About this
Visa The Regional Sponsored
Migration Scheme (RSMS) is for employers
in regional Australia, to fill skilled
positions they are unable to fill from
the local labour market.
Under the RSMS, employers are able to
nominate staff from overseas or temporary
residents currently in Australia to
fill full-time, permanent vacancies.
Who is this visa for?
The employees applying for a visa can
be either of the following:
*
Skilled workers
from overseas.
*
Skilled temporary
residents.
To apply for this visa types, applicants
must:
*
Visa applicants
must be sponsored by an employer
that has approval for the appointment.
*
The appointment
provides the employee with full
–time employment for at
least three years.
*
In general
the appointment must be for someone
with a diploma or higher qualification
that has certification by a professional
(gazetted) body and unless the
appointment is exceptional, the
person has been employed in work
of the kind for which he or she
was trained, or in which he or
she is experienced for at least
3 years.
*
Unless the
appointment is exceptional, the
applicant must be under 45 years
of age and have vocational English.
- the person satisfies the Minister
that the person has achieved an
IELTS test score of at least 5
for each of the 4 test components
of speaking, reading, writing
and listening in a test conducted.
*
Applicants
must satisfy health and character
requirements.
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).
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.
To apply for this visa types, applicants must:
*
Visa applicants
must be sponsored by an employer that
has approval for the appointment.
*
The appointment
provides the employee with full –time
employment for at least three years.
*
In general the appointment
must be for someone with a diploma or
higher qualification that has certification
by a professional (gazetted) body and
unless the appointment is exceptional,
the person has been employed in work
of the kind for which he or she was
trained, or in which he or she is experienced
for at least 3 years.
*
Unless the appointment
is exceptional, the applicant must be
under 45 years of age and have vocational
English. - the person satisfies the
Minister that the person has achieved
an IELTS test score of at least 5 for
each of the 4 test components of speaking,
reading, writing and listening in a
test conducted.
*
Applicants must
satisfy health and character requirements.
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).
