Global Talent Employer Sponsored – Features
The main features of the GTES are:
- Trusted employers can access highly-skilled roles – Employers are not restricted to occupation lists for the TSS visa short-term or medium–term stream
- 2 Streams – Established Business and Startup
- Earnings – Higher earning threshold than under the standard TSS stream, Subclass 482 Visa
- Visa Validity – 4 years visa validity and allows access to a permanent residence pathway
- Priority Processing – Priority processing of GTES agreements
- No Age limit – can negotiate age requirements for pathway to permanent residence
- Access up to 20 positions per year
GTES – PURPOSE
- Allows employers to sponsor overseas workers for highly-skilled, niche positions that cannot be filled by AU workers or through standard 482 program
- Benefit Australia and Australian workers
- Globally mobile, highly-skilled and specialised individuals… (to) act as ‘job multipliers’.
GTES – CRITERIA
- Demonstrate that access to the GTES will support job opportunities and skills transfer for Australians
- Labour market testing evidence for the specific positions as part of requesting a GTES agreement
- The employer must be in good standing with relevant regulatory agencies, including compliance with immigration and workplace laws
- Must be publicly listed or have an annual turnover of at least AUD 4 million for each of the past 2 years
- Be endorsed as a TSS accredited sponsor
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