 187
The above permanent visas are further broken down into 3 streams each.
Australian Temporary Work Visas:
482 Visa - Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482)
This is a temporary work visa that allows employers to sponsor foreign employees to work in Australia.
494 Visa - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494)
Regional firms may bring in skilled employees to fill labor shortages using an Australian Skilled Employer-Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494).
407 Visa - Training (subclass 407)
This visa is for people who wish to work temporarily in Australia for up to 2 years.
408 Visa - Temporary Activity Visa (subclass 408)
This visa allows the any of people from the following 10 streams to come to Australia for temporary activities. The 408 visa generally allows the holder to live in Australia for 2 years.
403 Visa - Temporary Work (International Relations) Visa (subclass 403)
The 403 Temporary Work (International Relations) visa – subclass 403 is intended to facilitate the entry of persons to work or undertake an activity in Australia that serves Australia’s international relations interests.
Australian Permanent Work Visas:
186 Visa - Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)
The 186 visa is a permanent visa that lets skilled workers, who are nominated by their employer, live and work in Australia permanently.
187 Visa - Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
The subclass 187 regional sponsored visa comprises 3 streams:
- Direct Entry Stream - this visa is closed to new applications
- Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) Stream
- Labour Agreement Stream
- Direct Entry Stream - this visa is closed to new applications
- Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) Stream
- Labour Agreement Stream
