This visa enables Australian employers to recruit skilled workers if they are unable to fill specific positions from the Australian labour market or through their own training efforts.  There are two processing stages for this type of visa.  The nomination of a position by an employer and the nominee's application for the visa.

The nominee must:

• be under 45 years of age (unless special circumstances exist)
• have vocational English language ability (unless special circumstances exist)
• either the nominee:
  • has worked full-time in Australia in the occupation for which they have been nominated for the last 2 years, including at least the last 1 year working for the nominating employer
  • has been nominated to fill a highly paid senior executive position with a salary of more that $165,000 per annum
    or
  • has had their skills assessed as suitable by the relevant skills assessing authority and, unless exceptional circumstances apply, has at least 3 years experience in the occupation

• the nominee is able to satisfy any mandatory licensing, registration or professional membership requirements

• the nominee and all family unit members meet mandatory health and character requirements.

The employer must:

• be actively and lawfully operating in Australia
• have a genuine need for a paid employee to fill a position in the employer’s business
• have a satisfactory record of compliance with immigration law and workplace relations law
• have made adequate provision for training existing Australian employees, or if a newly established business, be making adequate provision for future training of Australian employees.

The position in the employer’s business must:

• be full-time and available for at least three years
• be in accordance with the standards for working conditions provided under Australian industrial laws
• correspond to an occupation on the Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List
• offer a base salary that is at least the minimum salary that has been published in a Government Gazette Notice for the occupation. This is currently set at A$57,300 for Computing Professionals occupations and A$41,850 for all other occupations.

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