457 Priority Processing

Sponsorship Accreditation Eligibility

Employers may now apply for accredited status which will qualify them for priority processing for all subclass 457 nominations and visa applications and the criteria are and must meet all:

Be a government agency, a publicly-listed company, or a private company, with a minimum of $4 million turnover per year for the last three years
Have been an active subclass 457 visa sponsor for the past three years (with a break of no more than six months, not due to any sanction)
Have no adverse information known about them based on Department of Immigration and Citizenship and Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relation monitoring, including formal warnings and sanctions
Have had at least 30 primary subclass 457 visa holders granted in the previous 12 months
Have lodged a high level of decision-ready applications over the previous two years
Have a non-approval rate of less than three per cent for the previous three years
Have Australian workers comprising at least 75 per cent of their workforce in Australia and a commitment to maintain this level.

How we can help

We can either submit a new sponsorship application or apply for a variation for a current sponsorship agreement.