How to get a temporary work permit to Australia?

Oct 21
13:56

2016

Nancy Damon

Nancy Damon

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Australia has taken over as one of the most preferred immigration destinations in the world with its immigration visas. One of them is the Australia visa subclass 457 which allows any citizen to migrate to this country for four years, provided they have a sponsorship by an Australian employer. This visa allows a lot of privileges including the visa holders to move in an out of Australia a large number of times during the duration of 4 years. The visa holder should know that the employer sponsoring him should first obtain the designation of an authorized sponsor.

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As soon as the employer files his application for the nomination of an employee,How to get a temporary work permit to Australia?  Articles the latter is eligible for the filing of his temporary Australia immigrationvisa.  The concerned employee should be coming to work to Australia to become a part of an occupation i.e. present on the list of Skilled Occupations. All these skilled occupations have an ANZSCO code mentioned next to them. In fact, this list is a huge source of information for the Australian visa applicants who can get an idea about the skills required for their occupations and the assessing authority for the assertion of these skills. The employee should have the relevant skills for his selected occupation.  Much more in-depth information about the skills requirement can be obtained from the website of Australian Bureau of Statistics website.

The requirement of English language proficiency is also important if it's mandatory as per the labor agreement signed between the employee and his sponsor. There are various tests and the eligible candidate can choose any of them for proving his required proficiency in the English language. The tests are IELTS/TOEFL/OET (Occupational English test).

Visa applicants can be exempted from giving any of the English language proficiency tests if they are holding a course of 5 years duration from a secondary institution in Australia. Such visa applicants are required to provide following details of their course with their visa application:

  • The details of the institution where they gained their education
  • The qualification details
  • The transcripts which are provided from the institution as evidence
  • The duration of the course

 

This Australian immigration visa is available if the applicants have adequate insurance cover for their health related expenses. Such coverage is, extremely essential unless coverage is provided by Medicare. The health insurer for such visa applicant can hail from Australia or be someone from outside this country.  The insurance coverage should be for the family members of the applicants as well if they are planning to accompany the main applicant for this 457 Australia immigration visa. This kind Australia immigration visa also requires any health care checks which can increase the visa processing time.