About Resource Visa
How a Short Stay Specialist visa (subclass 400) mobilisation runs: first call to lodgement
Same-business-day triage. One document request. Lodged within two business days of a complete file. For crews, we agree the lodgement timetable at triage.
The process
From first call to lodgement, step by step
Same-business-day triage.
The work, the site, the dates, the fit, and an honest read on whether the 400 is the right instrument.
One document request.
A single consolidated list, not a drip-feed. The one variable nobody controls is how fast your documents reach us, which is why we ask for everything once.
Lodged within two business days of a complete file.
For crews, we agree the lodgement timetable at triage.
Business case assembled and evidenced, your review, then lodgement.
Ongoing
Standing arrangements
For OEM service divisions and shutdown contractors that mobilise repeatedly: preferred-supplier arrangements, batch mobilisations against your shutdown calendar, one nominated contact, and each specialist’s 400 history checked before every lodgement.
Enquiries after 3pm AWST, on weekends or on WA public holidays are triaged the next business day.
Our commitments
What we commit to, and what we don’t
We commit to our speed: Same-business-day triage. One document request. Lodged within two business days of a complete file. For crews, we agree the lodgement timetable at triage.
That’s how fast we work. Decisions and processing times rest with the Department of Home Affairs. What we can give you is an honest read on whether your timeline is realistic, and we will do that at the triage call rather than after you have engaged us.
One point of control
The 400 is the specialist’s application. Run it from one desk.
Your company briefs us once. Your specialist deals with one desk and one document list. We build the business case with you and drive lodgement against your date.
When a company engages us, its specialist appoints us for their own application, and we act for them on it.
What we need
What we need from you
The single variable we do not control is how fast your documents reach us. That is why we ask for everything once, rather than discovering a gap later.
- Scope of work and dates
- Invitation or support letter details
- The contractual chain (operator, contractor, vendor)
- Each specialist’s passport, CV, certifications and licences
- Each specialist’s visits to Australia in the last 12 months
- Local-sourcing record
- Cost-of-delay figures
We ask for these once we’re engaged. Please don’t send them through the website.
Fees
Fixed fee, scoped in writing
Engagements are fixed-fee and scoped in writing before we start. We quote at the briefing, once we understand the work, not before, because the honest answer depends on whether it is one specialist or a crew of fourteen.
Keep reading
Related pages
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.
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.
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.
Next shutdown or commissioning window on the calendar?
Twenty minutes. No obligation. Direct with a Registered Migration Agent. Tell us the role, the site and the date.
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm AWST