# Period of approval of nomination—Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa

> reg-2.75B — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.75B Period of approval of nomination—Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer
          Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa
          (1) This regulation applies in relation to a nomination by a person of an occupation
              in which a holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant for, a Subclass 494
              (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa (the nominee) is
              identified as the person who will work in the occupation.
          (2) An approval of a nomination ceases on the earliest of:
               (a) the day on which Immigration receives notification, in writing, of the
                   withdrawal of the nomination by the approved work sponsor; and
               (b) 12 months after the day on which the nomination is approved unless, at that
                   time, there is a visa application made by the nominee on the basis of the
                   nomination that has not been finally determined; and







                 (c) if a visa application made by the nominee on the basis of the nomination is
                      finally determined or withdrawn after 12 months after the day on which the
                      nomination is approved—the day on which the visa application is finally
                      determined or withdrawn; and
                 (d) the day on which the nominee is granted a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer
                      Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa; and
                 (e) if the nomination is of an occupation for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer
                      Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa in the Employer Sponsored
                      stream—the nomination end day, unless, on the nomination end day:
                        (i) the person is a standard business sponsor; or
                       (ii) there is an application for approval as a standard business sponsor
                            made by the person before the sponsorship end day in relation to
                            which a decision has not been made under subsection 140E(1) of the
                            Act; and
                  (f) the day on which an application mentioned in subparagraph (e)(ii) is
                      refused; and
                 (g) if:
                        (i) the nomination is of an occupation for a Subclass 494 (Skilled
                            Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa in the Employer
                            Sponsored stream; and
                       (ii) the person’s approval as a standard business sponsor is cancelled
                            under subsection 140M(1) of the Act;
                      the day on which the person’s approval as a standard business sponsor is
                      cancelled; and
                 (h) if the approval of the nomination is given to a party to a work agreement
                      (other than a Minister) and the nomination is of an occupation for a
                      Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa in
                      the Labour Agreement stream—the day on which the work agreement
                      ceases.









Division 2.18— Labour agreements
Subdivision 2.18.1—Labour agreements