Who Can Sponsor a Training Visa (Subclass 407)?
Looking for a way to continue working in Australia? Wanting to expand your capabilities and skills through with an Australian organisation?
Training visa (subclass 407) allows onshore and offshore skilled workers to be sponsored to work in Australia. They can participate in different occupational training activities, including workplace-based and classroom-based professional development activities.
The sponsorship process of a subclass 407 visa is similar to the Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa (subclass 482), as the application process requires a sponsor, nomination, and visa application.
Who is qualified to sponsor a subclass 407 visa?
To qualify as a Temporary Activities Sponsor (TAS), you must be one of the following:
Lawfully operating organisation in Australia.
Government agency.
Foreign government agency.
No adverse information about you or any person associated with your organisation.
Suitable as a sponsor, unless the Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) deems it reasonable to disregard this information.
Have the capacity to comply with the sponsorship obligations and directly provide the occupational training, unless exempted.
If you are exempted from the requirement of directly providing occupational training, then you must prove that:
You are supported by a Commonwealth agency, and the agency has provided an endorsement letter of such arrangements in providing the occupational training.
You are specified in a legislative instrument.
The occupational training will be provided in circumstances specified in the legislative instrument.
What are the obligations of the sponsors?
We wrote an article in detail regarding Temporary Activities Sponsor (TAS) obligations. In summary, the sponsors are obligated to:
Inform DoHA when certain events occur that might affect the trainee’s occupational training.
Keep records.
Provide relevant records and information to DoHA.
Recover from, transfer, or change the cost of sponsorship or recruitment of another person.
Ensure that the visa holder actively participates in their nominated occupation, program, or activity.
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