This is a temporary visa. You can stay in Australia for the period of time your employer nominates you for.  This will be:

• Up to 2 years in most cases.
• Up to 4 years if an ITO applies but the maximum length will depend on the actual ITO relevant to your circumstances.
• Up to 5 years if you are a Hong Kong passport holder.

If your visa is expiring and you want to stay in Australia to work for your existing employer:

• Your employer will need to submit a new nomination.
• You must apply for a new visa.

Your employer may be able to sponsor you for permanent residence through the:

• Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186).
• Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187).

AUD1,330.00 for the main applicant and for each dependant 18 years and over. It costs AUD335 for each dependant under 18 years old. You will also have to pay for:

• English language tests
• Health checks
• Police certificates
• Biometrics

Usually, you can be in or outside Australia when you apply for this visa, but not in immigration clearance. However, you must be outside Australia if all the following apply:

• You have held more than one TSS visa in the Short-term stream.
• You hold a TSS visa in the Short-term stream and you were in Australia when you applied for that visa.
• Applying outside Australia is not inconsistent with an ITO.

If you are applying in Australia, you must hold:

• A substantive visa, or
• A Bridging visa A, Bridging visa B or Bridging visa C.

• 25% of applications: 8 days
• 50% of applications: 20 days
• 75% of applications: 37 days
• 90% of applications: 70 days

• If you are applying in Australia, you must hold:
  • A substantive visa or
  • A Bridging visa A, Bridging visa B or Bridging visa C.
• If you are in Australia at the time of decision, you must have substantially complied with any conditions that apply or applied to your last substantive visa or bridging visa held.

• Before you can apply for a TSS visa, your proposed employer will need to submit a nomination application for you. They will only be able to do this if they are an approved sponsor or have at least submitted an application to become a Standard business sponsor.

  • Your employer must have nominated you to fill an occupation specified on the Short-Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL).
• Australian business sponsor- you must be employed:
  • In your nominated occupation.
  • In that business or an associated entity.
• Overseas business sponsors- you must be employed:
  • In your nominated occupation.
  • In that business only (not an associated entity). 
• If you are the primary visa applicant, you must demonstrate that you have the skills and experience necessary to perform the nominated occupation.
  • Some applicants must undertake a skills assessment to demonstrate this.
• You must have at least 2 years relevant work experience in the nominated occupation or a related field.
  • Such work experience must be completed while working in the nominated occupation or performing tasks at the same skill level in a related field.  
  • Work experience gained in a related field would involve tasks which are the same or closely related to those of the nominated position you intend to work as outlined in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZCO).
• Have a positive skills assessment if required.
• You must maintain adequate health cover for the whole of your intended period of stay if you are granted this visa.
• Meet the health requirement.
• Meet the character requirement.
• You must be a genuine applicant for entry and stay in Australia as a short term visa holder and have a genuine intention to stay in Australia temporarily and to comply with visa conditions attached to your visa– that is, you must be a ‘genuine temporary entrant (GTE)’.
• Paying for visa sponsorship refers to asking for, offering, receiving or providing a benefit in return for a sponsorship related event, whether the event occurs or not. You or any secondary applicants must not have, in the past 3 years, engaged in any such conduct. You may still satisfy this criterion if you have engaged in such conduct, and the Minister considers it reasonable to disregard it.
• Primary visa applicants must meet certain minimum standards of English language proficiency unless exemptions apply.
• You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.
• If you or any family members (including those who don’t apply for the visa with you) owe the Australian government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back.
• If you and any secondary applicants are 18 years of age or older, you must confirm that you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws when you agree to or sign an Australian Values Statement. 

8501- Maintain adequate health insurance.

8503- No further stay.