Australia Training visa (Subclass 407)
This visa allows you to take part in workplace-based occupational training activities to improve your skills for your job, area of tertiary study, field of expertise or in a professional development training program in Australia.
- Route type
- Study
- Can bring
- children from the official record
- Requirements
- 7 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
7 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Age
Usually, you must be 18 years old or older at the time we decide your visa application.
- Character, security and admissibility
You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement . We might also ask that other family members meet the requirement.
- Health screening
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement .
- Language requirement
You must have functional English .
- Parental authorisation or guardian
Your sponsor must be approved as a temporary activities sponsor .
- Prior or current lawful status
Your sponsor must have nominated you for a program of occupational training unless they are an Australian Commonwealth Government agency. We must approve your nomination before you apply for this visa. Nomination requirements are different depending on the purpose or type of training. There are 3 types of occupational training covered by this visa: Occupational training required for registration O
Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.
- Health insurance
You are personally liable for all your healthcare costs while you are in Australia. Medical insurance helps limit your financial liability. You must maintain adequate health cover for the whole of your stay if you are granted this visa. Your insurance should cover you for medically necessary treatment, including transport. See a guide to what we consider adequate health insurance . See more about
- Be A Genuine Temporary Entrant
You must only intend to: stay temporarily in Australia do the things you are allowed to do on this visa You must have substantially complied with the conditions of the last substantive or subsequent bridging visa that you held.
- Eligibility summary
Your sponsor must be approved as a temporary activities sponsor .
- Family members
We might not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.
- Have This Visa
If you are applying in Australia, you must currently hold a valid temporary substantive visa that is not a: a Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations) visa in the Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or Consular stream) or a Subclass 771 (Transit) visa or a Special Purpose visa If you are in Australia and do not hold a substantive visa, your last substantive visa must not have been one of the
- How and where to apply
The official page identifies this route as subclass 407.
- Occupation List Source
The Department publishes the current eligible skilled occupations and the visas for which each occupation is available.
- Official Rights Text
Visit Australia to do workplace-based training to improve your skills for your current occupation, area of tertiary study, or field of expertise. You can also use this visa to complete a professional development training program.
- Official source basis
Your sponsor must be approved as a temporary activities sponsor .
- Report summary
Your sponsor must be approved as a temporary activities sponsor .
Who you can bring
- Family members
We might not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.
What the source prices
- Official Cost Text
From (concessions apply in limited circumstances). Cost concession A lower visa cost applies to eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens who lodge a valid Training visa application. For more information, visit About this visa . To work out what your visa will cost, use the Visa Pricing Estimator . The estimator does not take into account the other costs.
checked 2026-07-26
- Official Stay Text
This is a temporary visa. We might grant you a visa allowing you to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.
- Processing time
For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool . This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for the Subclass 407 to Australia?
This visa allows you to take part in workplace-based occupational training activities to improve your skills for your job, area of tertiary study, field of expertise or in a professional development training program in Australia.
02Can I bring my family?
03Do I need health insurance?
You are personally liable for all your healthcare costs while you are in Australia. Medical insurance helps limit your financial liability. You must maintain adequate health cover for the whole of your stay if you are granted this visa. Your insurance should cover you for medically necessary treatment, including transport. See a guide to what we consider adequate health insurance . See more about
Every answer is quoted from the official immi.homeaffairs.gov.au page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 19 points against the official source; 19 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source immi.homeaffairs.gov.auLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Australia government page.Other study routes to Australia
1 other study route to Australia.
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