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How to Get an Employer Sponsored Visa in Australia

How to get an employer sponsored visa in Australia, step by step. A registered migration agent in Brisbane explains sponsorship, nomination and the visa stages.

Published22 Oct 2026

An employer sponsored visa works in three linked parts, and you need all three to line up. First, an Australian business becomes an approved sponsor. Second, that business nominates a specific position for you. Third, you apply for the visa itself and show you have the skills, experience, and background the role requires. The most common route is the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482), which replaced the old TSS visa, and there are permanent options such as the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186). You can’t apply on your own without a sponsoring employer, so the real first step is having a genuine job offer from a business willing and able to sponsor. Here’s how the whole process fits together and where people get stuck.

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