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Employer Sponsor Visa (subclass 482) - Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) or “TSS visa” is a work visa which allows Australian employers to sponsor a person from overseas to work in their business in Australia.
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Employer Sponsor Visa (subclass 482)
- You are nominated for a job position by an eligible employer.
- You are employed in your nominated profession and worked for your nominator.
- You worked in your nominated occupation for at least 2 years before applying for a 482 visa.
- You have a substantive visa or a bridging visa A, a BVB or a BVC (if you apply from Australia).
For a short-term stream:
- Your employer nominated you for a position in the short-term skilled occupation list- STSOL (see the list).
- You must be nominated for a profession in the medium-skilled occupation list- MLTSSL (see the full list).
- Your occupation must be included in the labour agreements between the Government of Australia and your sponsor.
- Your sponsor must be a part of the labour agreements.
An ITO or an International Trade Obligation applies if you are:
- An intra-corporate transferee.
- An intra-corporate transferee from Singapore or Thailand.
- A citizen from China.
- An independent executive.
- A contractual supplier.
- A contractual supplier from Thailand.
- Short-term stream visa 482: 11 to 5 months.
- Medium-term stream visa 482: 8 to 4 months.
- Labour agreement stream visa 482: 9 to 4 months.