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Want to convert your 457 482 TSS Visa to a Permanent Resident PR Visa for Australia?

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Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482)

Short Term Stream

You can stay for up to 2 years or up to 4 if an International Trade Obligation (ITO) applies

Medium Term Stream

Up to 4 years

Labour Agreement Stream

Up to a maximum of 4 years, depending on the terms in the labour agreement.

Subsequent Entrant

It is for family members of subclass 482 and 457 visa holders

Global Talent Scheme (GTS) is an Australian Government pilot scheme

Established Business Stream

Startup Stream

Labour Market Testing

Annual Market Salary Rate (AMSR)

Basic Eligibility

You must:

be nominated for a skilled position by an approved sponsor
have the right skills to do the job
meet the relevant English language requirements

Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (subclass 482)

Short-term stream
This visa enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.
Stay You can stay for up to 2 years or up to 4 years if an International Trade Obligation (ITO) applies.

The occupation is on the short-term skilled occupations list

Cost From AUD$1,330

Processing Time

25% of applications: 17 Days
50% of applications: 45 Days
75% of applications: 87 Days
90% of applications: 7 Months
In November 2022 for applications where the client is outside Australia, the median processing time is 35 days.

Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482)
Medium-term stream
This visa enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.
Stay Up to 4 years

Your occupation is on either the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL)

Cost From AUD$2,770

Processing Time

25% of applications: 14 Days
50% of applications: 32 Days
75% of applications: 61 Days
90% of applications: 4 Months
In November 2022 for applications where the client is outside Australia, the median processing time is 25 days.

Cost of sponsoring
Application costs
Becoming an approved sponsor under the TSS 482 visa program: AUD420
Nominating a visa applicant for the TSS 482 visa: AUD$330
Paying the Skilling Australians Fund levy: the amount depends on the size of the business and the proposed period stay of the employee. The levy payments are tax deductible.
You must pay for all costs associated with becoming a sponsor and nominating and sponsoring an applicant. You can’t transfer these costs to the visa holder or their family members.

Calculate the levy
The levy is payable in full when you submit a nomination application.

The online form will calculate the amount you must pay, which depends on the:

size of the sponsoring business and
proposed period of stay of the overseas worker in Australia.
Business size TSS visa ENS / RSMS visas
Small (annual turnover less than $10 million) AUD1200 per year or part thereof AUD3000 one-off
Other business (annual turnover of $10 million or more) AUD1800 per year or part thereof AUD5000 one-off
Example: a business with an annual turnover of more than AUD10 million per year that wishes to nominate a TSS worker for a period of 4 years would be liable to pay a levy of AUD7,200 (4 years x AUD1,800).

Levy payments are tax deductible.

Sponsors who are party to a labour agreement must pay the levy.

Only ministers of religion and religious assistants nominated under the Labour Agreement streams of the TSS or ENS visas are exempt.

Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482)
Subsequent entrant
This visa is for family members of subclass 457 and TSS visa holders who are applying separately for their TSS visa and wish to join the primary subclass 457 or TSS visa holder in Australia.
Stay
You can stay for as long as your visa is valid.

It is for family members of subclass 482 and 457 visa holders

Cost from AUD$1,265

List of eligible skilled occupations

As foreshadowed, additional changes have been made to the list of eligible skilled occupations.

For further information about the impacted subclasses, occupations, related caveats and arrangements according to the date of lodgement see list of eligible skilled occupations.

Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457)

Mandatory skills assessments

The Department of Education and Training’s Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) 457 skills assessment programme will be expanded to include some additional nationalities for a small number of existing occupations. TRA’s website is being updated to reflect this reform which will only impact on applications lodged on or after 1 July 2017. Where required, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection retains its discretion to request skills assessments for any pending or new applications.

Visa validity

Visa validity policy may be clarified further for certain visas granted on or after 1 July 2017. These changes are expected to have a positive impact on a small cohort of applicants only, with the maximum four year visa period generally still only available where the primary applicant’s occupation is on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL). For further information see:Combined list of eligible skilled occupations.

New sponsorship accreditation arrangements

The characteristics for sponsorship accreditation approval will be expanded to accommodate certain low risk sponsors who only use the subclass 457 programme occasionally. This will ensure that gaining access to regular priority processing will no longer only favour large volume users of the programme seeTemporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457).

“Abolition and replacement of the 457 visa – Government reforms to employer sponsored skilled migration visas” (c) border.gov.au

On 18 April 2017, the Government announced that the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) will be abolished and replaced with the completely new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa in March 2018.

The TSS visa programme will be comprised of a Short-Term stream of up to two years and a Medium-Term stream of up to four years and will support businesses in addressing genuine skill shortages in their workforce and will contain a number of safeguards which prioritise Australian workers.

This new visa is part of the Government’s significant reform package to strengthen the integrity and quality of Australia’s temporary and permanent employer sponsored skilled migration programmes.

Key reforms include:

Introducing the temporary skill shortage visa with new requirements, including but not limited to:
- new, more targeted occupation lists which better align with skill needs in the Australian labour market
- a requirement for visa applicants to have at least two years’ work experience in their skilled occupation
- a minimum market salary rate which ensures that overseas workers cannot be engaged to undercut Australian workers
- mandatory labour market testing, unless an international obligation applies,
- capacity for only one onshore visa renewal under the Short-Term stream
- capacity for visa renewal onshore and a permanent residence pathway after three years under the Medium-Term stream
- the permanent residence eligibility period will be extended from two to three years
- a non-discriminatory workforce test to ensure employers are not actively discriminating against Australian workers
- strengthened requirement for employers to contribute to training Australian workers
- the Department of Immigration and Border Protection will collect Tax File Numbers and data will be matched with the Australian Tax Office’s records, and
- mandatory penal clearance certificates to be provided.
Tightening eligibility requirements for employer sponsored permanent skilled visas, including but not limited to:
- tightened English language requirements
- a requirement for visa applicants to have at least three years’ work experience
- applicants must be under the maximum age requirement of 45 at the time of application
- strengthened requirement for employers to contribute to training Australian workers, and
- employers must pay the Australian market salary rate and meet the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold¹.
Concessions for regional Australia will continue to be available:
- Employers in regional Australia will continue to have access to occupations under the temporary and permanent visas, to reflect their skills needs.
- Existing permanent visa concessions for regional Australia, such as waiving the nomination fee and providing age exemptions for certain occupations, will be retained. Consideration will be given to expanding the occupations in regional Australia that are exempt from the age requirement.
Significantly condensing the occupation lists used for skilled migration visas, including the subclass 457 visa, from 19 April 2017.

The implementation of these reforms will begin immediately and will be completed in March 2018.

Did you spend a lot of time, money and effort getting your 457 Visa so you could work in Australia temporarily?

Do you know that when working on a 457 Visa, if you lost your job, in 60 days it could all be gone?

The 457 Visa scheme is a short term TEMPORARY VISA and offers no guarantee to you or your family. With the 457 Visa, if your 457 Visa Employer Sponsor terminates your employment, then you may only be given 60 days to find a new 457 Visa approved Employer Sponsor, apply for another substantive visa or leave Australia!

Instead of returning to your country of origin if you lose your job or your 457 Visa expires, would you like to live and work in Australia with Permanent Residency?

Let our Migration Consultants assist you every step of the way through the process of changing from a 457 visa to Australian Permanent Residency.

Depending upon what visa is most suitable there may be matters relating to:

English language requirements / IELTS
Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) Visa
Short-Term stream of up to two years
Medium-Term stream of up to four years
Concessions for regional Australia
The Skill Matching Database
Australian Skills Recognition
Skills Assessment
Licensing or Registration
Employer Sponsored Permanent Visa Charges
Occupations entirely removed from the list of eligible skilled occupation on 19 April 2017 651 to 435 occupations, with 216 occupations removed and access to 59 other occupations restricted.
Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) replaced the previous ‘Skilled Occupation List’ (SOL)
Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) replaced the previous ‘Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List’ (CSOL)
Changes by December 2017
Changes from March 2018

If you have any questions regarding in converting your 457 Visa application to permanent residency visa, kindly visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Do I have to work in Australia for two years on a 457 Visa before applying for a Permanent Resident Visa such as
Subclass 186 – Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)
Subclass 187 – Regional Sponsored Scheme (RSMS)
Subclass 189 Skilled – Independent (Permanent)
Subclass 190 Skilled – Nominated (Permanent)
Subclass 489 Skilled – Regional Nominated or Sponsored (Provisional)

Top 15 Nominated Occupations for 457 Visa Primary Applications Granted

261312 Developer Programmer
351411 Cook
141111 Cafe or Restaurant Manager
225113 Marketing Specialist
261313 Software Engineer
261111 ICT Business Analyst
242111 University Lecturer
224711 Management Consultant
253111 General Practitioner
253112 Resident Medical Officer
351311 Chef
131112 Sales and Marketing Manager
221111 Accountant (General)
312512 Mechanical Engineering Technician
135112 ICT Project Manager

Top 15 Citizenship Countries for 457 Visa Primary Applications Granted

India
United Kingdom
China, Peoples Republic of
United States of America
Philippines
Ireland, Republic of
France
Canada
Italy
Korea, South
Japan
South Africa
Germany, Fed Republic of
Nepal
Malaysia

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