Hire a Aged Care Worker in Australia: 39 candidates ready to sponsor

Employers sponsor people who are already here. SponsorTalent holds 39 Aged Care Worker candidates in Australia with work rights today, 3 with a detailed profile and documents. Counts update as candidates register.

A few of them

The visa pathway, in three lines

Aged Care Worker (ANZSCO 423111) is not on the skilled occupation lists, so it cannot be sponsored on a standard 482 Skills in Demand visa. Aged care is instead sponsored at scale through the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ACILA), under which approved providers can nominate Aged or Disabled Carers, Nursing Support Workers and Personal Care Assistants — with concessions on English and salary that the standard program does not offer. The practical requirements are a Certificate III in Individual Support (or assessed equivalent), English at the agreement level, and an employer that holds or is willing to negotiate the agreement.

What it costs the employer

Government charges from 1 July 2026, for a business with turnover under A$10m:

• Standard Business Sponsorship: A$420, once, covers five years.
• 482 nomination: A$330 per role, plus the Skilling Australians Fund levy of A$1,200 per year of the visa (A$1,800 for larger businesses).
• 482 visa application: A$4,015, usually paid by the candidate.
• Salary at least the market rate and the Core Skills Income Threshold of A$79,423.
• 186 later: nomination A$540, levy A$3,000 once, visa A$6,140.

The nomination charge and the levy are the employer's by law and cannot be recovered from the worker. Figures indexed each 1 July; verify at immi.homeaffairs.gov.au. Full breakdowns: cost to sponsor a worker, nomination fee and levy, labour market testing, 186 costs. Need the visa side handled? WIDEN Migration Experts (Keshab Chapagain, MARN 1576536) prepares sponsorship and nominations.

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