Sponsorship Australia

Are you applying for job sponsorship without even knowing whether you’re on the Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL)?  You may be wasting your time if that is the case, because under the immigration laws in Australia, you need to be on this list before you can be sponsored by an Australian Employer.

Not only do you need to be on the ENSOL to be considered for job sponsorship in Australia, but you also have to demonstrate that you have the necessary skills and qualifications to perform the job that you have been nominated for sponsorship in Australia for.

The ENSOL document issued by the Australian Government, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, sets out the ways that you can demonstrate that you have the necessary skills and training for the sponsored position as follows:

• you have worked in Australia in the occupation for which you are being nominated for 2 years prior to applying for your ENS visa (including at least the last 12 months with your nominating employer); or
• you have had your skills and qualifications assessed as equivalent to the Australian standard by the appropriate assessment authority and, unless exceptional circumstances apply, have 3 years post-qualification experience in the occupation; or
• you have been nominated for a position which attracts a base salary of at least the salary specified by Gazette Notice for highly paid executive positions. The current minimum salary level
  is available at www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilledworkers/ens/eligibility.htm

When applying for job sponsorship in Australia, you must have obtained your skills assessment before
you lodge your visa application and you must provide it to the department at the time you lodge your visa application.

You need to also be aware that if you are applying for job sponsorship, you need to hold the required license or registration necessary in order to work in your occupation in Australia.  The Department of Immigration and Citizenship also states that you can you can provide evidence that you are eligible to
unconditionally hold that licence or registration with your visa application instead of providing a skills assessment from the assessing authority listed on the ENSOL form.

If you intend on applying for job sponsorship in Australia, and you have been nominated to fill a senior academic or scientific research position by an Australian university or the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), you won’t need to have your skills assessed by an assessing uthority listed on the ENSOL form mentioned above.

Also, if you are applying for job sponsorship in Australia and the assessing authority for your occupation is listed as TRA (Trades Recognition Australia), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of Australia will also accept a skills assessment from the Department of Industrial Relations in the state orterritory where you plan on working.

For further information on the requirements of the Employer Nomination Scheme (job sponsorship in Australia), I recommend that you visit Australian Government website for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at: www.immi.gov.au/skilled/ or read booklet 5, Employer Sponsored Migration, which is available from the website or from any office of the department.

Go throught the ENSOL now, and uncover whether your occupation is in demand in Australia and may qualify for job sponsorship.

You will find that the list is very long and comprehensive, and is split up into the four major occupational groups in Australia:

• Managers and Administrators
• Professionals
• Associate Professionals
• Tradespersons and Related Workers

The ENSOL also points to the relevant assessing authorities for each occupation, so you can go ahead and have your skills and qualifications assessed for job sponsorship in Australia.

Once you have determined whether you are indeed on the ENSOL, you can then move forward and progress in your job sponsorship applications in Australia.  For some inspiration for migrating to Australia in 2010, click here.

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