Australia Temporary Activity visa - Sporting Activities (Subclass 408)
This visa allows you to play, coach, instruct or adjudicate for an Australian team, or do high-level sports training with a sporting organisation. You and your family can stay in Australia for up to 2 years.
- Route type
- Sports
- Can bring
- dependants from the official record
- Requirements
- 14 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
14 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Australian Government Debt Cleared
If you owe the Australian Government money, you must have paid it back or have a formal arrangement to pay it back.
- Australian Values Statement Required
If you are 18 years of age or older, you must acknowledge the Australian Values Statement.
- Be A Genuine Temporary Entrant
You can't use our temporary visa program to maintain ongoing residency in Australia.
- Best Interests Of The Child
We might not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.
- Character and security
You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement.
- Genuine intent and declarations
We will only grant this visa to a child younger than 18 years if everyone who has parental responsibility for them has consented.
- Lawful entry and status
You can only apply for this visa if you currently hold a substantive visa, or your last substantive visa ceased within the last 28 days.
- Medical screening
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement.
- Not Had A Visa Cancelled Or An Application Refused
We will consider your immigration history when we make a decision on your application.
- Qualifying sporting activity
If you apply for this visa as a sports trainee, you must be undertaking full-time, structured sports training.
- Qualifying sporting role
You must have an established reputation in your sporting field if you apply as an elite player, coach, instructor or adjudicator.
- Sponsor Required 2
You must declare if you have ever engaged in conduct that could constitute a breach of the prohibition on paying for visa sponsorship.
- Sponsorship
You need a sponsor who is a temporary activities sponsor to apply for this visa if you apply in Australia, or apply outside Australia and intend to stay in Australia for more than 3 months.
Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.
- Health-insurance requirement
You must have adequate health cover for the whole of your stay.
- Dependent-family rights
You must have enough money during your stay in Australia to support yourself and any dependent family members.
- Eligibility summary
You need a sponsor who is a temporary activities sponsor to apply for this visa if you apply in Australia, or apply outside Australia and intend to stay in Australia for more than 3 months.
- How and where to apply
You must have a suitable formal agreement with your sporting club or sporting organisation in Australia.
- Official Rights Text
You can't do any work other than the approved sporting activity.
- Official source basis
You need a sponsor who is a temporary activities sponsor to apply for this visa if you apply in Australia, or apply outside Australia and intend to stay in Australia for more than 3 months.
- Official Stream
The official page identifies the Sporting Activities.
- Report summary
You need a sponsor who is a temporary activities sponsor to apply for this visa if you apply in Australia, or apply outside Australia and intend to stay in Australia for more than 3 months.
- Visa Subclass
The official page identifies this route as subclass 408.
Who you can bring
- Dependent-family rights
You must have enough money during your stay in Australia to support yourself and any dependent family members.
What the source prices
- Official Cost Text
From AUD535.00
checked 2026-07-26
- Official Stay Text
Up to 2 years
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for the Subclass 408 to Australia?
This visa allows you to play, coach, instruct or adjudicate for an Australian team, or do high-level sports training with a sporting organisation. You and your family can stay in Australia for up to 2 years.
02Can I bring my family?
03Do I need health insurance?
You must have adequate health cover for the whole of your stay.
Every answer is quoted from the official immi.homeaffairs.gov.au page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 24 points against the official source; 24 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Processing time is not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source immi.homeaffairs.gov.auLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Australia government page.Sports routes in other countries
55 other countries publish at least one sports route. Nearest first.
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