Employers / Queensland
Does Good Shepherd Lodge sponsor 482 visas?
Good Shepherd Lodge holds an Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement, which lets it nominate a carer for a 482 visa in Queensland in home care and residential aged care. Sponsorship means this employer nominates you for a specific full-time position; you cannot apply alone, and the employer pays every visa cost — a fee to you is illegal. The agreement runs to 6 November 2030, which covers the two years a 482 needs before the employer can nominate for permanent residency.
Ask about permanent residency before you accept
The 482 is the first step. Permanent residency (the 186) needs Good Shepherd Lodge to nominate you again after about two years. The agreement allows it, but each employer decides whether it does. Ask: "Do you nominate carers for the 186 after two years?" The full path to PR
- Legal name
- Good Shepherd Lodge Limited
- Trading name
- Good Shepherd Lodge
- State
- Queensland
- Location
- Mackay
- Agreement ends
- Care type
- Home care · Residential
- Phone
- 07 4963 2999
- Careers page
- www.gsl.care/careers
- Website
- www.gsl.care/community-care
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- Mackay QLD · first seen 2026-10-11
Source: Home Affairs labour agreements list, current 31 August 2026. Holding an agreement means the employer can sponsor — not that it is sponsoring right now, or will. This is information, not migration advice. Verify another employer.