For employers

Sponsoring someone is a commitment. Here is exactly what it involves.

Sponsorship lets your business hire, or keep, skilled people it can't find locally — and the obligations that come with it sit with the business. Tell us the situation. We'll set out what it takes, quote it in writing, and tell you straight if it doesn't stack up.

Which one is yours?

We've never sponsored anyone

Approval as a sponsor comes first, then the nomination, then the worker's visa.

We already sponsor and need to nominate again

Straight to the nomination and the case for the position.

We want to keep someone permanently

Employer nomination for permanent residence (subclass 186), often for someone already working for you on a 482.

Our nomination was refused

Any review right belongs to the business, and the time limit is short. Call us today on 1800 841 132.

What sponsorship gives your business

The skills you can't find locally

When the right person isn't available in Australia, sponsorship lets you recruit from overseas, or from people already here on other visas.

Keep the people you've trained

If a good worker's visa is running out, sponsorship can keep them in the role instead of starting recruitment again.

A reason to stay

Temporary sponsorship can lead to permanent residence through your business. For the worker, that's a future. For you, it's retention.

The worker can pay a large part of the cost

Visa application charges and the professional fees for the visa application can be paid by the worker.

How it works, step by step

Temporary sponsorship uses the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482). There are three applications, then ongoing obligations. Each application is decided in order: the business, then the role, then the worker.

Become an approved sponsor

The Department assesses the business itself, including how it operates and its compliance history. Once approved, you can nominate further workers while the approval is current.

You provide business records. We prepare and lodge the application.

Nominate the position

The role is tested on its own merits: that it's genuine, that the occupation is eligible, that the salary meets the market rate and the income threshold, and that it has been advertised in Australia first unless an exemption applies. This step carries the most evidence.

You tell us about the role and why the business needs it. We run the labour market testing, research the market salary, write the position report and lodge the nomination.

The worker applies

The visa application is assessed on the worker: their skills and experience, English, health and character.

The worker provides their documents, health checks and police certificates. We prepare the visa application under a separate written agreement with them. This part of the cost can be theirs.

Your obligations begin — and continue

Pay the nominated salary and equivalent terms, keep records, notify the Department of certain changes within set timeframes, and cooperate with monitoring.

You meet the obligations. We help you stay compliant for as long as you sponsor, including when the role or the business changes.

Industries we know from the inside

What you get with us

We don't hand you an evidence list. We produce the evidence.

Our own recruitment company runs labour market testing and prepares the report. Market salary research, genuine position reports and position descriptions are prepared in-house.

One Migration Specialist, start to finish

Sponsorship, nomination, visa and ongoing compliance: one accountable person, backed by business analysts, HR specialists and professional writers.

Fixed fees, both sides quoted

Scoped once we know the matter and quoted in writing, with the business's costs and the worker's costs shown separately. No open meters.

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