Essentially, people who held a Subclass 457 visa, or made an application before 18 April 2017 that was subsequently approved, will still be able to access certain existing provisions under the ENS (Subclass 186) visa and RSMS (Subclass 187) visas (Temporary Transitional Streams). The guidelines to determine whether an applicant is still eligible for this visa are as follows:

 

1. Occupation requirements remain the same. The nominated employee continues to work for the same employer in the same position as approved by their current Subclass 457 visa grant;

 

2. The age requirement will remain at less than 50 years of age.

 

3. Work experience remains at a minimum of 2 years together with the requirement to have worked for at least 2 years out of 3 prior to the nomination of the Subclass 457.