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This is what your kitchen years pay abroad.

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Australia · Chef / cook

₹38–48 L

year one, gross · AU$58–72k at ₹66 to the dollar

[V] Award wages · Fair Work Australia · checked Jul 2026

With experience

₹50–56 L

the market band for seasoned chefs · AU$75–85k

[V] Salary data · SEEK · Jun 2026

Employer-sponsored under a regional labour agreement, the visa in your name, your family on the file. Trained to their standard in Chandigarh.

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Who can apply

This page is for cooks and chefs with real kitchen years.

A trade certificate or hotel-management diploma helps, but documented time in a working kitchen is what Australia checks. Your advisor maps yours on the call.

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Australia · Chef / cook

Chef / cook

₹38–48 Lyear one, gross

AU$58,000–72,000 a year, gross: the legal minimum to entry-level market pay, at ₹66 to the dollar.

[V] Award wages · Fair Work Australia · checked Jul 2026

The honest part, up front: chef pay sits below the standard visa's own pay floor (AU$79,499). So the real chef route runs through a regional labour agreement, a DAMA, which sets its own lawful pay floor and its own PR clock. That is not a loophole. It is the route Australia built for regional kitchens. Your region and employer set the exact terms, and your advisor reads you every line before you sign.

The visa

482 Skills in Demand, employer-sponsored under a regional labour agreement (a DAMA). The employer files for you. The visa is in your name. [V] Skills in Demand visa · Home Affairs

The staying

186 permanent residency opens after 2 to 3 years under the agreement. The region decides how long it takes. [V] DAMA → 186 pathway · published terms

Your family

Spouse and children come on the same file from day one, and your spouse can work. [V] Skills in Demand visa · Home Affairs

What you need

A Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) skills assessment of your kitchen years, plus Competent English (the IELTS 5.0 band). We prepare both with you.

The demand

Australia's own skills body rates chefs in shortage across regional Australia, which is where this route places you. Cooks are rated in shortage nationwide. [V] Occupation Shortage List 2025 · Jobs and Skills Australia

The route, in six steps

Chandigarh to the kitchen.

None of this is yours to work out alone. You get a route advisor with a name from the first call, and we teach the language, build the trade and prepare the file with you.

The call.

Your kitchen years, your English, your file: mapped to the route that fits, with every number sourced, a named advisor on the line.

The language.

Competent English, the IELTS 5.0 band the visa asks for. Taught in Kaushal Bhasha from Punjabi or Hindi, so you build the language you need out of the one you already think in.

The standard.

The Australian kitchen standard, built at the centre in Chandigarh.

The file.

A TRA skills assessment of your kitchen years, your documents in order, and an employer match.

The visa, in your name.*

Your employer files the nomination under the agreement. Your family goes on the file with you.

The landing.

The kitchen, the first payslip, and a PR clock that starts at 2 to 3 years.

Asked by every family

The questions that matter.

I cook in a fast-food chain. Does that count?+

Honestly, no. Fast-food and mass-production kitchens do not meet the visa's own conditions, but restaurant and hotel kitchens do. If your years are in fast food, your advisor will tell you on the call what would close the gap.

How much English do I need?+

The visa asks for Competent English, the IELTS 5.0 band. We train you to it from your mother tongue.

Can my family come?+

Yes. Spouse and children come on the same file from day one, and your spouse can work. One honest detail: an adult family member without basic functional English pays a one-time government surcharge. Your advisor tells you exactly if it applies.

What does it cost?+

The fee depends on the route, and you hear it itemised, line by line, on the call and then in writing. 30% of it falls due only after you have both the job and the visa.

When does PR start?+

After 2 to 3 years working under the agreement, region-dependent. The 186 is the permanent-residency route. This is indicative, never a promise. Your route call maps exactly how long yours takes.

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A route advisor maps your move abroad, step by step. The plan is yours to keep, whatever you decide.

[V] Every answer in writing after the call, ready to show the family

"Which route fits me?" Your trade, or no trade yet, your years, your English: matched to the country hiring for it.

"What will I earn?" The real range for your route, converted to rupees, with the source beside it.

"How far is PR?" The visa class, the years it takes, and your family's place on the file.

Your route, mapped on one call.

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We train you here and move you abroad. Chandigarh to Melbourne, checkable at every step.

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* Kaushal Edge is a training institute. We train you to the employer’s standard and introduce you to employers. We are not a registered recruiting agent, and we do not file visas. Visa filing is done by an empanelled recruiting agent. We can recommend one, or you are free to use your own.

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