Training Visa - Subclass 407

Subclass 407 visa

The subclass 407 Training visa is designed to allow foreign nationals to visit Australia and develop skills in their area of expertise.

Unlike a student visa or a work visa, this visa allows foreign employees to undertake practical on the job training or participate in an academic or professional development project. 

This visa should also be of interest to human resource managers looking to dispatch staff overseas to undertake practical and professional training which provides a number of advantages over pure academic study in terms of applicability of the skills gained directly back into the work environment.

Visa streams

This visa has three streams:

• Occupational training required for registration: this is for people wishing to undertake structured workplace-based training to achieved occupational registration, membership or licensing in Australia or abroad.
• Occupational training to improveskills in an eligible occupation: this stream is for people with at least 1 year of relevant work or study in the last 24 months to undertake workplace-based structure training.
• Occupational training for capacity building overseas: this stream is appropriate for a)students from overseas needing to undertake structured workplace training as a part of their course b) structured workplace training sponsored by a government agency (must be at least national or state level) c)professional development programs featuring face to face classroom teaching for managerial or professional employees.

This visa requires applicants to have a sponsoring organisation willing to host and or train the applicant during their time in Australia. Usually this will be an Australian company or government department.

Commonly, the employee's foreign employer will take responsibility for the applicants living costs while the applicant trains at the Australian organisation.

How we can help

We can assist organisations with the Australian Training and Professional Development Visa Subclass 407 in a number of ways:

1. Assessing the appropriate stream for the application

2. Researching and contacting suitable sponsors for company/foreign government backed applicants

3. Acting as a liaison between foreign companies and Australian companies

4. Assisting in the creation of Immigration compliant training plans

5. Assisting both the applicant and Australian organization in processing the relevant Immigration paper work.