Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494), Labour Agreement stream
Vamola has read this route for travellers asking about: Work.
It has read it for 7 passports: Canada, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.
Who must act
Somebody else must act first: an employer must nominate or sponsor you.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Where it leads
Temporary. The page says you can apply for permanent residence after 3 years, without naming the route.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
What its page publishes about age
You must be 44 or younger
The page says that unless the labour agreement states otherwise, you must be under 45 years of age when you apply.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
What the route states about itself
What it costs to apply
The official page publishes no amount. It sends you to the Visa Pricing Estimator instead, so Vamola will not state a figure it cannot read from the page it cites.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
How long you can stay
Stay up to 5 years
The official page says this is a provisional visa and you can stay for 5 years from the day it is granted. It cannot be extended. If eligible, you can apply for permanent residence after holding it for 3 years.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
How long it is valid
Valid for 5 years
The official page says you can travel out of Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid, and that time spent outside Australia does not extend it.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Entries
Multiple entry
The official page says you can travel out of Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid, and that time spent outside Australia does not extend it.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Work
You may work
The official page says you must work only in your nominated occupation and only for your nominating employer in regional Australia, and must start within 90 days of entering Australia or of the grant date.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Study
You may study or train
The official page says you can live, work and study only in a designated regional area of Australia.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Whether it is accepting applications
The page publishes nothing saying this route has stopped taking applications.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
What the route asks for
Hold an eligible passport
This visa publishes no list of eligible passport countries, so the route is not restricted by which passport you hold.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list Checked
Work under a labour agreement
You must be nominated for an occupation that is the subject of a labour agreement between the Australian Government and your nominating employer.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
A Designated Area Migration Agreement is not a visa you can apply for. It is an agreement between the Australian Government and a region, under which endorsed employers in that region hold their own labour agreements and nominate workers on a subclass 482, 494 or 186 visa.
There are 13 Designated Area Migration Agreements. Each head agreement sets its own occupations, terms and concessions to the skilled visa criteria, and those terms are published by the region rather than by the Department.
Have the required work experience
You must have been employed in the nominated occupation full time, at the skill level the occupation requires, for at least 3 years, generally gained within the last 5 years.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Have a suitable skills assessment
If the labour agreement specifies a skills assessment, you must have your skills assessed as suitable for the nominated occupation by the relevant assessing authority.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Have enough English
You must have the level of English specified in the labour agreement.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Live and work where the visa requires
You can live, work and study only in a designated regional area. Designated regional areas are all of Australia except Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Apply from a place this route allows
You can be in or outside Australia when you apply and when the application is decided, but not in immigration clearance. If you apply in Australia you must hold a substantive visa or a Bridging visa A, B or C.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-employer-sponsored-regional-494/labour-agreement-stream Checked
Meet the health requirement
You must meet the health requirement.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skills-in-demand-visa-subclass-482/core-skills-stream Checked
Meet the character requirement
You must meet the character requirement.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skills-in-demand-visa-subclass-482/core-skills-stream Checked
Owe the Australian Government nothing
If you or a family member owe the Australian Government money, it must be repaid or repayment must be arranged.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skills-in-demand-visa-subclass-482/core-skills-stream Checked
Sign the Australian values statement
You must sign the Australian values statement.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skills-in-demand-visa-subclass-482/core-skills-stream Checked
How to read this page
This page does not know who you are, so it cannot tell you whether a route is open to you. It states what the official page publishes. Vamola answers that question in the app, by matching your passport, your destination, why you are going and your age against these conditions, and what you enter never leaves your device.
Every figure above is what a government page said on the date shown. Vamola reads those pages automatically and links every one of them, so you can check it yourself, and it is not responsible for what they say.
Vamola publishes government information and does not give immigration advice. It matches you against the conditions each route states, and it never predicts whether an application will be granted.
Vamola covers only a few passport, destination and purpose combinations so far, and is still being built. If a combination is not covered yet, Vamola says so plainly instead of guessing.
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