The government enacts several changes, which were issues raised by Universities Australia: ‘University Lecturer’ has been restored to 4-year Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), with a pathway to permanent residency; ‘Chief Executive or Managing Director’ and ‘Faculty Head’ have also been restored to the MLTSSL; A wide range of scientific, technical and professional […]
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Visa Application Charges All Visa Application Charges (VACs) will be increased in line with the forecast Consumer Price Index and rounded to the neared $5. However, indexation only applies to the 1st instalment and does not apply to 2nd instalment VACs. Skilled Migration Visas Subclass 189: maximum age limit has lowered to 45 years
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The Turnbull government has adopted a new “Australians first” approach to skilled migration, announcing it will abolish the controversial 457 visa program for temporary skilled migrants. The scheme will be replaced by a new temporary visa specifically designed to recruit “the best and brightest”, with tougher English language tests and labour market testing requirements. “We are putting
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Sponsor fees to employ temporary skilled workers from overseas are set to rise if Labor wins the federal election. Workplaces where more than half the workforce is made up of 457 visa holders will pay an extra $1500 for each additional visa if they apply for more temporary workers. The party also wants to beef
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An effective temporary skilled migration program isn’t about taking jobs from locals – it’s about stimulating hospitality businesses and creating opportunities for young Australians, says Tourism Accommodation Australia CEO, Carol Giuseppi. In an ideal world the Australian hospitality industry would attract the majority of its workers from local sources and essentially, ‘grow its own’. That
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Remember those claims from some trade unions last year that the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) would allow Chinese companies to bring in their own workers? Yet according to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), the inflow of Chinese workers has slowed to a trickle. In the first quarter of this year just
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The Immigration Department has announced some changes to both Student Visas and 457 Visas to be implemented between now and 1 July 2016. The first of these changes were implemented yesterday starting with the the 457 visa process: Visa applicants are required to to enter the details of a nomination by a sponsor or proposed
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