Australia Temporary Skills Shortage Visa

AUSTRALIA TEMPORARY SKILLS SHORTAGE (TSS) VISA (SUBCLASS 482)

This visa allows a skilled worker to travel to Australia to work in his/her nominated occupation for that person’s approved sponsor (employer) for up to four years.

Before an employee can apply for a Subclass 482 visa, he /she should have an employer who is a standard business sponsor and also must have applied for a nomination with the Department of Home Affairs(DHA) for the sponsoring applicant.

Employers who already known (standard business sponsor) can file for the nomination of the employee and once the nomination is approved, the applicant will have to lodge the visa application within 6 months.

Employers, who are not eligible sponsors, should apply to become one first and then file for employee nominations. Sponsorship and Nomination applications can also be made simultaneously.

There are many obligations for an employer to become a business sponsor and to nominate an employee. The employer is required to meet the requirements set by the Department of Immigration for an eligible sponsor based on the business tenure, a critical requirement of positions, and training benchmarks if they have checked that there are no Australian citizens /PR holders available to occupy these positions, the salary being offered to the nominating employee and many other requirements.