Immigration
Employer Sponsored Visa.
Four Years, On One Company's Nomination.
Subclass 482 — the Skills in Demand visa, formerly the Temporary Skill Shortage visa. It lets an Australian employer bring in a skilled worker they cannot find locally, for up to four years, with a route to permanent residence through the Subclass 186 scheme afterwards. Two of its three application steps belong to your employer, not to you.
Your Employer Does Two Thirds Of This.
The Skills in Demand stream targets occupations in shortage across Australia, with faster processing and a clear route to permanent residency behind it. But the sponsor has to be approved, the occupation has to be on the list, and in most cases the employer has to prove they tried to hire locally first. None of that is yours to do.
Work in Australia for up to Four Years
Live and work full-time in Australia for your sponsoring employer, typically for up to four years depending on the stream and the occupation.
A Pathway to Permanent Residency
Eligible holders can apply for permanent residency after working in Australia for a specified period, most often through the Subclass 186 Employer Nomination Scheme.
Travel Flexibility
Unrestricted travel in and out of Australia while the visa is valid, so personal and professional ties abroad stay intact.
Family Live, Work and Study
Eligible family members — spouse or partner and children — come with you, and they can live, work and study in Australia.
A Pathway to Australian Citizenship
Five years of lawful residence, and the minimum requirements met, opens eligibility for citizenship.
Security and Lifestyle
A secure environment and one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.
Healthcare and Education
Australian residency opens access to high-quality healthcare and education.
The Social Welfare System
Access to Centrelink — Australia's social security and assistance system — after two years of permanent residency.
Dual Citizenship Allowed
No requirement to renounce an existing nationality on taking Australian residency or citizenship.
Family Inclusion
A spouse or partner and children under 18 — or dependent children aged 18 to 23 — can apply alongside.
This Visa Is Tied to One Employer
The sponsorship is the visa. You are admitted to work full-time for your sponsoring employer, on the specific position they nominated, in an occupation on the Skills in Demand List. That is a materially different proposition from the National Innovation Visa, which grants permanent residence with no employer attached at all.
Before you commit to this route, settle two things with the company in writing: that they are — or will become — an approved Standard Business Sponsor, and who bears each of the government charges in the term sheet below. The source attributes three of the four to the employer.
Two Gates Outside Your Control
Labour market testing. In most cases the employer must show evidence that they advertised the role and could not fill it locally. A willing employer who has not done this cannot nominate you yet, and the timing is theirs.
Sponsorship approval, and its five-year clock. Becoming an approved Standard Business Sponsor is a separate application with its own AUD 420 fee, and the approval then runs five years. An employer who has sponsored someone recently is already through it — which is why the term sheet lets you switch that fee off.
Your Employer's Steps, Visible To You
The hardest part of a sponsored visa is not knowing where the company is up to. The Bayat Group panel shows their sponsorship and nomination progress alongside your own documents, so you are not chasing an HR inbox for an answer.
Most Of This Bill Is Not Yours.
Three of the four Australian government charges on this route fall on your sponsoring employer, and the largest of them — the Skilling Australians Fund levy — is theirs. Every line below says whose it is.
Non-binding estimate
Published as a range, from AUD 3,000 to AUD 5,000, and payable by the sponsoring employer at the nomination step. It is the single largest government charge on this route.
Published as a range, from USD 3,500 to USD 8,000. This is our service, not a government charge, and a complete file may not need it.
Grouped by currency, because that is what can be added — and tagged by who bears each line, because that is what you actually want to know.
Step three requires both, for you and for every family member you include. Neither is priced on the source page, and neither is paid to us or to the Department. Both sit outside the subtotals below.
The source publishes all seven figures with a bare dollar sign and does not name the currency. This sheet reads our fees as US dollars — which is how the General Skilled Migration page prices the same consultation — and the four government charges as Australian dollars. Confirm both before relying on either. The Employer and You tags follow the source's own attribution: it lists the sponsorship fee, the nomination fee and the SAF levy under the employer's two steps, and the visa application fee under yours. Who ultimately bears each charge is a matter for your employment agreement and for Australian law, and is worth settling in writing before anything is filed. The Skills in Demand List, the market salary rate and every fee here are set by the Department of Home Affairs and move. Figures are indicative, non-binding, and confirmed during due diligence.
Three Steps — Two Of Them Theirs
Select a step to see what happens, and who does it. Nothing on this route can start until your employer's sponsorship is approved.
Sponsorship Application, by the Employer
The employer applies to become an approved sponsor. Once approved, sponsorship is generally valid for five years — so an employer who has sponsored before has already done this, and the step is skipped entirely. Nothing on this route can begin until it is in place.
Talk It Through. Then Begin.
Our concierge answers your Subclass 482 questions in minutes — starting with the two that decide it, which are whether your occupation is on the Skills in Demand List and whether your employer can sponsor at all. When you are ready it opens your application where the conversation ends.
Sending opens your secure Bayat Group account, where an advisor picks the thread up.
Assessed against your own circumstances, in about five minutes.
- It asks about your circumstances, not your paperwork
- It names the trade-offs before you commit to a route
- It ends with the programs you actually qualify for
A scripted example. Your own assessment is private, and takes about five minutes.
Assessment
An adviser that reads your circumstances, then the rulebook.
40+ official programs, each with its own arithmetic. The assessment maps those rules to your situation in a short conversation and tells you where you actually stand.
- It asks about you, not about paperworkWhere your family is going, what your work needs, what you would not give up. Navigating the rules is our business, not your burden.
- Clear, unbiased reasoningWhen options pull in different directions, it calls out the compromise, detailing what each path costs you before you decide.
- A shortlist tailored to youNo generic marketing. Just the programs your profile actually unlocks, with realistic timelines and capital commitments.
Step one of three
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One address, one five-digit code. No password to invent, and nothing sent to you that you did not ask for.
Step two of three
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