This temporary resident visa, the 482 Skills In Demand (SID) Visa, allows Australian employers to sponsor suitably skilled overseas workers where they cannot source an appropriately skilled Australian worker for the position. The SID visa replaced the former Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa on 7 December 2024.
The SID visa now has three main streams:
The former TSS Short-term and Medium-term streams are no longer the correct framework. For the Core Skills stream, occupation eligibility is generally assessed against the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL), which replaced the previous reliance on multiple occupation lists for the 482 program. Home Affairs also now uses ANZSCO 2022 for the Skills in Demand visa and the Employer Nomination Scheme visa.
For eligible workers, the SID visa may also support a pathway to permanent residence through employer-sponsored permanent visa options, including the Employer Nomination Scheme subclass 186, subject to meeting the relevant requirements at the time of application.
“I am grateful to Evan for all the help and support he gave me especially during these recent difficult times. Evan gave me helpful professional advice which enabled me to then make the correct choices. Also, his conversations with my employer about me was helpful with my visa being approved on time.”
Denise – 482 Nomination Approved in 5 days
Result Achieved – new sponsorship within 60 day deadline
The SID process has three stages. Stage 1 is Standard Business Sponsorship, looking into the details of the business such as turnover, staffing, and ownership. Stage 2 is the Nomination, a specific focus into the role itself in the business. This has many important aspects such as ensuring the nominee is being paid correctly (Salary Report), that the sponsorship isn’t taking an opportunity away from a local (Labour Market Testing), how the role fits into the business and why it is needed (Genuine Position), and other important aspects. These all require approval before Stage 3 (Visa Application). The importance of having the nomination assisted by a Registered Migration Agent to articulate the application clearly and favourably is worth every cent.
You can find a genuine position letter sample here.
You can find an LMT template here.
The 482 visa requires mandatory payment by the employer sponsor to the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF), the SAF levy replacing the Training Benchmark requirement on 12th August 2018.
The SAF levy varies between between employer-sponsored options and is calculated as follows:
| Business Size | SID (482) Visa | ENS (186) / 494 visas |
| Annual turnover less than $10 million AUD | $1,200 annually per nominee | $3,000 one-off |
| Annual turnover $10 million AUD or more | $1,800 annually per nominee | $5,000 one-off |
Home Affairs also lists current government charges for sponsorship and nomination, including AUD445 to become an approved sponsor under the SID 482 program and AUD330 to nominate a visa applicant.
If you get representation or assistance from Worldly Migration, you can relax knowing that you are dealing with a professional who takes pride in being ETHICAL, RELIABLE, and ever AVAILABLE.
““We were absolutely delighted to meet Evan Bishop and found his knowledge and clear conversations on the topic of migration to be of huge assistance.
Evan successfully carried out a skilled workers migration for our business and guided us the entire way.
We are delighted to say that the migrated person Evan helped us with is with our team now and we couldn’t be happier with the work and support Evan, has provided for us.
We would not hesitate to work with Evan again – what a stand out extension of our business – thanks again, Evan!”
Shaun- 482 Employer Sponsor
Result Achieved – Approved in 9 days
Worldly Migration particularly specialises in assisting Employers with their Nomination Visa stage, which is the most important part of the process. Click HERE to find out more about these other specialist services.
As an expert in his field, Evan Bishop (MARN 1679414) is also a Professional Development Trainer to fellow Migration Agents and Immigration Lawyers on the topics of Training Visa (407 visa) and Temporary Skills Shortage Visa (482 visa).
The bulk of the workload at Worldly Migration is 482 Visas, and Evan Bishop (MARN 1679414) is proudly a reputed employer sponsored visa specialist and recommends anyone considering this option, whether you are the employer or the prospective employee, to contact for a free initial phone consultation. You will get all the assurance you need, with all callers saying Evan is the most competent on the subject matter. Free initial consult (enquire here) conducted over the phone with after hours available.
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