Temporary Work Skilled or 457 visa allows foreign
citizens to work as a skilled worker in Australia. The foreign citizen who
applies for a 457 visa should have an approved sponsor or employee for up to
four years. Foreign workers should have to be sponsored by an Australian
business or industry which can prove to the government that they can’t find
suitable Australian workers to handle the job.
The 457 visa has been a focus topic of the federal
government for some time, such as Australians were having a shortage of jobs
because they employ foreign workers. Moreover, there are two working visas in
Australia, the first one is a holiday visa (417) and the other one is the
temporary work (skilled visa) or most commonly known as a 457 visa.
Applying for a working holiday visa is an easy process
that doesn’t involve the employer to provide necessary documents and
requirements to support the foreign worker’s visa application. The application
can be completed by the applicant if he or she is allowed to stay in Australia
for up to one year while working up to six months with the employer.
On the other hand, the 457 visa resource from
insurance to bank accounts is a complicated visa process. The 457 visa is perfect
for skilled foreign workers who can perform specific job roles in a certain
company that has difficulty hiring a local Australian worker.
There are three important stages you must know when
applying for a 457 visa:
Stage 1: Sponsorship Application
Once the lodge has been settled and approved, the
sponsorship application will be given to the company if the status of the
company is “standard business sponsor” which a company needs to employ any
overseas or foreign skilled workers for a 457 visa.
Once approved, the sponsorship will be valid for three
years.
Stage 2: Nomination Application
It requires the company to lodge a visa application to
nominate a certain job position that needs to be filled by a foreign worker.
For the nomination application to be approved, the Department of Immigration
and Border Protection (DIBP) required to be fulfilled amongst other things such
as:
● The company has followed with
the necessary training requirements for the length of the sponsorship like
training expenditure which is equal to 1% of total payroll for every year of
the sponsorship or a 2$ total gross payroll in payments issued to industry
training budget.
● The nominated job is an
occupation which is verified on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List
Stage 3: Visa Application
Once the nomination has been granted, the approved
validity will be available for 12 months, by then, the nominated employee or
foreign worker (visa applicant) should apply for the 457 Visa for a visa application
to be approved and granted. However, DIBP needs to meet the following
requirements:
● The occupation is legit and the
foreign worker’s intention to perform a certain job is legit and authentic
● The foreign worker or visa
applicant should have the necessary required skills, qualifications, and
employment background that is required to perform the nominated job or
application
● The visa applicant should meet
the standard score of English Language Requirements
● The visa applicant should have a
good character and right conduct
● The visa applicant should have
adequate arrangements for health insurance along to his or her stay in
Australia.
Once the visa has been approved and granted, the validity
can last up to four years.
