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Employer sponsored

Subclass 457

Temporary Work (Skilled) visa

Closed to new applications

Abolished and replaced by the Temporary Skill Shortage visa, announced on 18 April 2017. That visa was in turn replaced by the Skills in Demand visa on 7 December 2024.

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Overview

The official page is kept for people who hold this visa or applied before it closed. For new applications, see Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482).

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Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs. This summary was written from the official page on 20 October 2026.

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