Industry guides

Industry hiring guides

How to hire visa-friendly workers across hospitality, agriculture, healthcare, trades and more.

Complete Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (subclass 494) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Geelong aged-care group needed two registered nurses on 482s before Christmas. They’d never sponsored before. Here’s the day-by-day of their first hire. The…

Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (subclass 494)

Complete RSMS (subclass 187, legacy) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Coffs Harbour blueberry farm filled 26 of 30 picking roles in eight days using the PALM scheme stream of the 408. Three of…

RSMS (subclass 187, legacy)

Complete Refugee (subclass 200) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Geelong aged-care group needed two registered nurses on 482s before Christmas. They’d never sponsored before. Here’s the day-by-day of their first hire. The…

Refugee (subclass 200)

Complete Protection (subclass 866) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Brisbane bakery on the SID Core stream walks through the six weeks from posting the role to onboarding their new pastry chef —…

Protection (subclass 866)

Complete Partner Provisional, onshore (subclass 820) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Brisbane bakery on the SID Core stream walks through the six weeks from posting the role to onboarding their new pastry chef —…

Partner Provisional, onshore (subclass 820)

Complete Partner Provisional, offshore (subclass 309) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Geelong aged-care group needed two registered nurses on 482s before Christmas. They’d never sponsored before. Here’s the day-by-day of their first hire. The…

Partner Provisional, offshore (subclass 309)

Complete Partner Permanent, onshore (subclass 801) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Brisbane bakery on the SID Core stream walks through the six weeks from posting the role to onboarding their new pastry chef —…

Partner Permanent, onshore (subclass 801)

Complete Partner Permanent, offshore (subclass 100) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Coffs Harbour blueberry farm filled 26 of 30 picking roles in eight days using the PALM scheme stream of the 408. Three of…

Partner Permanent, offshore (subclass 100)

Complete Pacific Engagement (subclass 192) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Geelong aged-care group needed two registered nurses on 482s before Christmas. They’d never sponsored before. Here’s the day-by-day of their first hire. The…

Pacific Engagement (subclass 192)

Complete New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (subclass 461) guide 2026 — work rights, jobs, pathway to PR

A Brisbane bakery on the SID Core stream walks through the six weeks from posting the role to onboarding their new pastry chef —…

New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (subclass 461)