Corporate Solutions · Nomination

Nominate the role — right, and ready to clear.

Sponsorship approves your business; the nomination approves the role and the person. It's where the occupation, the salary and the labour market test are put to Home Affairs — and where a fixable error stalls the hire. We prepare it so it moves.

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Where this sits in the sponsorship process
Stage 01

Sponsorship

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Stage 02

Nomination

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Stage 03

Visa

Why it matters

The nomination is per role — and it carries the case.

Your sponsorship lets you nominate, but it doesn't approve any particular job. Each role and worker is nominated separately — the occupation, the salary, the conditions, the evidence the position is genuine. It's the heart of the application: get it right and the visa follows; get it wrong and the whole hire is held up.

What a nomination must satisfy

The tests at the heart of a nomination.

A nomination stands or falls on a handful of requirements. These are where applications are most often delayed — and where careful preparation makes the difference.

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A genuine position on the skilled list

The role must be a real, ongoing position and match an eligible occupation for the visa you're using. Framing the duties and the occupation correctly is foundational — a mismatch here unravels everything downstream.

Eligible occupation
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Salary at the market rate

The role must meet the relevant salary thresholds and be paid at the market salary rate — no less than an equivalent Australian worker. Getting the salary evidence right is one of the most scrutinised parts of a nomination.

Market salary rate
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Labour market testing

For most nominations you must show you tested the local labour market — advertising the role as required before nominating an overseas worker. The rules on how and where are specific, and easy to fall short of.

Advertised as required
The process, in brief

Three steps to an approved nomination.

Step 01

Confirm role & occupation

We match the position to an eligible occupation, confirm the salary meets the rate, and plan any labour market testing.

Step 02

Test & evidence

The role is advertised as required and the evidence assembled — the part most often done loosely, and queried.

Step 03

Lodge the nomination

We lodge a complete, well-evidenced nomination — so it clears and your worker can move to their visa, faster if you're accredited.

How we act

The nomination, cleared.

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The right occupation, framed right

We match the role to an eligible occupation and frame the duties to fit — heading off the mismatch that quietly sinks otherwise sound nominations.

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Salary evidenced to the rate

We establish and document the market salary rate properly, so the salary requirement doesn't become the reason your nomination is queried or refused.

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Labour market testing that holds

We run and record the testing to the specific rules that apply, so it withstands scrutiny rather than failing on a technicality.

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Sequenced with the visa

The nomination is timed with the visa application so your worker moves straight through — and where you're accredited, through priority processing.

The accredited advantage

Nomination and visa can be lodged together — and for accredited sponsors, processed as a priority. The right preparation turns months toward weeks.

Occupation
Salary rate
Market testing

Common questions.

What's the difference between sponsorship and nomination? +
Sponsorship approves your business to nominate skilled workers; the nomination approves a specific role and person for a visa. You need sponsorship first, then a separate nomination for each position. They're consecutive stages — sponsorship, nomination, then the worker's visa.
Do we need a separate nomination for each worker? +
Yes. Each role and worker is nominated separately, covering the occupation, salary and conditions for that position. One sponsorship approval supports multiple nominations over its life, so you don't re-apply for sponsorship each time.
What is the market salary rate? +
It's the requirement that a nominated worker be paid no less than an equivalent Australian worker doing the same role, and meet the relevant salary thresholds. Evidencing it correctly is one of the most scrutinised parts of a nomination, so it's worth getting right before lodging.
Do we have to advertise the role first? +
For most nominations, yes — labour market testing generally requires you to advertise the role as specified before nominating an overseas worker. The rules on how, where and for how long are specific, and certain situations are exempt. We confirm what applies to your nomination.
Can the nomination and visa be lodged together? +
Often yes — the nomination and the worker's visa application can be lodged at the same time. For accredited sponsors these are prioritised, which is a major part of the speed advantage accreditation brings. We sequence them so the hire completes as quickly as possible.
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Nominate with confidence, and make the hire.

Talk to a senior adviser about your nomination — the occupation, the salary rate, and a clean application that keeps your hire moving.

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