Temporary Graduate visa (Subclass 485)

A temporary graduate visa will give you the opportunity to work in Australia and gain Australian work experience. If you just completed your study or are about to complete it, we can help you to lodge your 485 visa.

If you have completed your studies and would like to stay in Australia, you can apply for a post-study work visa or temporary work visa. In the process, one earns more points for applying for skilled migration or finding a prospective job in Australia. You and anyone included in your application can work full-time on this visa. There are two streams in temporary work visa:

Graduate Work Stream – this stream is for international students who is graduated with skills and qualifications that are listed in the Skilled Occupation List (SOL). This visa is for 18 months. You may be eligible to apply for this visa even if you have completed a certificate or diploma-level course.

Post-Study Work Stream – this is for international student who is graduated with a higher education degree from Australian education provider in any discipline. You are only eligible for this stream if you applied for and granted your first student visa to Australia on or after 5 November 2011. Depending up on the level of study you have completed you will get visa for two, three or four years in this stream.

Following are some of the things you have to keep in mind about applying for this visa:

Age: you have to be 50 years of age or younger to be eligible to apply for this visa.

English: you need overall 6 not less than 5 in each band in IELTS or equivalent in OET, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT or CAE.

Study requirement: you must study for at least 2 academic years course completed in 92 weeks or more.

Time limit – you must apply for graduate visa within six months of the completion of your study.

Number of graduate visa you can apply: you can only apply for one graduate visa in your life time.

Please contact us to discuss above and all other requirement to apply for this visa.

Temporary graduate visa is a great opportunity for students to apply their knowledge into practice real life. It gives you the opportunity to work full-time in Australia and to apply those knowledge and skills you gained in your universities/colleges. This will also provide you time to gain points for Skilled visas or allow you time to find other opportunities to apply for permanent residency visa if you want to make Australia your home. Please contact us if you want to explore options how you can be eligible for different permanent visa options or what you can do to maximise your chance to get permanent residency in Australia.

If you are in Temporary Graduate visa and if your visa is going to expire without you being able to apply for permanent residency within that time you may be eligible to apply for another student visa if you are genuinely interested in further study or there could be other visa options available for your depending on your personal circumstances. Please contact us to discuss those options available to you.

WHY CHOOSE US FOR A TEMPORARY GRADUATE VISA

There are over 100 types of visas in Australia and you may be eligible for more than one visa in any given time. However, we help you to find the best visa for your specific circumstances:
 

We have counselled over 10,000 individuals from over 20 countries regarding Australian visa in last five years and our people are best in the industry.

We listen to you first and ask you as many questions as possible to have all information about you to assess the best visa types for you.

You may be eligible for applying many visas at a given time and we help you to find the right visa for you. We explain you clearly how many possible visas you may be eligible to apply and why we think one visa option is better over other visa option.

We tell you the chances of your visa success based on our experience and estimated total cost so that you can make informed decision.

We care about you. We provide personal and friendly service and go beyond comfort zone to make visa success possible for you because we know how much it matters to you and your family as we have been there ourselves.