• visit Australia to complete a workplace-based training (to improve your skills for your current occupation, area of tertiary study or field of expertise), or a professional development training program

This visa allows people to take part in workplace-based training to improve their skills for their job, area of tertiary study, field of expertise or in a professional development training program in Australia.

Nomination requirements are different depending on the purpose or type of training.

There are 3 types of occupational training covered by this visa:

• Occupational training required for registration
• Occupational training to improve skills in an eligible occupation
• Occupational training for capacity building overseas. This includes overseas qualification, government support or professional.

Nomination is the stage where the sponsor provides details about the nominee (intended trainee), the purpose or type of training and how and where the training will be provided.

This is a temporary visa.  We might grant you a visa stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

You can leave and re-enter Australia on the visa while it is valid.

You can’t stay in Australia longer by extending this visa.

You can apply for another visa. 

You can include members of the family unit in your application when you apply

You can also add family members to your application after you apply but before we decide on your visa.

Family members who apply for the visa with you must also meet our health and character requirements. 

If you apply for this visa from outside Australia, family members who are not coming to Australia might also have to meet our health requirements.

Subsequent entrants

If we grant you the visa, your family members might be able to apply to join you in Australia later as a subsequent entrant. 

They can do this using the Temporary Work and Activity Visa (Subsequent Entrant) (403,407,408) form in ImmiAccount.

Family members applying subsequently should :

• be listed on the nomination form if their sponsor is not a Commonwealth Government Agency, and
• provide a letter from the sponsor of the primary applicant confirming the sponsor has agreed to sponsor them

You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa and when we decide on your application.

Your application might take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
• we have to verify your information

We can’t process your application if you do not pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case and if necessary return your application.

You and your family members must obey all Australian laws.

You can travel outside Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid.

The time you spend outside Australia does not extend the visa.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

You will need to be able to financially support yourself while in Australia. You will need to be able to financially support accompanying family members.

If you decide to train with another organisation while you are in Australia, you will need to be sponsored by that organisation. They must submit a new nomination for you.

When the new nomination is approved you can do your occupational training with that organisation for the time remaining on your visa.

You do not have to apply for a new visa, as long as you continue to do the training program your visa was approved for.

If your occupational training program changes, you need to submit a new visa application.

If your sponsor ends your training you must tell us. You may try to find another organisation to sponsor you.

If you want to apply for a new Training visa (subclass 407) you will need continuing sponsorship. You may have to provide an explanation of why you were unable to complete the training within the initial training period.