Skilled Regional Sponsored Visa - 487

You may be eligible to apply for a 487 visa if you hold one of the following visas:

·         Skilled – Graduate visa (485)

·         Skilled – Recognised Graduate visa (476)

·         Trade Skills Training visa (471)

·         Working Holiday visa (417)

·         Occupational Trainee visa (442)

You may also be able to apply for the 487 visa if you are a current or former overseas student. You may be able to apply for the 487 visa even if you don’t have recent work experience in your field. 

There are two pathways of the 487 visa:

Family Sponsorship

The 487 visa (family) requires sponsorship by an eligible relative. Your relative must be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia or an eligible New Zealand citizen. A sibling, parent, child, aunt, uncle, cousin or grandparent can sponsor you on a 487 visa. Your relative must live in a designated area of Australia to sponsor you on a 487. On a 487, you must live in the same designated area of Australia as your relative. The designated areas for a 487 (family sponsored) visa are:

• Anywhere in Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania or the Australian Capital Territory
• A 487 to Queensland: Anywhere outside the Brisbane metropolitan area
• A 487 to Western Australia: Anywhere outside the Perth metropolitan area
• A 487 to New South Wales: Anywhere except Sydney, Newcastle and Woollongong

State Sponsorship

The 487 visa (state) requires sponsorship by an Australian state or territory that has your skilled job on its demand list. Each state has different lists for the 487 visa and lists are regularly updated. The 487 visa is a three year visa. You must live and work in the designated area of state that is sponsoring you on the 487 visa for three years.  The designated areas for a 487 (state sponsored) visa are:

• Anywhere in South Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania
• A 487 to Victoria: Anywhere outside the Melbourne metropolitan area
• A 487 to Queensland: Anywhere outside the Brisbane metropolitan area
• A 487 to Western Australia: Anywhere outside the Perth metropolitan area
• A 487 to New South Wales: Anywhere except Sydney, Newcastle and Woollongong

Once you have lived in that area for two years (and worked for 12 months) on a 487 visa, you are eligible to apply for permanent residency and live in any part of Australia. Once you have activated your 487 visa, you and all migrating family members gain provisional status in Australia. The 487 visa gives you and your partner full work rights and a 487 visa starts you on the pathway to Australian residency.

We help manage the 487 visa process for many onshore skilled migrants who qualify as an IT professional, engineer, tradesperson, nurse, teacher and many other professions. As all skilled visa applicants need to pass the right skill assessment, we manage this as your initial step to being granted a 487 visa. The skill assessment is a complex process, with some authorities requiring detailed reports of work projects or informal training references from the first years in your career. We make sure you will meet the requirements. Many 487 visa applicants need to sit an English test called IELTS. This is also a core requirement in applying for a 487 visa, so we give our clients insider hints and tips for passing their IELTS test.

True Blue Migration can determine if you meet the requirements for a 487 visa. Our team of registered agents and their experience in skilled migration means we may be determine an avenue for the 487 visa that others could not find.

If you would like a free assessment, please complete our online form and we will provide information the steps, fees and process.