About this Visa

This visa allows people to complete workplace-based training in Australia on a temporary basis. The training must provide people with additional or enhanced skills in the nominated occupations, tertiary studies or fields of expertise.

Who is this visa for?

This visa is for people from outside Australia who want to improve their occupational skills through training with an Australian organisation or government agency. People may be nominated for this visa if the proposed occupational training is one of the following:

• training or practical experience in the workplace required for the person to obtain registration for employment in their occupation in Australia or in their home country
• a structured workplace training program to enhance the person’s existing skills in an eligible occupation
• structured workplace training to enhance the person’s skills and promote capacity building overseas.

How much will this visa cost?

You must pay a non-refundable visa application charge when you lodge a visa application.
See: Sponsored Training Visa Charges

What does this visa let me do?

This visa allows people to participate in approved occupational training in Australia.

This visa may be valid for up to two years to undertake an approved training program (subject to the length of the approved training program). An additional two months may be added beyond the training end date to allow you and your family members to make arrangements to leave Australia or to apply for another visa.

Note: If the training cannot be completed in the approved visa period, you can apply for a second Occupational Trainee visa. You and your sponsoring organisation must meet eligibility requirements again.