186 Visa Employer Nomination Scheme (Permanent)

 Benefits

• Live, work, and study in Australia indefinitely

• Sponsor eligible family members to come to Australia

• Eligible for Medicare

• Apply for Australian Citizenship if a certain requirement is met

Eligibility

186 DE (Direct Entry) Stream

• Have an eligible Occupation

• Have 3 years relevant full-time work experience

• Have a positive skills assessment

• Have competent English

• Must be under 45 years old

  • certain exemptions apply

• Be nominated by an Australian employer. Visa must be applied within 6 months of the nomination being approved

• Meet health and character requirements

186 TRT (Temporary Residence Transition) Stream

• Have the required skills

• Licensing, registration, or membership

• Have competent English

• Must be under 45 years old 

  • certain exemptions 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.

• Must have this visa: 457, 482, BVA, BVB, BVC

• Be nominated by the employer who sponsored your temporary work visa

• Have relevant work experience

  • 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.

• Meet health and character requirements

186 LA (Labour Agreement) Stream

• Be working under a labour agreement

• Licensing, registration or membership

• Be nominated

• 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 482 visa issued under a labour agreement.

Our Services

At Think Visa, we are experienced in managing 186 Work visa applications, and can help you with: 

Managing business solutions:

• Advice on business sponsorship obligations and employment-related matters

• Preparation, lodgement and approval of sponsorships, nominations and visa applications

• Advice on compliance issues, sponsorship monitoring, audits and site visits

• Advice and assistance on work rights, verification of work rights, recruitment protocols and risk management

• Advice and assistance on breaches of sponsorship obligations, sanctions and penalties

Managing Visa Applications:

• Documentation and evidence collection

• Preparing your visa application

• Obtaining a skills assessment if applicable

• Lodging and monitoring your visa application

• Managing your bridging visas

• Health and character assessment

• Correspondence with skills assessing authorities and the Department of Immigration until the visa grant

Think Visa can also provide you with successful strategies depending on your circumstances:

• Previous visa refusals/cancellations

• Tribunal appeals

• Packaged visas to achieve ultimate migration goal

Other relevant information

186 Visa Occupation List
Subclass 457
TSS 482 Visa
Bridging Visa A, B or C
Labour Agreement
English Language Requirements
Medicare