Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01274:reg:2:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01274
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 7878–10555

non‑consecutive periods) employed, as a medical practitioner, at a place or places that, at the time, were located in a designated regional area;
 (c) during the 3 years immediately before the day the visa application was made, the person held one or more of the following visas for a total period of at least 2 years:
 (i) a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa;
 (ii) a Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa;
 (iii) a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa; or
 (iv) if the last substantive visa held by the applicant was a visa mentioned in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii)—a bridging visa granted on the basis that the person was an applicant for a visa mentioned in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa or a Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
science applicant, in relation to an application for a visa, means a person in relation to whom all of the following paragraphs apply:
 (a) the person is any of the following relating to science:
 (i) researcher;
 (ii) scientist;
 (iii) technical specialist;
 (b) the nomination to which the visa application relates was made by a science organisation;
 (c) the ANZSCO skill level of the nominated occupation to which the visa application relates is level one or two.
science organisation means:
 (a) a science agency of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
 (b) an Australian university.
Subclass 444/461 worker, in relation to an application for a visa, means a person in relation to whom both of the following paragraphs apply:
 (a) during the 3 years ending immediately before the day the visa application was made, the person spent at least 2 years (whether made up of a continuous period or 2 or more non-consecutive periods) working:
 (i) for the employer who made the nomination to which the visa application relates; and
 (ii) in the nominated occupation to which the visa application relates;
 (b) at almost all times during those 3 years, the person held:
 (i) a Subclass 444 (Special Category) visa; or
 (ii) a Subclass 461 (New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (Temporary)) visa.
Subclass 457/482 worker, in relation to an application for a visa, means a person in relation to whom all of the following paragraphs apply:
 (a) during the 3 years ending immediately before the day the visa application was made, the person was employed for a total period of at least 2 years in one or more positions related to a nomination approved under section 140GB of the Act; and
 (b) for each of those 2 years, the person's earnings for the year were equal to or greater than the high income