An exposure draft for the Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 (the Exposure Draft) which seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Migration Act) was released on 26 June 2021. This Exposure Draft...more
NEW OCCUPATION LIST ANNOUNCED FOR PRIORITY ENTRY UNDER COVID-19 - Acting Minister for Immigration Alan Tudge has announced a new Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) in a joint media release with Senator...more
*This information is accurate as of 4.00 pm Monday 6 April 2020 and is subject to change as this situation evolves. As the COVID-19 situation continues to develop, an increasing number of policies are being announced by the...more
On 18 March 2018, the new Temporary Skilled Shortage (TSS) visa framework commenced and replaced Australia's 457 (Temporary Short Stay) visa regime. The stated purpose of the TSS visa is to address labour shortages by...more
A further round of changes to the 457, employer nominated permanent residency and other migration programs came into effect on 1 July 2017 as part of the overall migration reform announced by the Australian Government on 18...more
On 18 April 2017 the Australian Government announced its planned abolishment and replacement of the 457 visa framework with a new, two-stream Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa as well as other changes to the migration and...more
On 18 April 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the Australian Government's plan to abolish the Temporary Work (Skilled) 457 visa (457 visa) and replace it with a new temporary visa framework.
According to...more