Training Visa Subclass 407
The Training visa (Subclass 407) enables eligible people to undertake structured, workplace-based occupational training in Australia to improve professional skills, meet registration requirements or participate in an approved capacity-building program.
Subclass 407 is a training visa, not a pathway for filling an ordinary job vacancy. The training must be structured and tailored to the nominee's needs. The temporary activities sponsorship and nomination must now be approved before the nominee applies for the visa.
What is the Training visa?
This temporary visa supports genuine occupational development connected to the trainee's current occupation, tertiary study or field of expertise. It can also cover eligible professional development programs for overseas managerial or professional employees.
The visa may be granted for up to two years, although the actual stay is based on the approved training program. It is not designed for ongoing productive work or for an arrangement where the primary purpose is to meet the sponsor's labour needs.
Three occupational training types
Training required for registration
This category applies where workplace-based training is necessary to obtain registration, professional membership or licensing that is mandatory to work in the occupation in Australia or the trainee's home country.
The nomination should explain the regulator's requirement, the competencies still needed, how the workplace program addresses them and how progress will be supervised and assessed.
Training to improve occupational skills
The program must relate to an occupation on the current eligible skilled occupation list and be specifically tailored and timed to the nominee's individual training needs. The nominee must have recent and suitable prior employment or study experience equivalent to at least 12 months full-time in the occupation during the 24 months before nomination lodgement.
Capacity building overseas
This category includes practical training required for an overseas qualification, government-supported occupational training and eligible professional development. Each has different nomination evidence and delivery rules.
Overseas qualification training is generally limited to six months and must be required by the trainee's foreign educational institution. Professional development is primarily face-to-face classroom learning for employees sent by an overseas employer, rather than ordinary workplace employment.
Sponsor and nomination requirements
The organisation must be approved as a Temporary Activities Sponsor. Unless the sponsor is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency, it must lodge a nomination describing the trainee, training category, location, supervision, program content and delivery arrangements.
Under the current process, Home Affairs must approve both the sponsorship and nomination before the trainee can lodge the visa application. A Commonwealth Government agency follows the applicable invitation arrangements instead of the standard nomination process.
How the Subclass 407 process works
Select the correct training category
Match the program purpose to registration, occupational skills improvement or capacity building overseas.
Design the structured training plan
Document objectives, gaps, activities, supervision, milestones, assessment and the proportion of workplace training.
Obtain sponsorship approval
The organisation applies for approval as a Temporary Activities Sponsor where it does not already hold valid approval.
Obtain nomination approval
Lodge the tailored program and trainee evidence and wait for Home Affairs to approve the nomination.
Lodge the trainee's visa
After the required approvals, submit the English, insurance, funds, health, character and temporary-intent evidence.
What makes a strong training plan?
The plan should identify the trainee's existing skills and specific gaps, set measurable learning objectives and provide a detailed schedule of supervised tasks, observation, instruction and assessments. It should name qualified trainers, locations, resources and progress-review methods.
A generic position description or ordinary roster is not a training plan. The program should show development beyond the trainee's current abilities and explain why the proposed duration and Australian workplace setting are necessary.
Trainee eligibility
Applicants are usually at least 18 years old, have Functional English, adequate financial support and health insurance, and genuinely intend to remain temporarily for the approved training. They and included family members must meet applicable health and character requirements.
The nominee must also have the background required for the selected training category. Occupational registration or licensing evidence may be needed where the training or associated activities are regulated.
Important Subclass 407 checks
- Use the visa for genuine structured training, not to fill an ordinary job vacancy.
- Select the correct occupational training category and satisfy its specific criteria.
- Prepare a tailored plan with objectives, supervision, activities and assessments.
- Obtain sponsorship and nomination approval before lodging the visa application.
- Confirm recent experience and occupation-list requirements for skills-enhancement training.
- Maintain adequate health insurance and financial support throughout the stay.
- Notify Home Affairs and obtain required approvals before changing sponsor or training program.
Changing the sponsor or training activity
A new organisation must become an approved sponsor and obtain a new nomination before the trainee changes sponsor. If the approved training program changes with the same sponsor, a new nomination and new visa application may be required.
Family and visa conditions
Eligible family members may be included, subject to health, character and financial-support requirements. Every visa holder must comply with the conditions in the grant letter, and the primary applicant must participate only in the approved occupational training activities.
Documents commonly required
Evidence can include sponsorship approval, nomination approval, tailored training plan, trainer qualifications, organisational chart, workplace and supervision details, passport, CV, qualifications, employment or study records, registration requirements, English evidence, health insurance, financial records, police certificates and family documents.
How Echoes Global Education can assist
Our migration team can identify the correct training category, assess sponsor and trainee eligibility, help structure a compliant training plan, prepare sponsorship and nomination checklists, and coordinate the visa application after the required approvals.