Sponsoring skilled workers from overseas to boost you production capacity and grow your business is a three stage process. Each stage needs to be followed in turn. Stage 1 - Become an Approved Business Sponsor Your business applies to DIAC to become an approved business sponsor. You must be able to show that: your business is a lawful operating business Australia will benefit from the sponsorship of overseas employees your business it is able to meet the sponsorship obligations, including having the financial capacity to pay the overseas employees and paying the minumum allowed salary your business has a commitment to training Australian residents, or introducing new technology
Stage 2 - Nominate the Skilled Position that you wish to fill Your business nominates the position it wants to fill. This position must meet the minumum skill requirements as follows: For the Metropolitan areas of Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne and Perth, skills levels are restricted to Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) levels 1-4, or most managerial, professional, associate professional and trade (and related) occupations. Regional employers are allowed to source a wider range of skills from overseas. They are able to sponsor skills down to ASCO level 7. This includes advanced clerical and service workers, such as bookkeepers or personal assistant; Intermediate clerical, sales and sevice workers, including many office workers, sales people, child care workers and nursing assistants; and intermediate production and transport workers, including heavy plant operators, fork lift drivers, and truck drivers.
Stage 3 - The Employee applys for the visa The employee applies for the visa. The employee must show that they have the skills required for the work. As of January 2007, DIAC are checking most references to confim that people are skilled. Applications that don't meet all of the DIAC requirements will fail. Business Monitoring Once your employees are working in Australia, your business will be subject to monitoring to make sure that it is meeting all of its sponsorship requirements. DIAC is intensifying its monitoring activities as a result of a number of complaints of non-compliance by employers. AusVisas can cut all the red tape and smooth the way for you. Email us with your enquiry to \n
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This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and put "457 Visas" in the subject line. We will contact you within 48 hours to discuss your enquiry. Include the following information in your email: Name of your company. Your company's main business. How many employees you would like to sponsor. A brief description of your company's training strategy for Australian employees. Your contact details (so that we can contact you within 48 hours).
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