TRAINING VISA

(Last updated Jan 2024)

The Training Visa (Subclass 407) is a temporary visa designed to enhance skills and knowledge through occupational training and professional development programs in Australia. This visa supports workplace-based training and capacity building, enabling individuals to improve their qualifications for their current job, tertiary studies, or area of expertise.

Key Features

Duration: This visa is temporary, typically granted for a maximum of 2 years.
Work Rights: Visa holders are allowed to work full-time during their training.

Eligibility Onshore Applicants (currently in Australia)

If you have 1-year full time work experience in your nominated occupation post positive skills assessment. Experience can be in the form of ‘work experience’ or ‘study experience’ meaning you have undertaken at least one year of study related to your occupation in the last 24 months.

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Applicants Must

Be sponsored
Be nominated (unless your sponsor is a Commonwealth Government agency)
Be invited (if your sponsor is a Commonwealth Government agency)
Meet the health and character standards as specified by the Department of Home Affairs.

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About Sponsorship and Nomination

Your sponsor must be approved as a temporary activities sponsor.
Your sponsor must have nominated you to participate in a program of occupational training (unless your sponsor is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency).

3 Types of Occupational Training Covered Subclass 407

1. Occupational training required for registration

Workplace-based training is required to get occupational registration, membership or licensing. The registration, membership or licensing is mandatory to work in that occupation in Australia or your home country.

2. Occupational training to improve skills in an eligible occupation

Workplace-based structured training programs that:

is specifically tailored and timed to the training needs of the nominated person
is in relation to an occupation specified on the list of eligible skilled occupations.
involves a nominee who has recent and suitable prior experience. This can include employment experience or study experience that:
- is the equivalent of at least 12 months full-time experience in the occupation
- has occurred in the 24 months immediately before the nomination is lodged

3. Occupational training for capacity building overseas

Occupational training for capacity building overseas includes:

Overseas qualification

Structured workplace-based training in Australia for up to 6 months for students who:

are currently enrolled in a foreign educational institution and
must complete a period of practical training, research or observation to get their qualification
The training must be specifically tailored to the training needs of the nominated person.

Government support

Structured workplace-based occupational training which has:

the support of a government agency in Australia or
the government in the home country of the nominated trainee
Government agency support in Australia must be at the national or state/territory level.
Governments in the nominated person’s home country must be at the national, state/territory or provincial level.

The training must be specifically tailored and timed to the training needs of the nominated person

Professional development

Professional development programs of face-to-face teaching in a classroom or similar environment in Australia. It is for overseas employers to send their managerial or professional employees.