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During the period of 3 years immediately before the application for the visa is made, the applicant held one or more of the following for a total period of at least 2 years:
a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa;
a Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa;
a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa;
if the last substantive visa held by the applicant was a visa mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)—a bridging visa granted on the basis that the person was an applicant for a visa mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa or a Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa.
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify different periods of time for the purposes of subclause (1) for persons specified in the instrument.
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