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Temporary Skill Shortage — Short-term stream

Visa stream · Australia

Visa
Subclass 482
Primary visas granted, 2025–26
1,587
Primary visas granted, all years
91,988
Financial years with grants
2017–18 to 2025–26
Granted1,5872025–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Sep 2026
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Visas granted by financial year

The Temporary Skill Shortage — Short-term stream: for occupations on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List, up to December 2024.

Primary applicants granted a visa

9,05618k2017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–252025–26
9,05618k2017–182019–202021–222023–242025–26
Data table
2017–18728
2018–1910,988
2019–2010,356
2020–218,867
2021–229,001
2022–2315,177
2023–2417,117
2024–2518,111
2025–261,587
Financial yearPrimaryShare of all grants that year
2025–261,5872.3%
2024–2518,11126.6%
2023–2417,11732.9%
2022–2315,17729.4%
2021–229,00128.1%
2020–218,86738.3%
2019–2010,35636.4%
2018–1910,98826.7%
2017–187282.1%
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

Occupations

2023–24 to 2025–26.

Top occupations
  1. Resident Medical Officer4,307
  2. Cafe or Restaurant Manager2,901
  3. Cook2,105
  4. Mechanical Engineering Technician1,767
  5. Marketing Specialist1,738
  6. ICT Support Engineer1,301
  7. Recruitment Consultant1,141
  8. Sales and Marketing Manager1,120
  9. Hairdresser969
  10. Information and Organisation Professionals nec734
  11. Baker674
  12. Contract Administrator575
  13. Supply and Distribution Manager531
  14. Customer Service Manager515
  15. Technical Sales Representatives nec512
By sponsor industry
  1. Accommodation and Food Services6,718
  2. Health Care and Social Assistance6,124
  3. Other Services5,767
  4. Professional, Scientific and Technical4,409
  5. Information Media and Telecommunications2,141
  6. Manufacturing2,015
  7. Retail Trade1,555
  8. Construction1,524
  9. Financial and Insurance Services1,235
  10. Mining1,053
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

Nationalities and places

2023–24 to 2025–26.

Primary visas granted
  1. United Kingdom6,134
  2. India5,096
  3. Ireland2,980
  4. Philippines2,917
  5. China1,425
  6. Nepal1,370
  7. Brazil1,035
  8. Malaysia1,024
  9. South Africa1,003
  10. Italy996
  11. Sri Lanka974
  12. France784
By state or territory
  1. New South Wales15,143
  2. Victoria8,423
  3. Queensland5,740
  4. Western Australia5,674
  5. South Australia907
  6. Australian Capital Territory417
  7. Northern Territory363
  8. Tasmania147
Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0014 Temporary Resident (skilled) visas granted, data locked at 30 Sep 2026 (data.gov.au, CC BY)Data as at 30 Sep 2026

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