Cafe or Restaurant Manager (ANZSCO 141111)
On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List
From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.
Which lists is Cafe or Restaurant Manager on?
STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.
Visas this occupation can access
Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Cafe or Restaurant Manager isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.
Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Cafe or Restaurant Manager comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Cafe or Restaurant Manager as a Group C occupation — AQF Diploma or higher, with four pathways trading field relevance for extra years of employment. Its own page names two direct exclusions: a general-management MBA and a tourism diploma without hospitality management subjects do not count as highly relevant, pushing an applicant with either toward the four-year, no-relevant-field pathway rather than the one-year fast track. Like every managerial code in this family, an organisational chart naming staff you managed is required evidence alongside the standard employer references.
Where these applications come unstuck
The trap is nominating this code for a fast-food or quick-service outlet. VETASSESS's page for Cafe or Restaurant Manager excludes Hotel or Motel Manager and Retail Manager (General) by name — and separately, Retail Manager (General)'s own page claims fast-food and quick-service restaurant managers for itself. A manager whose restaurant is a takeaway counter is being told to nominate the other code, which reaches employer sponsorship this code does not. Getting that wrong risks an assessment against duties the employment record doesn't actually match.
An honest read on this pathway
This code is STSOL-only — it reaches state nomination, the graduate 407, Skilled Work Regional and Skills in Demand Regional, but never Employer Nomination or the Skills in Demand main stream. A cafe or full-service restaurant manager cannot be employer-sponsored under this code at all, regardless of how strong the employer's offer is — only a state or regional pathway is available, and the regional visa is the sole door shared with the wider hospitality family.
VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating Cafe or Restaurant Manager is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.
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