Subclass 407 visa document checklist (Training)

The Training visa (subclass 407) lets a person come to Australia for workplace-based training that improves their skills for their occupation, area of tertiary study or field of expertise, or for a professional development program. It is not for ongoing work. Home Affairs has announced that from 12 November 2026, applicants must be outside Australia both when they apply and when the visa is granted; applications validly lodged before that date are not affected. This checklist is a starting point as at November 2026; confirm each item on the Home Affairs subclass 407 page before lodging.

Training types

• Training for registration: workplace-based training needed to get the registration, membership or licence the applicant must have to work in the occupation in Australia or their home country.
• Training to improve skills: a structured workplace-based program tailored to the applicant, in an occupation on the list of eligible skilled occupations.
• Capacity building overseas: practical training of up to 6 months for a student of a foreign institution who needs it for their qualification; training supported by a government in Australia or the home country; or professional development in a classroom or similar setting for managers and professionals sent by an overseas employer.

See occupational training types.

Key numbers (as at November 2026)

• Stay: up to 2 years. The visa can't be extended.
• English: Functional English. Passport holders of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and the Republic of Ireland don't need to provide results.
• Training to improve skills: the equivalent of at least 12 months of full-time experience in the occupation in the 24 months before the nomination is lodged.
• Professional development: a classroom-based program for overseas employers' managerial or professional staff.

Documents from the sponsor

• The temporary activities sponsor approval letter
• The nomination approval letter, unless the sponsor is a Commonwealth Government agency
• A written statement that the sponsor will meet its sponsorship obligations for the applicant and any family members, including providing the agreed training
• The invitation to take part in the training, if a Commonwealth Government agency is the sponsor
• For professional development: a statement that the applicant is doing the program named in the application and has the managerial or professional skills and experience to take part

Documents from the applicant

• Identity: passport bio page and national identity card, if any; evidence of any change of name
• Qualifications: qualifications and a resume
• Registration or licence: copies of any registrations or licences needed for the training
• Current role (professional development): a signed letter on company letterhead from the current manager describing the position and duties
• English: evidence of Functional English, unless exempt
• Funds: bank statements, a letter from the bank, employment contracts, or details of allowances, accommodation and stipends from the sponsor. A former AusAID or DFAT-supported student provides the DFAT letter of support.
• Health insurance: evidence of adequate health insurance for the applicant and family for the whole stay
• Character: Police certificates from each country where the applicant has spent a total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years since turning 16, including an Australian Federal Police check where it applies
• Health: Health examinations, when Home Affairs asks for them
• Partner: identity and character documents, a marriage certificate or evidence of a de facto relationship of at least 12 months, and evidence that the relationship is genuine and continuing
• Children: birth certificates or adoption papers; Form 1229 or a statutory declaration from anyone with parental responsibility who is not coming; for children 18 and over, Form 47a and evidence of financial dependence

Collect it with Immiluma

Make this checklist a visa template in Immiluma once, or ask the assistant to draft it from this page. Each training matter sends the applicant's part to their portal, where they upload against each item. The sponsor's approval, nomination and statements sit on the same matter, and you review each document beside it. See all visa checklists.