Practical guides for Australian employers mobilising overseas specialists, which visa fits a defined scope of work, how far ahead to start, and what causes applications to fail. Written for project managers, mobilisation coordinators and HR teams, not for visa applicants.
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Mobilisation timeline planner
Work backwards from your mobilisation date. What has to happen when, what runs in parallel, and what we can and can’t commit to.
Short Stay Specialist visa (subclass 400) vs Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482)
The difference between the Subclass 400 and the Subclass 482 for Australian employers: sponsorship, duration, obligations and process, compared.
Why Short Stay Specialist visa (subclass 400) applications get refused
The reasons Subclass 400 applications fail. A refusal doesn’t disappear: it becomes part of the specialist’s history on later applications, and the Department looks at how a business uses the 400 over time.
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Frequently asked questions
Straight answers for Australian employers on the Short Stay Specialist visa (subclass 400), Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and sponsor obligations.
Short Stay Specialist visa (subclass 400)
The subclass 400 (Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist)) visa is for short-term, highly specialised work in Australia where the skills aren’t readily available locally.
Who Must Be the Sponsor?
When a specialist is engaged through an EPC or labour-hire contractor, who sponsors them? How the contractual chain changes the visa, and the mistakes that cause delay.
Sponsor Obligations & Monitoring
What sponsorship commits your business to: records, notifications, equivalent terms, and what happens when the Department asks.
Employer Readiness Checklist
Mobilising or sponsoring an overseas specialist? A checklist for employers: your business, the work, the evidence and the rules that are easy to miss.
Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482)
Sponsoring an ongoing role under the Subclass 482 Skills in Demand visa. The three streams, what your business must do, and the obligations that follow.
Global Talent visa: closed, and what replaced it
The Global Talent visa stopped taking applications in December 2024. What the National Innovation visa is, and the employer pathways that now do the job.
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