Before you can apply for a TSS visa, your proposed employer will need to lodge a nomination application for you. They will only be able to do this if they are an approved sponsor or have at least lodged an application to become a standard business sponsor. Further information below is provided for employers on the sponsorship and nomination processes.

There is no age requirement for this visa.

You must provide evidence that you meet the English language requirements.

You must provide evidence that you have the necessary skills, qualifications and employment background to perform the nominated occupation.

You must meet the health requirement. The results of your health examinations are generally valid for 12 months. This applies to all members of your family unit included in your application.

Important: You should organise your health examinations upfront before lodging a visa application to reduce processing times.

You must meet certain character requirements. You must provide a police certificate from each country you have lived in for 12 months or more during the past 10 years after you turned 16 years of age. This applies to you and all members of your family unit listed in your application.

Important: if you are sponsored by an accredited sponsor, you are not required to obtain police certificates from countries other than Australia provided you attach a reference from your accredited sponsor confirming that you are of good character and that you have not been convicted of any criminal offences. You must still, however, provide any required Australian police clearances where applicable or when requested to do so.

• have worked in your nominated occupation, or a related field, for at least two years
• will be working directly for your sponsor or for an associated entity of your sponsor, unless the nominated occupation is exempt from this requirement.

• are nominated in an occupation included in a labour agreement which your employer has entered into with the Department
• have worked in your nominated occupation, or a related field, for at least two years (unless this is not required under the labour agreement).

The TSS visa is for skilled workers who want to work in Australia temporarily. This visa involves a three-step process:

Step 1: a sponsorship application by the employer

Step 2: a nomination application for a skilled position by the employer

Step 3: a visa application by the proposed employee

The three steps above must be completed in order. You do not, however, have to wait for each application to be approved to move onto the next step.

This visa allows you to travel to and from Australia for the duration of your visa and:

• if you are the primary visa holder, to work in Australia for an approved sponsor in your nominated occupation
• if you are a family member, to work and study in Australia.

You can generally be in or outside Australia when you apply. However, you cannot apply for another Short-term stream in Australia as the primary visa applicant if all of the below apply:

• you have held more than one Short-term stream TSS visa
• you were in Australia when the application for your most recent TSS visa was made
• this requirement would not be inconsistent with an ITO.

If you are in Australia, you must hold a substantive visa, a subclass 010 (Bridging A) visa, a subclass 020 (Bridging B) visa or a Subclass 030 (Bridging C) visa.

Applicants holding a substantive visa with a no further stay condition might still be able to lodge an application in Australia for this visa in certain circumstances

You are able to make a valid (online) application for one of the visas listed below without formally requesting a waiver of your 8503 condition if you have a genuine intention to apply for a:

• General Skilled Migration visa
• Subclass 132 (Business Talent) visa
• Subclass 186 (Employee Nomination Scheme) visa
• Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa
• Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional)) visa
• Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa

This is permitted under Regulation 2.05.

For the visa applicant (i.e. the nominee) the cost are :-

1. Short Term Stream :-

• Applicants : AUD 1,455
• Additional Applicant over 18: AUD 1,455
• Additional Applicant under 18: AUD 365

2. Medium Term and Labour Agreement Steam :-

• Applicants : AUD 3,035
• Additional Applicant over 18: AUD 3,035
• Additional Applicant under 18: AUD 760

Note: your employer is required to pay for any costs associated with the sponsorship and nomination applications. These costs must not be passed onto you.

*Subsequent Temporary Application Charges: AUD 700 for all streams

Other costs

You might have to pay other costs, such as the costs of health assessments, police certificates, or any other certificates or tests. You are responsible for making the necessary arrangements.

For information on the nomination process, who can nominate, and who can be nominated.

Your nomination is generally valid for up to 12 months from the nomination approval date, or until the earliest of the following occurs:

• the day on which the applicant you identified in the nomination application is granted a TSS visa
• the day we receive your written notification to withdraw your nomination application
• 3 months after the ceasing date of your standard business sponsorship unless a new sponsorship application was lodged before that ceasing date and it remains unfinalised
• the day on which your approval as a sponsor is cancelled
• the day on which your labour agreement ceases.

Your nomination must be in effect when a decision is made on the nominee’s TSS visa application.