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What is the change? Australia is undertaking a review of its skilled migration and temporary work visa programs that seeks to make far-reaching changes and establish a new framework for skilled foreign labour.
What does the change mean? The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) is exploring new models of skilled migration that will be responsive to changing labour market needs and cut red tape. The DIBP is inviting comments from stakeholders by 17 October.
Background: According to a discussion paper released this month, the DIBP will consider a new framework to address three broad visa categories: Short-term migration, business and investment migration and skilled work. The DIBP will review and assess existing elements, including sponsorship and nomination, occupation lists, skills assessments, English language proficiency, points tests, age threshold and other measures to determine if they should remain as part of a new regime.
BAL Analysis: Australia is embarking on a long-range reexamination of its foreign labour visa scheme. Employers can expect big changes in the coming year and their feedback at the review stage could greatly impact the final changes that are recommended and implemented.
This alert has been provided by BAL Australia. For additional information, please contact australia@bal.com.
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