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- Overview
- Features of the ENS
- ENS Process
- Requirements for the employer
- Requirements for the nominee
- Nomination
- Fees
- Processing Times
- Y-Axis Services
Overview
The Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) allows Australian employers to recruit permanent, highly-skilled staff from overseas or from people temporarily in Australia, when the employers have been unable to fill a vacancy from within the Australian labour market or through their own training programs.
The ENS List of Occupations is a list of skilled occupations, detailed on a Government Gazette Notice, in which Australian employers may nominate overseas workers for permanent residence in Australia. The list includes occupational groups 1-4. of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (2nd edition), published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Major occupational groups in this range are:
- Managers and Administrators
- Professionals
- Associate professionals
- Tradespersons and related workers.
Features of the ENS
(Top)- You and any dependent family members included in the visa application will live as permanent residents in Australia.
- As permanent residents, you will be able to study in Australia at school or university
- You will have access to healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
- You will have access to certain social security payments; this is subject to waiting periods.
- You will be eligible for Australian citizenship
- You be will be able to sponsor your family for permanent residence
ENS Process
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The ENS process is a two stage process –
- Nomination by the employer
- Visa application
The Australian employer is required to satisfy certain requirements in order to obtain sponsorship status under this Visa type
Requirements for the employer
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The employer must:
- be actively and lawfully operating in Australia
- have a genuine need for a paid employee to fill a position in the employer’s business
- have a satisfactory record of compliance with immigration law and workplace relations law
- have made adequate provision for training existing Australian employees, or if a newly established business, be making adequate provision for future training of Australian employees.
The position in the employer’s business must:
- be full-time and available for at least three years
- be in accordance with the standards for working conditions provided under Australian industrial laws
- correspond to an occupation on the ENS List of Occupations
- attract a base salary that is at least the minimum salary that has been published in a Government Gazette Notice for the occupation.
- $45,220 for most occupations
- $61,920 for IT professionals
Requirements for the nominee
(Top)Once the nomination is approved the visa application should be made. The Visa application must be lodged at the same Business Centre of DIAC as the corresponding nomination, even if the nominee is outside Australia.
Visa applicants under the ENS must be nominated by an Australian employer and should meet with the ENS nomination requirements. The visa application will be assessed against the following:
either the applicant:
- has worked full-time in Australia in the occupation for which they have been nominated for the last 2 years, including at least the last 1 year working for the nominating employer
- has been nominated to fill a highly paid senior executive position with a salary of more that $151,500 per annum
or
- has had their skills assessed as suitable by the relevant skills assessing authority (published in a Government Gazette Notice) and, unless exceptional circumstances apply, has at least 3 years experience in the occupation
- the applicant is able to satisfy any mandatory licensing, registration or professional membership requirements
- unless exceptional circumstances apply, the applicant is less than 45 years of age
- unless exceptional circumstances apply, the applicant has vocational English language ability
- the applicant and all family unit members meet mandatory health and character requirements.
Nomination
(Top)The employer in Australia has to apply for nomination on approval, the employer will provide the nominee with a copy of the nomination approval letter from the department, to apply for the visa.
The visa application must be lodged at the same time or within 6 months of the approval of the letter. If the application is made in Australia, the ENS and visa applications can be lodged at the same time; or the ENS application can be lodged and processed first, followed by the visa application.
To apply in Australia, an applicant must hold an eligible substantive visa (limited exceptions apply) and must be physically present in Australia at the time of decision.
Where a visa application is made outside Australia, the applicant must be outside Australia at the time of decision.
Fees
(Top)Charge Type |
Charge Amount |
Nomination (ENS only) |
$445 |
1st instalment |
$1705 |
1st instalment |
$2525 |
2nd instalment |
$7040 |
2nd instalment |
$3510 |
Processing Times
(Top)The current processing time for migration to Australia under the employer nomination scheme is 8-12 months from the time the application is lodged.
Y-Axis Services
(Top)Y-Axis offers two services for candidates intending to apply under the ENS Category.
- Candidates who have a job offer letter from an Australian Employer:
Please refer to our Skilled Independent Immigration Services Our services for ENS is the same as SIM, the only difference being we enclose your offer letter and employer details in your application. Unlike Skilled Independent Immigration, ENS applications are on priority and will be processed in one year. - Candidates who require a job offer letter from an Australian Employer:
Please refer to our Job Search Services Once we get you an offer from an employer, we will proceed with your ENS Application
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