407 Visa – Training Visa Requirements and Eligibility for 2024
The Training Visa – Subclass 407 Visa is a short-stay visa that allows you to pursue occupational training or professional development in Australia. The 407 Visa enables you to pursue occupational training in Australia to meet occupational registration or licensing requirements, to improve skills in your occupation, or to build your capacity overseas.
The 407 Visa is valid for two years. The visa is subject to the 8102 condition, which prohibits you from working other than the training mentioned in your visa. You must also keep your health insurance while in Australia. Further details about Training Visa – subclass 407 are available below.
How does the 407 Visa help?
The 407 Visa allows you to visit Australia temporarily for vocational training or professional development.
You can participate in either of the following forms of occupational training under the 407 Visa:
1. Workplace-based training to gain registration or licensing: This training is for you who need to obtain registration, membership, or licensing to start an occupation in your home country or in Australia.
2. Structured Workplace-based Training to Improve Skills: This training program is for you who have been nominated for a skilled occupation listed in the list of eligible occupations in Australia by an approved temporary activities sponsor but still need to undergo structured workplace-based training to enhance your skills for that occupation.
3. Training that sharpens proficiency or honing abilities: Three categories apply to this kind of training:
- Overseas qualification: This category applies to students who are enrolled in a foreign school and must complete an additional term of research, observation, or practical training to receive their degree or qualification.
- Government support: This category applies to those who are able to obtain organised workplace-based occupational training with the assistance of a government agency in Australia or their home country.
- Professional development: This category applies to employers abroad who wish to provide their staff with a customised program for professional development to advance their business.
Benefits that Training Visa – Subclass 407 Offers
The following benefits will be accessible once you’re granted the Training Visa – subclass 407:
- Spend a maximum of two years living in Australia and completing the training program listed in your visa,
- Travel out of Australia and back again for the duration of the visa,
- Bring your family members along to Australia.
Eligibility For Australia Training Visa
In the past 24 months, you must have worked or studied full-time for at least 12 months in the occupation that will be nominated.
Eligibility criteria apply to both the applicant and the sponsor.
To be eligible for the Training Visa, you must:
- Have an approved sponsor;
- Be nominated;
- Be 18 years or older at the time a decision is made on your visa;
- Hold a valid substantive visa (not a Subclass 403, Subclass 771 or a Special Purpose Visa);
- Meet health requirements;
- Meet character requirements;
- Have adequate health insurance;
- Be a genuine temporary entrant;
- Have functional English;
- Sign the Australian Values Statement;
- Not owe any money to the Australian Government or have made arrangements to pay back any money owed;
- Not had a visa cancelled or a previous visa application refused.
- Best interests of child.
Those who sponsor you for a Training Visa must:
- Be a government agency, an organisation functioning legally in Australia, or a government agency from another country.
- Immediately deliver the vocational training unless an exemption applies.
- No negative information about them or anyone connected to them has been found unless the Department has a valid cause to disregard it.
- Possess the capacity to fulfil all sponsorship requirements.
To nominate you for a Training Visa, they must:
- Be an authorised sponsor for a temporary activity, or
- Have submitted an application to be authorised as a sponsor for a temporary activity.
Please note if the sponsorship is not accepted, the nomination won’t be taken into account.
Australia Training Visa Three Steps Application Process
Step 1: Sponsorship and Nomination Application
A sponsorship and nomination application should be lodged by the employer (the employer needs to be a lawfully operating business, meet local labour and employment practices, and be viable to sponsor from overseas).
Step 2: Visa Application
After your nomination is approved, you need to make sure that you have fulfilled the requirements and gathered all the required documents to complete your visa application.
Finally, once the documents are ready, you can submit your application.
Step 3: Visa Outcome
The processing time for the subclass 407 visa is around 40 days to 6 months. If successful, you will be allowed to stay up to 2 years.
This is a temporary visa with multiple entry conditions. You will not be allowed to extend for training visa subclass 407.
Including Family Members to Training Visa – subclass 407 Application
You can include the following family members on your 407 Visa application:
- Your partner (married or de facto)
- Your or your partner’s dependent child (up to 23 years old)
You must provide evidence to substantiate a claimed familial link. You also need a formal declaration from your sponsor confirming their approval to sponsor your family members.
Financial Requirements
Throughout your stay in Australia, you must show proof of your ability to financially support yourself and any accompanying family members.
Health Insurance
You and your dependent family members must be covered by the national health program unless your country has a reciprocal health agreement with Australia.
The health insurance provider may be located in Australia or in your home country.
Subclass 407 Visa Condition
You have to note there would be some work limitations imposed on your Training Visa – subclass 407, which include:
- 8104 – Work Limitation: means you cannot work more than 40 hours fortnightly.
- 8106 – Work Limitation: means you must work relevantly to the business or tasks specified in your visa application.
- 8107 – Work Limitation: means you must be employed by a particular employer or undertake specific activities in Australia. You must work for your employer continuously for the same position, occupation and employer.
Additionally, the following visa conditions may also apply to your Training Visa – subclass 407:
- 8102 – Not work other than in relation to study or training
- 8301 – Meet any outstanding public interest criteria
- 8303 – Not be disruptive
- 8501 – Maintain adequate health insurance
- 8502 – Not arrive before the person specified in the visa
- 8503 – No further stay
- 8516 – Continue to satisfy the criteria for the grant of the visa
- 8522 – Must leave Australia with or before the primary visa holder
- 8525 – Must leave Australia on the date specified
- 8526 – Let the Department of Home Affairs know where you are living in Australia
Training Visa Subclass 407 Processing Time
The current processing time for Training Visa – subclass 407 is between 40 days and 6 months.
Provide complete and genuine documents and information on your Training Visa—subclass 407 application to avoid unnecessary delays.
Subclass 407 Visa Cost
As of July 2024, Training Visa subclass 407 costs the following:
- Main applicant: AUD 415
- Additional applicant aged 18 or above: AUD 415
- Additional applicant under 18: AUD 105
Please note that the visa fee might increase in July every year.
Can I work full-time on a 407 Visa?
You cannot work full-time on a 407 Visa. As per the visa condition, you are only allowed to work 40 hours fortnightly.
If you’re planning on working full-time in Australia, consider exploring your Skilled Visa or Employer Sponsored Visa option with us.
Can I apply for PR after a 407 Visa?
You cannot apply for permanent residency in Australia with the 407 Visa. The visa is only granted temporarily and for training purposes.
If you’re interested in obtaining permanent residency in Australia, you must explore the other visa options while your 407 Visa is still active. You may consider the permanent Skilled Visa or employer-sponsored visa as the pathway to permanent residency. Don’t hesitate to contact us for more details on each pathway.
Other Details about Training Visa
Although the process is quite similar to the Temporary Employer-Sponsored Visa (Subclass 482), the Australia training visa subclass 407 is not designed to fill labour shortages and is; therefore, the 407 visa is not an appropriate visa for persons whose sole intention is to undertake work.
However, the subclass 407 visa does allow the visa holder to undertake occupational training with a sponsoring organisation that is consistent with the purpose of the visa granted.
If the sponsoring company is not a Government Agency, the application process comprises three stages; sponsorship, nomination and visa application.
This means that before applying for a subclass 407 visa, you must first be nominated by a company that is eligible to sponsor visa holders on this program.
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Subclass 407 Visa
ONE derland Consulting managing director and also registered migration agent, Indah Melindasari, B.Com (MARN 0961 448) is here to answer your Training Visa 407 questions!
- What kind of training is eligible for a 407 visa?
- Subclass 407 visa is only for occupational training purposes. Three types of occupational training are eligible for this visa: registration purposes, improvement of skills in an eligible occupation, and capacity building overseas.
- The latter includes overseas qualification, government support, and professional development.
- Can I bring my family with me with a 407 visa?
- You can bring your family to Australia with you when you arrive, or they can come afterwards using the subsequent entrants’ stream.
- Your family needs to meet the health and character requirements for the 407 visa too.
- As a subsequent entrant, your family needs to be listed on the nomination form if the sponsor is not from the government entity, and you must provide a letter of sponsorship for confirmation.
- Can I apply for a 407 visa while I’m in Australia?
- You can apply for a 407 visa while you are in or outside of Australia.
- If applying while you are in Australia, you must be the holder of a valid temporary substantive visa (excluding Subclass 403, Subclass 771, or Special Purpose visa).
- If you don’t have any substantive visa, your previous visa must not be the excluding visa of the mentioned visas, and you must apply for this visa within 28 days after the last substantive visa expires or after your appeal for visa cancellation was rejected.
- How much does a subclass 407 visa cost?
- The subclass 407 visa costs AUD $415 for the main applicant. Additional costs apply for any dependent included (18 years old, over or under).
- What is the PTE score for the 407 Visa?
- The minimum PTE score for 407 Visa is 30 based on the 4 test components. You may also provide other evidence of the English test as specified here.
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