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If you are in Australia on a Training visa (subclass 407), your visa is linked to a sponsor and to a particular training program. That makes it important to understand what happens if you want to change where you train, if your training program changes, or if your sponsor ends your training. This article sets out what Home Affairs says about each situation, and about the work rights of family members on the same visa.

Changing to another organisation

Home Affairs explains that if you decide to train with another organisation while you are in Australia, that organisation needs to sponsor you and must also submit a new nomination for you.

Once the new nomination is approved, you can do occupational training with that organisation for the time left on your visa. You do not have to apply for a new visa if you continue to do the training program your visa was approved for.

If your training program changes, Home Affairs says you will need to apply for a new visa once the new nomination is approved.

Changing your training with the same sponsor

If you stay with the same sponsor but your training program changes, Home Affairs says your sponsor must submit a new nomination for the new training program. If that nomination is approved, you will then need to submit a new visa application.

An important change from 12 November 2026

Home Affairs states that from 12 November 2026, you must be outside Australia when you apply for a Training visa and when it is granted. The amended regulations apply this to every applicant, including family members. Home Affairs says an application made while you are in Australia from that date will be invalid, even if ImmiAccount allows you to lodge it, and that lodging an invalid application may affect your visa status. It also says a decision that your application is invalid cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal. Applications lodged before 12 November 2026 are assessed under the rules in place when they were lodged. The amending regulations also allow the Minister to specify classes of applicants who may apply in Australia, so your own circumstances need to be checked.

This matters if a change to your training program means you need a new visa. Get advice before you agree to the change, so you understand where and when any new application would need to be made.

If your sponsor ends your training

Home Affairs says that if your sponsor ends your training, you must tell the department. You may then try to find another organisation to sponsor you. Get advice promptly about your options.

Work rights for your family

Home Affairs states that family members who are granted the same visa with you can only work up to 40 hours every two weeks in Australia. This is a limit, so it is worth checking exactly what conditions apply before anyone in your family starts work.

Family members who did not apply for the visa with you might be eligible to apply later as subsequent entrants, after your visa is granted. From 12 November 2026, family members applying later must also generally be outside Australia when they apply and when the visa is granted, so get advice before they lodge.

You can check your own and your family's work conditions, and when your visas expire, using the Visa Entitlement Verification Online service, known as VEVO.

Your rights at work

Home Affairs states that all work undertaken on the Training visa must be paid in line with minimum wages. It also says it is illegal for an employer to exploit you at work, even if you are doing unpaid training on a visa, and that you can get help if you are not receiving the pay, conditions or training you were promised.

The Training visa is a temporary visa. Home Affairs says it may be granted for a stay in Australia of up to 2 years.

Before you agree to any change

Before you agree to change your sponsor or your training program, check whether the change affects your visa, whether a new nomination or a new visa is needed, and how the new application rules might apply to you. We can review your options with you.

Read our guide to work and skilled visas

Read about the Training visa (subclass 407)