@vishalvikas said:
@mkel said:
@fgs said:
@mkel said:
@fgs said:
@mkel said:
Anyone here who has an idea if an occupation listed on STSOL is eligible to apply for 187 TRT visa after staying on Regional area and working for the same employer for 3 years?
All occupations listed are eligible
Thank you for answering! I really do hope that is the case. May I ask if you have personal experience with SC 187 TRT? I have talked to different agents and they have different/contradicting advices regarding sc 187 TRT. There are few agents who says TRT visa is applicable to an applicant given the circumstances above are met regardless if it’s STSOL or MLTSOL. But some agents says that it is only applicable for occupations on MLTSOL. And if it’s under STSOL, you must be a previous 457 visa holder to be eligible. But in my case, I have only held a TSS 482 visa. I am really confused on who to believe in.
I dont have any experience on 187 visa. There are 3 major requirements for this visa for you to qualify.
- You must have held 457 or 482 visa
- Must have work for 3 years with the nominating employer
- Must be nominated by an employer ( nomination must be approved within the 6 mos prior to application)
It did not mention anything about whether your nominated occupation is in the STSOL or MLTSOL so i guess its not a concern.
Hi @fgs,
I’ve read this on the immi website too:
What visa the applicant must hold
Usually when you nominate them, the applicant must hold or have most recently held:
-a subclass 457 visa granted under the Standard Business Sponsorship stream, or
-a subclass 482 visa granted under the Medium-term stream, or
-a subclass 482 visa granted under the Short-term stream if on 18 April 2017 the nominee held a subclass 457 visa (or had applied for a subclass 457 visa that was later granted).
Saw this eligibility detail when I switched to “for sponsors”.
Hey mkel, I have always wondered if Immi might have just copied/pasted this info from the 186 visa's sponsorship requirements. and never updated it as there are probably not many cases like ours (482 to 187 TRT), most are usually 482 to 186 TRT. Reading the 187TRT sponsorship requirements and comparing it to the 186 sponsorship requirements, there seems no difference, so why even have a 187TRT visa? (just use the 186TRT visa for everybody). When I try to decipher the legislation (Migration Law), I feel I am eligible.
@vishalvikas I think the difference is only based on location. 187 is for applicants whose occupations are located in regional areas while 186 are for non regional.
I’ve also tried reading the migration law, there are legislations that actually appears like we are eligible to apply for 187 TRT after 3 yrs. But the only part that kind of make us ineligible is the part where they defined the meaning of Transitional 482 worker. It is defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations. Not sure if 187 TRT is solely for that definition.
I hope someone can read this thread and be able to help to shed some light on this.
Btw, if you have worked for your employer for more than 3years, maybe you can try to simulate a 187 TRT application using ImmiAccount? I have tried this but it was invalid. But I guess it was also because the TRN reference number I used is from my initial TSS 482 2yr visa.
If yours isn’t invalid, that could be a positive sign that you may probably have a chance to be eligible for 187 TRT.