Booklet 5, Employer Sponsored Migration (Permanent)

Booklet 5, Employer Sponsored Migration (Permanent), has detailed information about migration procedures for the:

• Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) (Subclass 186) visa
• Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) (Subclass 187) visa.

Each visa has three streams:

• Direct Entry stream
• Temporary Residence Transition stream
• Agreement stream.

Contents of the booklet

This is the information you will find in this booklet.

1. General information
   • Basic requirements
   • Information relevant to nominator
   • Information relevant to nominee
   • Bridging visas
   • Dependants
   • Costs and charges associated with your application.
2. Nomination
• Making an Employer Nomination application
• Program and stream specific criteria
• Assessment by Regional Certifying Body
• Independent contractors.
3. Categories
• Making a Visa Application
• Step 1: Visa assessment criteria
• Step 2: Health and character.
4. Preparing your application
5. Processing visa applications
• Communication with the department.
6. Regional areas by postcodes for RSMS

How to get the booklet

To access the free online booklet:

• please click on the Booklet 5 link below
• the booklet will then either display on your computer screen, or you will get a dialog box asking if you want to save the file
• save the booklet file onto your computer
• you can now open and print the booklet using the Adobe Reader.

See: Booklet 5 (567KB PDF file)

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Associated resources

These forms are packaged with Booklet 5, Employer Sponsored Migration (Permanent) - after you have read the booklet, print those you need.

• Employer Sponsored (ENS/RSMS) Online Applications
• Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List ( 97K B PDF file)
• Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
• Form 47A - Details of child or other family member aged 18 years or over ( 238K B PDF file)

Further information

The information contained in this booklet should be used as a guide only as the requirements may change from the date of printing the booklet. Before you lodge a visa application you should check the website for the most current visa specific information.
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