Other than renaming the visa from Global Talent to National Innovation visa, there are some significant substantive changes to the subclass 858 visa programme. Below
The much talked about Australian Jobs and Skills Summit, held on the 1st and 2nd of September in Canberra, concluded with 36 key initiatives to address workplace relation reforms and worsening skill shortages across the country. Changes to migration planning has been a critical issue throughout the two-day discussions, and the resulting announcement of increasing the…
We knew in September that the planning levels were going to increase to 195,000 places. On 25 October, with the release of the Federal Budget, the government provided us with a breakdown of the migration planning levels, which sees an increase in General Skilled and Employer Sponsored, but a reduction in the Global Talent and…
Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) has, in the February 2023 Labour Market Update, identified the top 20 occupations in demand in Australia. With Registered Nurses being the most in demand occupation, other occupations included those from the IT, Engineering, Health and Welfare Support Workers, and Trade professions: According to the JSA report, skills shortages increased…
At the National Press Club today, the Hon. Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, provided an update on Australia’s current ‘broken’ migration system, highlighting the urgent need to reform existing programmes, processes, and pathways, as well as announcing two key actions to be implemented by the end of 2023. This includes an increase to the…
Following from our article on 27th April, discussing the Government’s intentions to increase the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) to AU$70,000 and expand pathways to permanent residence for employer sponsored temporary skilled visa holders, today we look at what the latter changes will actually mean. Increase in the TSMIT We know that the Government…