Brisbane Regional Certifying Body

The Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494) (SESR visa) enables Australian employers in designated regional areas to nominate skilled overseas workers. The SESR is to assist employers in regional and low population growth areas of Australia where they have been unable to fill vacant positions with Australian citizens or permanent residents living in or wishing to move to the regional area where the nominated position is located.

When an employer decides to nominate a skilled overseas worker for a SESR visa in the Employer Sponsored (ES) stream, the nomination must be accompanied by advice completed by a relevant Regional Certifying Body (RCB). The RCB must have responsibility for the area where the nominated position is located. RCBs provide advice to the Department regarding the Annual Market Salary Rate (AMSR) for the occupation.

Regional Australia

The SESR visa covers all of Australia except Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Areas of Australia is further defined by reference to a Legislative Instrument that specifies regional areas by post code.

CCIQ is responsible for servicing Queensland regional locations including Cairns, Gold Coast, Mackay, Rockhampton, Emerald, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay & Burnett (including Bundaberg), Toowoomba and Townsville.

Employer nominations must be considered by an RCB located in the same state or territory where the nominated position exists. It is our responsibility to ensure that requests relate to a position within its jurisdiction in the relevant state or territory and that the position is within the nominating business.

RCB Assessment

A “request for assessment” can be made electronically (preferred) to [e-mail] or paper based to the relevant RCB office’s post box. Refer to our RCB locations here.

For each request for assessment lodged, the RCB must provide the Department with advice as to whether the identified person would be paid at least the AMSR for the occupation.

How to Apply

• Request for RCB advice form 1404 questions 1-10 completed
• Employment contract detailing the position, location, applicable Award, Agreement or industrial instrument and
renumeration details
• Copy of the draft or lodged nomination application
• Documents supporting the Annual Market Salary Rate (AMSR) 

Criteria: Annual Market Salary Rate (AMSR)

There is a market salary rate framework for the SESR visa program. As a result, where the overseas skilled worker will be paid less than AUD250,000, nominators need to demonstrate that:

• they have determined the AMSR
• the overseas skilled worker will not be paid less than this amount (i.e. less than what an Australian worker would be paid)
• both the AMSR and what the overseas skilled worker will be paid, excluding any non-monetary benefits in both cases, must be no less than the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) – i.e. currently AUD53,900.

Application Fees

$638.00 (Inc. GST).

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Processing Time

The RCB advice processing time will be within 10 business days of receipt of the request, payment and applicable supporting documents.

Validity of the RCB Advice is 3 months from the date of issue.

Post Codes:

Postcodes	Region
4209	Brisbane
4210	Brisbane
4211	Brisbane
4212	Brisbane
4213	Brisbane
4214	Brisbane
4215	Brisbane
4216	Brisbane
4217	Brisbane
4218	Brisbane
4219	Brisbane
4220	Brisbane

4221	Brisbane
4223	Brisbane
4224	Brisbane
4225	Brisbane
4226	Brisbane
4227	Brisbane
4228	Brisbane
4229	Brisbane
4230	Brisbane
4270	Brisbane
4271	Brisbane
4272	Brisbane
4275	Brisbane
4280	Brisbane
4285	Brisbane
4287	Brisbane
4300	Brisbane
4309	Brisbane
4310	Brisbane
4311	Brisbane
4312	Brisbane
4313	Brisbane
4341	Brisbane
4342	Brisbane
4343	Brisbane
4344	Brisbane
4345	Brisbane
4347	Brisbane
4514	Brisbane
4515	Brisbane
4517	Brisbane
4518	Brisbane
4519	Brisbane
4550	Brisbane
4551	Brisbane
4552	Brisbane
4553	Brisbane
4554	Brisbane
4555	Brisbane
4556	Brisbane
4557	Brisbane
4558	Brisbane
4559	Brisbane
4560	Brisbane
4561	Brisbane
4562	Brisbane
4563	Brisbane
4564	Brisbane
4565	Brisbane

4566	Brisbane
4567	Brisbane
4568	Brisbane
4569	Brisbane
4571	Brisbane
4572	Brisbane
4573	Brisbane
4574	Brisbane
4575	Brisbane
9727	Brisbane
9728	Brisbane
9729	Brisbane

Contact Details

Please note: CCIQ preferred method of RCB Advice requests submissions  is to be e-mailed to our group e-mail [e-mail]

RCB	Primary Contact	Tel	Email
Gold Coast	Diana Gueorguieva  - Manager International Trade	0413 673 857	[e-mail]
Rockhampton	Brooke Andrews	[phone]	[e-mail]
Townsville	Brooke Andrews	0439 091 791	[e-mail]
Cairns	Brooke Andrews	[phone]	[e-mail]
Sunshine Coast	Kate Prior PO Box 1087 Mooloolaba Qld 4557	[phone]	[e-mail]
Toowoomba	Eric Bubeck PO Box 1410 Toowoomba Qld 4350	[phone]	[e-mail]
Mackay	Brooke Andrews PO Box 795 Mackay 4740	[phone]	[e-mail]
Head Office	Diana Gueorguieva - Manager International Trade PO Box 212, Spring Hill, QLD 4000	[phone]	[e-mail]