Employer Eligibility
Employer requirements
To participate in the Employer Nomination Scheme, the employer must:
- be actively and lawfully operating a business in Australia
- have a genuine need for a paid employee to fill a position in their business
- follow all relevant Australian laws and have a satisfactory record of meeting immigration laws (if applicable)
- have a current training strategy for existing Australian employees, or if a newly established business, have a training plan for future training of Australian employees
- provide the employee with an offer of permanent employment.
Position requirements
The nominated position must meet the following requirements:
- be full-time, ongoing and available for at least 3 years
- provide working conditions that are no less favourable than provided for under the relevant Australian legislation and awards
- be a highly skilled occupation that is on the Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL)
See: Information form 1121i Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL) (129KB PDF file) - meet the minimum salary level for ENS.
Minimum salary level
There are minimum salary levels which must be met. The minimum salary is:
- $59,477 for the following occupations:
- 1224-11 Information Technology Manager
- 2231-11 Systems Manager
- 2231-13 Systems Designer
- 2231-15 Software Designer
- 2231-17 Applications and Analyst Programmer
- 2231-19 Systems Programmer
- 2231-21 Computer Systems Auditor
- 2231-79 Computing Professionals (not elsewhere classified)
- $43,440 for all other gazetted occupations.
The minimum salary levels are for gross annual salary and must not include:
- accommodation or rental assistance, board, upkeep, meals or entertainment
- incentives, bonuses or commissions
- shares or bonus shares
- travel, holidays, health care/insurance
- vehicles or vehicle allowances
- communications packages
- Living-Away-from-Home-Allowance
- superannuation contributions (either voluntary employee or compulsory employer contributions)
- any other non-salary benefits not included in the above, with the exeption of Medicare rebates.
Employers can offer any of these benefits to employees provided they are above and beyond the minimum salary.
Note: The minimum salary level is subject to change. Updated figures are published annually in a Gazette Notice.
See: Gazette Notice (293KB PDF file)
Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
See: Other eligibility