Employers / Queensland
Does Vanguard Care Communities sponsor 482 visas?
Vanguard Care Communities holds an Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement, which lets it nominate a carer for a 482 visa in Queensland in 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 19 April 2031, 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 Vanguard Care Communities 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
- VANGUARD CARE COMMUNITIES PTY LTD
- Trading name
- Vanguard Care Communities
- State
- Queensland
- Location
- Brisbane
- Agreement ends
- Care type
- Residential
- Phone
- 07 5537 8488
- Website
- www.paradiselakescarecentre.com.au
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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.