subject: The Latest 457 Eligibility Details Announced [print this page] In a recent statement, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship has recently announced the specific criteria for Sponsorship Accreditation that allows accredited employers for access to priority processing.
The new criteria would also provide for six-year approval periods for all future 457-visa applications. This seconded an earlier announcement of the other changes and completed all the necessary details to complete Sponsorship Accreditation Eligibility that would have full force and effect starting November 7, 2011.
Under the new announcement, employers can be made eligible for Accredited Status with the following:
1)The entity must either be a government agency, publicly listed company or private company having at least US$4,000,000 financial turnover in each of the last three years prior to application;
2)The company must have already employed workers using the 457 visa system in the last three years and if not continuously, the said vacancy is not more than six months in length and this vacancy is not due to sanction imposed upon the company;
3)The company must have no adverse information known about them based on DIAC and Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations monitoring. This clean record just be devoid of even formal warnings and sanctions imposed on the company;
4)The company must have in its staff at least thirty (30) overseas skilled workers under the primary subclass 457 visa in the last twelve (12) months;
5)The company must have filed a high-level of decision-ready applications in the last twenty four (24) months;
6)The company did not garner a non-approval rate of less than three (3) percent in the last thirty six (36) months;
7)The company maintains a minimum of seventy five (75) percent of staff workers of Australian citizenship and is committed to maintain this rate despite the influx of overseas skilled workers;
Once all of these are completed, the eligible employers may apply for Accredited Status in the submission of applications for sponsorship or through the application for a variation of a current sponsorship agreement through the use of the eVisa system or the submission of form 1196s.
Thus, this system ensures quick processing of visas for workers vitally needed for industries. Gone are the days where the employer waits for a long time before their headcount is completed. Now, this faster process ensures that the company would be able to keep abreast with the growing needs of the business and the Australian market as well. So in order to be compliant with these new rules, do seek out a full review of the pertinent needs to be able to get a visa to Australia.
