Temporary Activity Visa – Subclass 408

Stream 1 – Special Program

This stream is for people who wants to take part in an approved special program, such as youth exchange, cultural enrichment or community programs, school language assistants or gap year volunteering. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 1 year.

Stream 2 – Religious Work

This stream is for people who wants to do full-time religious work for a religious institution in Australia. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

Stream 3 – Research Activities

This stream is for people who wants to observe or take part in a research project at a research or tertiary institution in Australia. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years. Researcher activities include those who:

• are an academic who has made significant achievements in your field
• have the necessary qualifications to take part
• have been invited to observe or take part in an Australian research project at an Australian tertiary or research institution, usually in collaboration with other academics employed there

Research student activities include those who:

• are students or recent graduates of an overseas educational institution
• have been invited to undertake research related to your field of study at an Australian tertiary or research institution
• have not yet graduated, but will be undertaking the research to meet the requirements for overseas qualification.

Stream 4 – Invited for Other Social and Cultural Activity

This stream is for people who are invited for cultural or social events, including sporting events. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 3 months. Suitable applicants for this stream include those who:

• are sportspersons or member of a sports team, or team support staff such as a manager, medic, coach, referee or official (apart from those who have been contracted to play for or coach an Australian team)
• are ministers conducting religious services or taking part in other religious activities as the guest of an Australian religious institution
• are working at a religious event
• are academics invited by a tertiary academic institution to lecture, hold workshops or take part in research
• are public speakers or lecturers
• are speaking, presenting or lecturing at a trade fair, expo, exhibition, conference, or seminar
• are entertainers attending specific promotional events, but not performing
• are artists making visual art or exhibiting their work
• are authors, presenting their work at a writers festival
• are choreographers, conducting a dance workshop that includes an unticketed closing performance

Stream 5 – Sporting Activities

This stream is for people who wants to play, coach, instruct or adjudicate for an Australian sporting team or organisation, or engage in high-level sports training. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

Stream 6 – Entertainment Activities

This stream is for people who wants to work in the entertainment industry on film, television or live productions as a performer or production staff. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

Stream 7 – Superyacht Crew

This stream is for people to work in Australia as a crew member of a superyacht. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 1 year. A superyacht is defined as a high-value luxury sailing or motor vessel that:

• is 24 metres or longer
• doesn't carry cargo
• is used for sport or recreation

Stream 8 – Exchange Agreements

This stream is for people to come to Australia as part of a staff exchange with an Australian organisation. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

Stream 9 – Australian Government Endorsed Events

This stream is for entrepreneurs participating in the Supporting Innovation in South Australia event and their family travelling with them. The applicant needs to have the endorsement of the Government of South Australia and can stay in Australia for the duration of the event, or up to 4 years if the applicant is an organiser.

Stream 10 - Domestic Work for Executives

This stream is for people to come to Australia to do full-time domestic work in the household of certain senior foreign executives. The visa allows the visa holder and their family to stay in Australia for up to 2 years.