186 Visa

186 Visa Details

186 Visa  allows eligible Australian employers to sponsor skilled overseas workers to live and work permanently in Australia.

What this visa lets you do

The 186 Visa is a Permanent Residency visa. Once granted, it allows the holder (and any family members included in the application) to:

  • stay in Australia indefinitely
  • work and study in Australia (without restriction)
  • travel to and from Australia for five years from the date the visa is granted
  • enrol in Medicare
  • apply for Australian citizenship
  • sponsor eligible relatives for a variety of temporary and permanent Australian visas

186 Visa Eligibility

There are three entry streams:

  • Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream
  • Direct Entry stream
  • Labour Agreement stream.

Temporary Residence Transition stream

The Temporary Residence Transition stream allows applicants who have held a  TSS 482 Visa with the nominating employer to apply for Permanent Residence.

To be approved under the TRT stream the nominating employer must:

  • continue to be actively and lawfully operating
  • have complied with its obligations as an approved sponsor
  • have no adverse information against
  • The nominated position must:
    • be the same (or a closely related) position as was approved for the 482 visa
    • continue to be a genuine position
    • be a full-time position available for a minimum of two years from the time the visa is granted
    • continue to meet the market salary rate and conditions (provide terms and conditions no less favourable than those afforded to Australian citizens and Permanent Residents in similar roles)
  • the visa applicant must:
    • have held a 482 visa to work in the nominated (or closely related) position for at least the two years prior to application
    • have at least Vocational English
    • meet relevant health and character requirements

186 Visa – Direct Entry stream

The Direct Entry stream allows applicants who do not meet the requirements of the TRT stream to be nominated by an employer for Permanent Residence.

To be approved under the Direct Entry stream:

  • the nominating employer must:
    • be actively and lawfully operating in Australia
    • meet the relevant training requirements
    • have no adverse information against it
  • the nominated position must:
    • be a genuine position
    • be a full-time position available for a minimum of two years from the time the visa is granted
    • be for an occupation listed on the  Skilled Occupations LisT
    • provide terms and conditions no less favourable than those afforded to Australian citizens in  similar roles
  • the visa applicant mu
    • demonstrate Competent English
    • hold a successful skills assessment for their nominated occupation
    • have at least three years of highly relevant work experience
    • meet relevant health and character requirements.

Labour Agreement stream

The Labour Agreement stream is for applicants who are nominated by an employer who has entered into a Labour Agreement negotiated and agreed to be the Australian Government.

Applicants under this stream need to meet the age, skills and English language requirements provided under the relevant Agreement, in addition to relevant health and character requirements.

186 Visa Info

For info – Text or phone +61408955770 or email  [email protected]

Immi info :   https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/

 

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