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Employer Nomination Scheme 121/856
(content source: www.immi.gov.au)

About this visa

The Employer Nomination Scheme allows Australian employers to sponsor employees who are foreign nationals for a permanent visa to work in Australia.




Who is this visa for?

This visa is for Australian employers who want to sponsor highly skilled workers for a permanent visa to work in Australia. The employees can be either:

  • highly skilled workers from overseas
  • highly skilled temporary residents currently in Australia.




How much will this visa cost?

You must pay a non-refundable application charge.
See: Employer Sponsored Permanent Visa Charges




What does this visa let me do?

This visa allows you and any dependent family members included in your visa application to live as permanent residents in Australia.

Australian permanent residents can:

  • live and work in Australia on a permanent basis
  • study in Australia at school or university
  • receive subsidised healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
  • access certain social security payments (subject to waiting periods)
  • be eligible for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
  • sponsor people for permanent residence.





How this visa works

For this visa, you will need:

  • an Australian employer
  • a highly skilled employee
  • an eligible occupation.

The process for obtaining a visa under the Employer Nomination Scheme is summarised below.

Who Responsibility
Employer
  • nominates the position(s) that they wish to fill
  • finds a suitable employee who is willing to work for them in Australia.
Employee
  • accepts the offer of employment from the nominating employer
  • applies for a visa and meets any conditions on their visa (once approved).

Employer

An employer is an Australian business that is seeking to fill a vacancy for an eligible position.

Employee

An employee is a foreign national who:

  • meets the age, skill and language requirements
  • has an employer that is willing to sponsor them for this visa.

Eligible position

An eligible position must meet the following requirements:

  • be full-time, ongoing and available for at least 3 years
  • provide working conditions that are no less favourable than provided for under the relevant Australian legislation and awards
  • be a highly skilled occupation that is on the Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL).

    See: Information form 1121i Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL) (129KB PDF file)

  • meet the minimum salary level for ENS.
    See: Gazette Notice (293KB PDF file)

Validity periods

The validity period of the:

  • nomination is 6 (six) months
  • visa is permanent.

More information

Detailed information on the Employer Sponsored Migration scheme is also available in booklet 5.
See: Booklet 5 Employer Sponsored Migration (187KB PDF file)