Good fit
Skilled workers with an Australian employer nomination, an eligible occupation and employment arrangement, sufficient English unless exempt, and a salary meeting the applicable threshold and market-salary rules.
Australia · Skilled Worker
Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Core Skills stream
An employer-sponsored temporary skilled visa for nominated workers in the Core Skills stream, where the employer is addressing a labour shortage and the nominated role meets the stream rules.
Status note. The Core Skills stream is an active temporary skilled-employment route administered by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. Thresholds and stream rules can change.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
People seeking independent permanent residence, self-sponsored remote work, or work unrelated to a nominating employer and the approved occupation.
Minimums
Eligibility
Age
No hard age floor or ceiling is modeled.
Work experience
Minimum: Not stated years
Language
unknown
Primary applicants must meet the specified English standard unless an exemption applies.
Education
Minimum: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Assessment: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Selection threshold
Points: Not stated
Competition: Not stated
Health and character
Medical exam: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Police certificate: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Costs
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
No fee table is published.
Outcomes
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
The retained 482 sources establish temporary skilled employment but do not establish a permanent-residence outcome.
Work: Yes · Study: Yes
Family
Partner: Yes · Children: Yes
Citizenship
The retained 482 sources do not establish citizenship eligibility.
Processing time
Modeled: Not stated–Not stated months
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.