Your occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations.

Most applicants need to have at least 3 years relevant work experience in their occupation.

You must be licensed, registered or a member of a professional body if it is mandatory in the state or territory you intend to work in.

Most applicants need to have a skills assessment that shows they have the skills to work in the nominated position.

You must be nominated by an Australian employer whose business is actively and lawfully operating.

You must apply for the visa within 6 months of the nomination being approved.

You cannot be granted this visa if:
– The Department is aware of adverse information about your nominator or any person associated with them, unless it is reasonable to disregard this information, or
– the nomination is withdrawn, or
– the position is no longer available

Usually, you must be under 45 years of age when you apply.

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet health requirement.

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet character requirement.

You must have at least competent English to be granted this stream of the visa.

You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.

You must currently work, or will work, for your employer under a labour agreement.

You must have suitable English language skills, experience, skills and other attributes for the position. The labour agreement will provide guidance on these.

You must be licensed, registered or a member of a professional body if it is mandatory in the state or territory you intend to work in.

You must be nominated by an Australian employer whose business is:
– Actively and lawfully operating in Australia
– Party to a labour agreement

You cannot be granted this visa if:
– The Department is aware of adverse information about your nominator or any person associated with them, unless it is reasonable to disregard this information, or
– the nomination is withdrawn, or
– the position is no longer available

Unless the labour agreement provides otherwise, you must be aged under 45 years when you apply.

If you are in Australia, you must hold a substantive 457 or TSS visa issued under a labour agreement.

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet health requirement.

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet character requirement.

You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.

You must have the required skills and qualifications needed to perform the tasks of the nominated occupation.

You might be asked to get a skills assessment to show you have these skills.

You must be licensed, registered or a member of a professional body if it is mandatory in the state or territory you intend to work in.

Your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time on your subclass 457 or subclass 482 visa for at least 3 of the 4 years prior to nominating you for the subclass 186 visa.

If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time for at least 2 of the 3 years prior to nominating you for this visa.

If the business ownership of the subclass 457 or subclass 482 sponsor has changed in the last 3 years – for example, due to a business sale, takeover or restructure – you might still be able to count the time you worked for the previous business.

Your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time on your subclass 457 or subclass 482 visa for at least 3 of the 4 years prior to nominating you for the subclass 186 visa.

If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, your employer must have sponsored you to work full-time for at least 2 of the 3 years prior to nominating you for this visa.

If the business ownership of the subclass 457 or subclass 482 sponsor has changed in the last 3 years – for example, due to a business sale, takeover or restructure – you might still be able to count the time you worked for the previous business.

You must be nominated by an Australian employer whose business is actively and lawfully operating in Australia.

You must apply for the visa within 6 months of the nomination being approved.

You cannot be granted this visa if:

– The Department is aware of adverse information about your nominator or any person associated with them, unless it is reasonable to disregard this information, or
– the nomination is withdrawn, or
– the position is no longer available

Usually, you must be under 45 years of age when you apply.

If you held (or had applied for and were later granted) a subclass 457 visa on 18 April 2017, you can still apply for this visa if you are under 50 when you apply.

You must currently be the primary visa holder of either:

– a subclass 457 visa that was not granted under the Labour Agreement stream
– a subclass 482 (TSS) visa granted for an occupation on the Medium to Long-term Strategic Skills list
– a Bridging visa A, B or C

The bridging visa must be the one you were granted after your subclass 457 or TSS visa expired.

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet health requirement.

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet character requirement.

You must have at least Competent English.

You are exempt from this requirement if you have completed at least 5 years of full-time study in a secondary or higher education institution where all tuition was delivered in English.

You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.