Free visas will be offered to some Syrian refugees and their families, as part of a new trial.

The refugees will need to be sponsored by businesses in Australia and meet certain skill and character requirements.

The Government will trial the program with 10 families, and waive all the processing fees which can cost up to $75,000.

University-qualified IT specialist Derar Alkhateeb, his wife Tuqa and one-year-old son Hamza are the program's first successful applicants.

"I'm nervous, but excited, I think I'm so lucky to have this opportunity," Mr Alkhateeb told the ABC.

"What should I know about Australia?"

He laughed and looked terrified at the suggestion of learning to swim.

"I hope in Australia we have a good life — a good house, a good job and that my baby will grow up to have great friends and an education."

The family expects to begin its new life in Sydney later this year, after its visas arrive.

For now they live in Jordan like more than 630,000 other Syrian refugees.

"The life here in Jordan is so bad financially, because we're not allowed to work."

Work permits for Syrians in Jordan are few and far between, which means most families live below the poverty line.

A large number of children there are not in school, and that's something Hamza's parents are already worried about.

Mr Alkhateeb fled the fighting in Syria about five years ago and spent time living in Zaatari refugee camp before moving to Amman and marrying his wife Tuqa.

Tuqa is hoping to learn English as soon as she arrives in Australia.

Mr Alkhateeb has been sponsored by technology company IRESS.

A new aid group called Talent Beyond Boundaries connected him with the company and has been negotiating his pathway to Australia with the Federal Government.

Talent Beyond Boundaries said it has 8,000 skilled refugee on its books to match with interested companies around the world.