Training Visa
Subclass 407

Training required to obtain registration or licensing in a profession or trade in Australia — for example, where an overseas-qualified professional needs supervised practical training in Australia to obtain Australian professional registration (such as a medical specialist completing an Australian fellowship program). Key points:

• Must be training required by a professional or regulatory body in Australia
• Common in medicine, allied health, engineering, and law
• The training provider must be able to demonstrate the requirement exists
• Duration matches the registration/licensing requirement

Structured training in an Australian workplace to develop or enhance skills in an eligible occupation listed at ANZSCO Skill Levels 1-3. This is the most commonly used training activity type. Key points:

• The occupation must be at ANZSCO Skill Level 1, 2 or 3
• Training must be structured — it must follow a formal training plan with defined objectives, timelines and assessment milestones
• Training cannot be ordinary employment — the employer must be providing genuine skill development beyond day-to-day work duties
• A training plan must be prepared and approved as part of the nomination

Training programs aimed at building the capacity of workers for overseas employment — including internships or placements in Australian organisations for workers whose positions are overseas-based, and government-supported training programs. Key points:

• Includes placements funded or supported by the Australian government, a foreign government, or an international organisation
• The trainee must have an overseas employment position to return to
• Includes programs such as those run under the Australia Awards, Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme components, and similar
• Maximum stay is generally up to 2 years

• Perform work as part of the approved training program (Condition 8543 or similar — confirm on DoHA)
• Bring dependent family members (partner and dependent children may be able to join on the same visa — check DoHA)
• Travel in and out of Australia during the visa validity
• Complete the approved training and then depart or apply for another visa if eligible

• Work outside the scope of the approved training activity
• Use the visa as a general work visa
• Change the training activity without Department approval
• Sponsor the visa holder as an employee — they are a trainee, not an employee, and employment law obligations differ from standard employment