Australia’s skilled visa programs select people who will make a positive contribution to the Australian economy and labour market, thereby assisting Australian businesses to access workers with skills that cannot be met in the local labour market.
The Department of Home Affairs has finalized 2,780,000 Visas since the new government took office.
There were over 43,000 temporary skilled worker applications and over 47,000 permanent skilled worker visa applications.
The new labor government has said that their top priority at this stage is to:
- Reduce the visa backlogs by speeding up visa processing times during Pandemic Covid-19.
- Tackle the skills shortage
Minister Andrew Giles says that the visa application backlog will come to a manageable level before Christmas.
Currently, the government has produced new direction 100 to address the issue of businesses crying out for skilled workers.
Direction Number 100 – Order of Consideration – Certain Skilled Visas
This direction establishes an order of priority for considering applications, in order to ensure that the appropriate allocation of resources is given to these decisions and that certain cohorts of applications are given priority.
This writing will discuss the factors that affect your decision about which occupation you should choose for Australian PR under the skilled migration program.
These changes do not affect the composition of skilled migration occupation lists, nor do they alter requirements for visa applicants.
The system is designed to process more skilled applications in a timely manner and provide quick response to the labor market.
The government will remove from the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL), which has a very narrow focus on specific skilled occupations.
Ministerial Direction number 100 streamlines the processing of all occupations and makes the process less complicated.
The following skilled visas are subject to Ministerial Direction No. 100:
- Subclass 124 (Distinguished Talent)
- Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme)
- Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme)
- Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment) (Provisional)
- Subclass 189 (Skilled – Independent)
- Subclass 190 (Skilled – Nominated)
- Subclass 191 (Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional)
- Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled))
- Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage)
- Subclass 489 (Skilled – Regional (Provisional))
- Subclass 491 (Skilled Work Regional (Provisional))
- Subclass 494 (Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional))
- Subclass 858 (Global Talent)
- Subclass 887 (Skilled – Regional)
- Subclass 888 (Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent).
Australia Migration Services has Registered Migration Agents who can help you with all skilled visa applications.
This direction 100 is designed to bring skilled workers to Australia to reduce the pressure of skills shortages. This means that skilled visas, such as Visa 491, Visa 190 and Visa 189 will be prioritized in addition to employer-sponsored visa 482 and 494. The government believes that with those visas and the addition of funding and staff, the workforce market will soon recover to the pre-pandemic level. At present, offshore migration is on top priority. This raises concerns for onshore skilled workers who are seeking for PR. We strongly believe that this is only a temporary measure to address the skills shortage. Onshore applicants will still be processed quickly as before
