The Skills in Demand visa is an employer-sponsored route with different streams and specific criteria. Applicants should evaluate the nominated position and personal eligibility before treating an offer as a complete visa application.
Core Skills Eligibility
The official Core Skills page requires an eligible occupation, nomination, relevant experience, English and any required assessment. It generally permits a stay of up to four years. Read the full stream-specific criteria and exemptions rather than applying a single checklist to every sponsored role.
The Salary Test
For Core Skills nominations lodged from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027, the published income threshold is AUD79,423. Market salary requirements also apply. Check the official salary guidance. The amount is not a universal wage for every occupation, and non-cash benefits cannot simply replace the required monetary pay.
Build an Organised Application
Keep the employer’s role description, nomination details, contract and your evidence together. Align dates across references and forms. Check the correct English, health, character and assessment instructions. Do not send a generic document bundle without reading the stream checklist. Retain access to your own account and copies of anything submitted by a representative.
Temporary Work and Future PR
A temporary grant does not guarantee a permanent visa. If long-term settlement matters, identify the possible future stream and conditions now, including any employer nomination. Understand the conditions attached to your work permission and use the official verification tools when needed. Reassess the plan if the employer, duties or personal circumstances change.
Visa and Application Checks
Check your exact occupation against the Home Affairs occupation lists. An advertisement alone does not establish sponsorship eligibility. Follow the relevant visa checklist and apply through ImmiAccount.
Request a written breakdown of base pay, superannuation, overtime and allowances. Compare it with the applicable sponsored-visa salary requirements, where relevant. Do not treat a proposed total package as a verified cash salary.
Documents and Offer Checklist
- Prepare a passport, a tailored CV and a clear record of employment dates.
- Collect genuine references, qualifications and evidence relevant to the proposed duties.
- Confirm the legal employer, work location, hours, pay basis and any deductions.
- Check the exact visa document checklist, translations and any requested health or character evidence.
- Save the vacancy, contract and correspondence in one application file.
Before paying a professional adviser, request a written scope and itemised fees. Compare recruitment support, regulated immigration advice and relocation services separately so you know what each provider is responsible for. A private adviser cannot promise a government decision.
Practical Next Step
Read the selected 482 stream checklist, ask the employer to confirm the nominated position and build a gap list before lodging through ImmiAccount.
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This is an informational guide, not a live vacancy or individual immigration advice. Sponsorship, accommodation and permanent residence depend on verified offers and the applicable rules.