FEATURES

The ENS visa is a permanent visa allowing the sponsored employee and their dependents to stay indefinitely in Australia.

There are three streams:

• Direct Entry (DE) Stream: For this stream, the employee does not have to work with the employer for 3 years. This is a direct pathway to permanent visa and requires skills assessment and 3 years of prior experience.

• Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) Stream: Applicant is applying after holding 3 years of Subclass 482 Visa in the medium-term stream.

• Labour Agreement (LA) Stream: Employer has labour agreement approval from the department and is sponsoring you.

EMPLOYER’S ELIGIBILITY

• There should be no adverse information about the business

• Business comply with Australian immigration and workplace laws

EMPLOYEE’S ELIGIBILITY

• Your employer's nomination application must be approved within the six months before you apply

• Should be under 45 years age at the time of application

• Should have skills assessment at the time of application if you are applying under Direct Stream Stream. TRT stream does not require a skills assessment.

• Should have three years of relevant work experience. Two years if you were granted or have applied for 457 visa before 18 April 2017.

• Should have Competent English language at the time of application

• Meet Health and Characters requirements

ENS STAGES

There are two stages to the ENS subclass 186 application:

• Nomination: Involves review of the business as well as the position being sponsored by the employer.

• Visa Application:  There are different ways to approach this, which may require an English language test, skills assessment, and police checks.

COMMON ISSUES

• ENS visa is a permanent visa and usually entails higher documentation than a 457 /482 visas. Some of the problems include.

• Skills assessment- Each skills assessment authority demands a different level of skills/experience/English scores.

• The employer should meet the “satisfactory record of training”

APPLICATION FEES

Nomination Application Fees: $540

TRT Stream Nomination Application Fees: $NIL (Only If position is in designated Area)

Visa Application Fees: