Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa 494

The Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional Visa 494 lets regional employers sponsor skilled workers to resolve identified labour shortages within regions where employers can't find appropriately skilled Australian workers.

What does Visa 494 Australia let you do?

Visa 494 allows applicants to live, study, and work only in designated regional areas of Australia for up to five years. They can travel in and out of Australia multiple times for five years. If eligible, the visa holder can apply for permanent residence three years after the visa is granted.

What are the different streams of Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa 494 Australia?

Employer Sponsored Stream

An applicant can stay, study, and work only in Australia's designated regional areas for five years on this provisional Visa 494 Australia. A visa holder can apply for permanent residency after three years from the time of the visa 494 Australia grant. The person can also travel to and from Australia multiple times till the Visa 494 Australia is valid. The applicant must begin their employment within 90 days of entering Australia if they are outside Australia when the visa 494 is granted or the visa grant date if the applicant is in Australia at the visa grant time.

Labour Agreement Stream

This stream of Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa 494 Australia is for skilled workers nominated by Australian employers having a labour agreement. Labour agreements are made between the Australian government and employers. The employer must nominate the applicant to work in a specified occupation under the labour agreement terms. Moreover, the applicant should have at least three years of relevant work experience in the occupation for which they have been nominated. An applicant can stay, study and work only in Australia's designated regional areas for five years. A visa holder can apply for permanent residence after three years from the time of the Visa 494 Australia grant. The applicant can also travel to and from Australia multiple times till the Visa 494 Australia is valid.

Subsequent Entrant

This visa is granted to members of the family of a Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa 494 holder. It lets the family members join the primary SESR visa holder in Australia. The applicant should apply for the Visa 494 Australia stream at the same time as the primary applicant. This visa lets you stay, study and work only in Australia's designated regional areas for up to five years.

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What are the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa 494?

Age requirements

The applicant must be under 45 years of age when they apply for visa 494 Australia. However, you may be exempt from the age criteria if the labour agreement states otherwise.

Nominated by an approved sponsor

The applicant must be nominated by an employer operating a business according to Australian laws to be eligible for an Employer Sponsored stream Visa 494 Australia. Moreover, the applicant must work in the nominated occupation and at a position either within a sponsoring business or an associated business entity located in a designated regional area of Australia.

Work under a labour agreement

If the applicant is applying under the Labour Agreement stream, they must work under a labour agreement. The occupation they have been nominated for must be part of a labour agreement between the nominator and the Commonwealth.

Primary SESR visa holder as a family member

If a person is applying for a Visa 494 Australia under the Subsequent Entrant stream, then they must have a family member who is either the main applicant of a SESR visa or a primary SESR visa holder to be able to file a subsequent entrant visa 494 Australia application.

Be nominated by the work sponsor of the primary SESR visa holder

The employer of the main applicant of the SESR visa or primary SESR visa holder must agree in writing to include the Subsequent Entrant applicant as a family member in the nomination.

Skills assessment

The Visa 494 applicant must have their skills assessed for the nominated occupation. The relevant assessing authority should do the assessment.

English language requirement

Applicants applying under the Employer Sponsored stream must have at least competent English. The Labour Agreement stream applicant must have the level of English as set out in the labour agreement. However, Subsequent Entrant stream applicants must have functional English; if they can't show that they have Functional English, they need to pay the second instalment.

Health requirements

The Visa 494 applicant and any family member who applies, along with the applicant, must meet the health requirements. The Department of Home Affairs might also ask other family members who have not applied for the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional Provisional Visa 494 to meet the health requirements.

Character requirement

The applicant and any family member who is applying for the Visa 494 Australia, along with the applicant, must meet the character requirements. The Department of Home Affairs might also ask other family members who have not applied for a Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa 494 to meet the character requirements.

Paid back to the Australian government

If the applicant or any of their family members owe the Australian government any money, they must have paid it back or should have a formal arrangement to pay it back.

Previous visa cancellations and refusals

The applicant must not have had a visa cancelled before or a previous application refused.

Acceptance of Australian Values Statement

If the applicant is 18 years or older, they must sign the Australian values statement.

Cost for Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa 494 ?

Processing time for this visa can vary. Please visit Australian government site for the current . Visa Cost

Processing time for Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa 494 ?

Processing time for this visa can vary. Please visit Australian govennment Site. Processing Time

How to apply for a Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa 494?

The applicant can be in or outside Australia when they apply for visa 494 Australia and when the Department of Home Affairs decide on their application, but they should not be in immigration clearance. If the applicant is applying from within Australia, they must hold either a Bridging visa A, B or C or a substantive visa.

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