Sponsor skilled workers for your Australian business.
MARA-registered migration specialists handling employer-sponsored visas (482, 186, 494, DAMA) end-to-end — sponsorship approval, nomination and visa grant — for businesses across hospitality, trades, agriculture, engineering and professional services.
MARA Registered · Offices in Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Philippines · Migration Agents Code of Conduct compliant
The pathway
The 5-step employer sponsorship pathway
Sponsoring a skilled worker isn't one form — it's three approvals wrapped into a single coordinated process. Here's how it runs when ICS handles it for you.
Identify the gap
We map your role to an ANZSCO occupation and the right visa stream. Free 30-minute consult.
Walk me through this stepBecome an approved sponsor
We prepare and lodge your Standard Business Sponsorship application. SBS approval is the gate to nominating anyone.
Walk me through this stepNominate the position
We draft the nomination application — including labour market testing, market salary evidence, and SAF levy.
Walk me through this stepWorker visa application
The nominated worker applies for the 482, 186 or 494. We coordinate skills assessment, English, health, character.
Walk me through this stepStay compliant & plan PR
We support your ongoing sponsor obligations and map the worker's pathway to permanent residency.
Walk me through this stepSectors
Industries we work with
We've handled employer sponsorships across most labour-shortage industries in Australia. Each industry has its own occupation lists, salary realities, and labour agreement options — so the strategy isn't the same for a regional dairy farm as it is for a Melbourne accounting practice.
Hospitality
Sponsor chefs, cooks and kitchen leadership
Build the kitchen brigade you can't recruit locally.
See industry pageTrades & Construction
Sponsor electricians, painters, plumbers, carpenters
Fill the trades pipeline through 482 and 494 pathways.
See industry pageAgriculture
Sponsor farm managers, dairy and livestock workers, arborists
Tap industry labour agreements for hard-to-fill regional roles.
See industry pageMeat Processing
Sponsor butchers and smallgoods makers
Industry-specific agreements unlock occupations standard streams miss.
See industry pageAutomotive
Sponsor motor mechanics across light, heavy and diesel
Long-shortage trades with a clear sponsorship pathway.
See industry pageEngineering
Sponsor civil, mechanical and structural engineers
Professional engineering roles with strong PR pathways.
See industry pageProfessional Services
Sponsor accountants, finance and IT professionals
Permanent and temporary streams for white-collar roles.
See industry pageVisa pathways at a glance
Which visa fits your situation?
Three visas cover most employer sponsorships in Australia. The right one depends on whether your role is temporary or permanent, whether you're in a regional area, and your worker's salary.
Skills in Demand
Subclass 482
Employer Nomination Scheme
Subclass 186
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional
Subclass 494
Salary thresholds (TSMIT / CSIT) — pending policy ingestSAF levy amounts by turnover & visa length — pendingDoHA published processing times — pendingWhy ICS
Why employers choose ICS
MARA registered
Bound by the Migration Agents Code of Conduct.
MARN 1281245 · MARN 1798143
End-to-end handling
One team handles SBS, nomination, and the worker's visa application. You're not coordinating across three providers.
Multi-country footprint
MARA Registered · Offices in Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Philippines · Migration Agents Code of Conduct compliant.
Decade of operation
MARA-registered migration practice operating since 2015.
Occupations
Occupations we've worked with for Australian employers
Across our employer-sponsored portfolio, occupations include:
Have a role you can't fill locally? Let's talk.
30-minute consultations are free and confidential. We'll tell you whether sponsorship makes sense for your situation, what the realistic timeline looks like, and what it'll cost.