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If you are considering moving to Australia for employment opportunities, you may be interested to know what percentage of the Australian labour market is comprised of migrant workers, or more specifically, how many foreign workers have been employed in your sector in recent years. Statistical data has recently been made available that sheds light on the foreign composition of the Australian labour market. On 18 December 2017 the Australian Bureau of Statistics released a publ

This week the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) released an outcome of a biannual review of the Short Term Skilled Occupations List conducted by the Department of Employment. This review entails addition of certain occupations to the lists of eligible skilled occupations; movement between the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) and the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) for particular visa programs; or removal from the lists of eligible skilled occupat

The Department of Home Affairs have adopted a new approach commencing from 15 January 2018 to deal with incomplete applications for subclass 457 visa. This attempt is made to reduce the ongoing processing times and backlog of applications. As per the new arrangements, an application may be refused if it does not meet a specific criterion at the time of initial assessment due to lack of supporting evidence, without providing an opportunity to comment or provide outstanding doc

The Short Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) is reviewed and updated every 6 months. The Department of Home Affairs have advised that a review took place in late 2017 and the updated occupation list is due to be released and will come into effect on or about 17th January 2018. It was anticipated that this occupation list would have been updated and in effect at the beginning of January. The new occupation list will not be applied to applications lodged and not yet decided.

On 20th December 2017 the Department of Immigration and Border Protection was formally renamed to the Department of Home Affairs. A number of functions are now included in the newly established portfolio including Australia’s federal law enforcement, national and transport security, criminal justice emergency management, multicultural affairs and immigration and border related functions. The Home Affairs portfolio comprises of; a central department to oversee policy and strat

For those who have been following the changes to Australia’s immigration laws and policies over the last 12 months, it will come as no surprise that significant changes to visa laws are to be expected in 2018 and beyond. As we brought to your attention last year, the first quarter of 2018 will be marked by the abolition of the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) and the introduction of the new Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) Visa. The new visa system will rely on the