Skills in Demand (SID) visa: Drafted Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) open for feedback, ANZSCO updated to the current decade?

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Skills in Demand (SID) visa: Drafted Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) open for feedback, ANZSCO updated to the current decade?

Stakeholder feedback will open shortly for the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL), which will play an important role in determining what occupations will be available to be sponsored for the new Skills in Demand visa due at the end of the year. A drafted CSOL has been released using the current classification of occupations, so likely all occupations lists will be updated.

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Employer compliance sanctions and temporary worker protections strengthen on 1 July 2024

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Employer compliance sanctions and temporary worker protections strengthen on 1 July 2024

Amendments to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) that will come into effect on 1 July 2024 will see increased penalties for breaches of sponsor obligations and work-related offences and new offences to deter the exploitation of non-citizens that will include bars on employment and a public register of prohibited employers.

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Migration Strategy: RIP subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage visas (2018-2024)

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Migration Strategy: RIP subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage visas (2018-2024)

The government’s Migration Strategy was laid bare at the start of the week with many changes for skilled visas in 2024 including the abolition and replacement of 482 visas, increasing English for student and graduate visas, and reducing the number of years and maximum age for graduate visas.

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482/494 visas: Workforce Australia removed from labour market testing

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482/494 visas: Workforce Australia removed from labour market testing

The pandemic-inspired requirement to advertise on the government’s own Workforce Australia jobs platform is axed for 494 and 482 nomination applications. Overlapping advertisements will be allowed if they are continuous and unbroken for at least 4 weeks.

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