Subclass 457 — Standard Business Sponsorship
Visa stream · Australia
- Visa
- Subclass 457
- Primary visas granted, 2025–26
- 2
- Primary visas granted, all years
- 624,434
- Financial years with grants
- 2005–06 to 2025–26
Granted22025–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Sep 2026
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Visas granted by financial year
The Subclass 457 — Standard Business Sponsorship: the subclass 457 visa, replaced by the TSS visa in March 2018.
Primary applicants granted a visa
Data table
| 2005–06 | 37,083 |
| 2006–07 | 43,237 |
| 2007–08 | 55,862 |
| 2008–09 | 48,391 |
| 2009–10 | 33,821 |
| 2010–11 | 46,678 |
| 2011–12 | 65,912 |
| 2012–13 | 66,294 |
| 2013–14 | 50,808 |
| 2014–15 | 49,613 |
| 2015–16 | 43,868 |
| 2016–17 | 44,581 |
| 2017–18 | 30,535 |
| 2018–19 | 7,122 |
| 2019–20 | 171 |
| 2020–21 | 150 |
| 2021–22 | 220 |
| 2022–23 | 79 |
| 2023–24 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 3 |
| 2025–26 | 2 |
| Financial year | Primary | Share of all grants that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 0.2% |
| 2021–22 | 220 | 0.7% |
| 2020–21 | 150 | 0.6% |
| 2019–20 | 171 | 0.6% |
| 2018–19 | 7,122 | 17.3% |
| 2017–18 | 30,535 | 88.6% |
| 2016–17 | 44,581 | 95.9% |
| 2015–16 | 43,868 | 96.6% |
| 2014–15 | 49,613 | 97.0% |
| 2013–14 | 50,808 | 97.8% |
| 2012–13 | 66,294 | 96.8% |
| 2011–12 | 65,912 | 96.5% |
| 2010–11 | 46,678 | 97.1% |
| 2009–10 | 33,821 | 97.2% |
| 2008–09 | 48,391 | 95.4% |
| 2007–08 | 55,862 | 96.0% |
| 2006–07 | 43,237 | 92.2% |
| 2005–06 | 37,083 | 93.5% |
Occupations
2023–24 to 2025–26.
Nationalities and places
2023–24 to 2025–26.
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