South Australia has a range of employer sponsored migration visa programs Adelaide. Some are capped, and others offer pathways to permanent residency. The program is designed to attract skilled professionals at all stages of their careers.
The SESR and ENS visas require Regional Certifying Body (RCB) advice, and the Department of Home Affairs needs several criteria to be met. Skilled and Business Migration is the RCB for South Australia.
Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA)
The Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) program allows regional Australian employers to sponsor overseas workers for occupations they cannot fill with local employees. The program aims to help the region’s economy by attracting skilled migrants and providing jobs. The program offers a range of benefits for both the sponsor and the visa holder.
DAMA is available for both temporary and permanent visas. It provides concessions to the minimum salary threshold usually imposed on employer-sponsored visa programs and allows semi-skilled occupations to be sponsored. Other benefits can be available, such as allowing a visa holder to be employed on the same terms and conditions as an Australian worker.
To participate in the DAMA program, the relevant regional government authority must first endorse an employer. This will ensure that the employer is capable of sponsoring an overseas worker and will be able to meet all of the requirements of the program. After being endorsed, the employer can then use one of the three employer-sponsored visas that are part of the DAMA framework: the Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482), the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Subclass 494 visa or the 186 Employer Nominated Scheme visa.
The South Australian DAMA has been designed to focus on Adelaide’s high-tech industries, including the defence, space and technology sectors. It covers the metropolitan area of Adelaide and allows local businesses to sponsor overseas workers through the Temporary Skill Shortage visa or the Skilled Employer Sponsored migration visa programs Adelaide regional visa. It also offers several concessions, such as pushing the age limit for visa holders up to 55 or 50, depending on the occupation.
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (SESR)
The Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (SESR) visa is a temporary visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. The visa is valid for five years, and you are permitted to travel to and from Australia as often as you like. The only conditions attached to the visa are that you must only work in your nominated occupation and for your sponsoring employer and live and work in a designated regional area of Australia.
If you are a skilled migrant looking for a job in regional Australia, this is your visa. The visa replaces the previous RSMS visa subclass 187 and has two streams – the Employer Sponsored stream and the Labour Agreement stream. The former requires you to be sponsored by an Australian business, whereas the latter requires a labour agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia.
In the Employer Sponsored migration visa programs Adelaide stream, regional employers can fill identified labour shortages by sponsoring skilled workers from overseas. This is done when the employer cannot source an Australian worker to fill the position. The visa imposes certain obligations on the sponsors to protect sponsored migrants from exploitation and ensure that the visa program is used correctly.
This stream enables regional employers to address identified labour shortages by sponsoring skilled workers from overseas with a labour agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia. Labour agreements are developed between the government (represented by the Department) and the employer. The SESR visa imposes certain obligations on the sponsors to prevent the exploitation of sponsored migrants and to ensure that the visa program is used correctly.
The SESR Visa is a family visa that allows the dependents of a primary visa holder to join them in Australia. Dependents can be children under 18 or spouses of the primary visa holder. The provisional visa expires at the same time as the primary SESR visa holder’s residence in Australia. Applicants must meet the minimum English language proficiency standard and have a positive skills assessment for their nominated occupation.