Work Visas

A Temporary Work (Specialist) Visa allows you to:

• work in a highly specialised job that can be completed within six months or less;
• the work or activity must be non-ongoing.

To apply you must:

• have highly specialised skills, knowledge or experience that can assist Australian business and is not reasonably available in Australia or relates to overseas technology;
• apply from outside Australia via our office;
• only do the work or activities for which your visa is granted.

For assistance to apply, contact us with the following information:

• Your current occupation and overseas employer;
• The nature of your intended work/activity in Australia;
• Your requested entry and departure dates;
• Your nationality (as stated in your passport);
• Your country of residence and permit validity (if relevant).

 

Swiss and European businesses are routinely required to transfer specialist staff to their Australian customers to undertake short term work assignments. Since 1997 we actively assist Swiss and EU businesses both large and small to gain work visas for their highly skilled employees.

Our experience includes work visa/s on reserve (for travel at short notice); intra-company transfers; work visas for project managers, engineers, technicians, trades persons for urgent installation / commissioning / maintenance / repair of overseas equipment; work visas for providing training, guest lecturers, professionals delivering presentations for an appearance fee, emergency workers, production staff of the Swiss public service broadcaster producing television programs for the European audience; professional sports persons competing in the Australian Open, Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Santos Tour Down Under, Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar Race, Ironman World Championships.

For assistance, contact us should you need to send an employee to Australia for a short term work assignment.

Case Study:

Tuesday morning: A Swiss engineering firm needs to urgently send one of their service technicians to Australia to repair one of their machines which has broken down at their client’s factory in Melbourne, Victoria. Their client’s production line is idle. There are no technicians in Australia with the skill set and proprietary knowledge to diagnose and repair the machine. The Swiss engineering firm calls our office for urgent assistance. AITS consults (in German) with the engineering firm and their technician and submits a complete visa application for urgent assessment by Australian Immigration authorities.

Friday morning: The visa application is granted by Australian Immigration authorities and the service technician boards his plane to fly to Australia to repair the machine for their customer.

Temporary – Employer Sponsored

If you are nominated to fill a skilled position by an Australian or overseas business that is an approved business sponsor, you may be eligible to apply for the Temporary Skill Shortage Visa. This visa allows an approved business sponsor to employ overseas workers for 2 years or 4 years in Australia. Your nominated occupation must be included in a list of skilled occupations.

If you have cutting-edge skills and are sponsored by an Australian business or start-up, you may be eligible to apply via the Global Talent program.

Permanent – Employer Sponsored

If you are nominated to fill a skilled full -time position by an Australian employer, you may be eligible to apply for a visa within the Permanent Employer-Sponsored visa program via Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS); Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) or Labour Agreements program. This visa allows an Australian employer to nominate overseas workers for a permanent visa to work in Australia. Your nominated occupation must be included in a list of skilled occupations.

For assistance, contact us with the following information:

• Your current occupation, overseas employer;
• Your highest educational qualification;
• Details of your job offer (occupation, start date, salary, intended duration of employment);
• Australian based employer (name and location, number of employees);
• Your nationality (as stated in your passport);
• Your country of residence and permit validity (if relevant);
• Your curriculum vitae/resume.