✓ MARA·Last reviewed: July 2026·4 min read·MARN 2518872
Hospitality managers can sponsor under the Temporary Skill Shortage (482) or Employer Nomination Scheme (186). Both pathways require VETASSESS skills assessment and employer nomination, leading to either temporary or permanent residency.
Key Facts
ANZSCO Code
149999
Hospitality Retail and Service Managers nec
Pathway Type
Employer Sponsored
Skills in Demand · 186
Skills Assessor
VETASSESS
VETASSESS
Skills Shortage
Not in shortage
No state-level shortage · Jobs and Skills Australia, 2025-10
Visa Pathways
482, 186
Subclasses this occupation is eligible for
Source: DHA CSOL, March 2026
Note: This occupation is on the Core Skills
Occupation List (CSOL) only. Immigration pathways are
employer-sponsored: Skills in Demand visa (Subclass 482 replacement)
and Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186). Independent
points-tested visas (189, 190, 491) are not available.
Skills demand for Hospitality Retail and Service Managers nec
Whether an occupation is in demand shapes almost everything else about a skilled application — which visas are realistic, how competitive an invitation round is likely to be, and whether a state has any reason to nominate you.
Jobs and Skills Australia does not currently assess this occupation as being in shortage. That does not close off a skilled pathway, but it does mean you are competing on the strength of your own claims rather than on the strength of the labour market.
Visa pathways for Hospitality Retail and Service Managers nec
Which visas are available to you depends on which of the government's skilled occupation lists your occupation appears on. The lists are not interchangeable, and being on one of them does not put you on the others.
Inclusion on the Core Skills Occupation List makes the Skills in Demand visa's Core Skills stream available, subject to the usual sponsorship and nomination requirements.
Skills assessment for Hospitality Retail and Service Managers nec
Skills assessment fees
Pathway
Fee
Full skills assessment for change of occupation
AUD $819
Skills Assessment
AUD $1,205
Assessment of employment for final Skills Assessment
AUD $937
Qualifications online application
AUD $342
Outcome Review - Qualification
AUD $374
Every skilled application turns on the skills assessment. An independent authority — not the Department — decides whether your qualifications and experience genuinely correspond to the occupation you are nominating, and there is no way around it.
Fees are set by the authority, not by the Department. The pathways below come from the authority's own published schedule and are reconciled against it. Always confirm the current charge directly with the authority before lodging.
Your sponsoring employer must be an approved Australian business registered with the Department of Home Affairs (now Department of Home Affairs). They must demonstrate that they've conducted labour market testing—advertising the role publicly for 4 weeks—to show no suitable local candidate is available.
Employers must also sign a sponsorship deed, confirming they will provide work as agreed, treat you fairly, and comply with Australian employment law.
How to apply, step by step
Confirm the correct ANZSCO code for your occupation. Everything downstream depends on it, and an assessment obtained for the wrong code does not transfer.
Obtain a positive skills assessment from the assessing authority for that occupation.
Meet the English language requirement for the visa you are applying for.
Lodge an Expression of Interest through SkillSelect, claiming only points you can evidence.
If you are seeking state nomination, apply to the nominating body separately and on its terms.
Wait to be invited. You cannot apply for the visa until an invitation is issued.
Lodge the visa application within the period allowed by the invitation, with the evidence for every claim you made.
Practitioner Note
The single most common reason a skilled application fails is that the occupation was chosen to fit the applicant rather than the evidence. Get the ANZSCO code right first, and make sure your employment references actually describe the duties that code requires — not the job title.
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Do I need a skills assessment for this occupation?
Yes — and it must be for this occupation specifically. A positive assessment in a neighbouring occupation does not transfer, which is why establishing the correct ANZSCO code first is not a clerical detail.
Does meeting the minimum points score mean I will be invited?
No — and this is the single most consequential misunderstanding in the skilled program. The minimum is a lodgement threshold. Invitations go to the highest-ranked candidates first, so the effective requirement is set by your competition, not by the minimum.
Can a state nominate me for this occupation?
That depends entirely on the state. Each maintains its own list and its own requirements, both of which change regularly, so the answer today may not be the answer next quarter. Work from the nominating body's own page.
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