Qualifying Visas
If you are applying in Australia for the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) or Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS), you must be the holder of a qualifying visa.
If you do not currently hold a qualifying visa, you may still be eligible to apply if you last held a qualifying visa no more than 28 days prior to lodging an application.
The following qualifying visas apply to the ENS and RSMS:
- Business (Temporary) Class TB
- Cultural/Social (Temporary) Class TE
- Educational (Temporary) Class TH
- Family Relationship (Temporary) Class TL
- Interdependency (Temporary) Class TM
- Medical Practitioner (Temporary) Class UE
- Special Category (Temporary) Class TY
- Supported Dependant (Temporary) Class TW
- New Zealand Citizen (Family Relationship) (Temporary) Class UP
- Skilled-Independent Regional (Provisional) Class UX
- Subclass 457 - Business (Long Stay)
- Working Holiday (Temporary) Class TZ
- Student (Temporary) Class TU (where the award course for which the visa was granted has been completed by the visa holder)
- Confirmatory (Temporary) Class TD
- Graduate-Skilled (Temporary) Class UQ
- Subclass 161 - Senior Executive (Provisional)
- Subclass 164 - State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional)
- Skilled (Provisional) Class VC
- Skilled (Provisional) Class VF.
The following additional visa qualifies for RSMS only:
- Subclass 471 Trade Skills Training (where the apprenticeship for which the visa was granted has been completed by the visa holder).