This instrument operates to specify the assessing authorities for an occupation specified in either the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL).
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Occupations for Subclass 494:
This instrument operates to specify the occupations that an applicant may nominate for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa (Subclass 494).
TSS Skills Assessment
The TSS Skills Assessment Program is an assessment pathway for applicants applying for a Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa, who:
work in a nominated occupation and hold a passport from a nominated country or Special Administrative Region (SAR) as indicated in the table below;
are required by the Department of Home Affairs (Home
New Pacific Labour Stream – Seasonal workers program
New Pacific Labour Stream – Seasonal workers program
01. Introduce a new Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) stream which will provide a temporary visa pathway for participants to work in Australia for up to three years;
02. Allow participants in the Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) to be granted, subject to conditions, a multi-year,
Pool and Pass Marks for GSM
Legislative Instrument-IMMI18/067-Pool and Pass Marks for General Skilled Migration Visas Instrument 2018.
Part 2 of this instrument increases the pool and pass mark to 65 for the following three subclasses where an application is made on or after 1 July 2018 in response to an invitation given on or after 1 July 2018:
Skilled-Independent (Permanent) (Class
Read MoreVisas for innovation – Global Talent Scheme (GTS)
What is the Global Talent Scheme (GTS)?
The GTS is a niche pilot scheme under the TSS visa program. The 12 month pilot will run from 1 July 2018.
Introducing the GTS as a pilot allows the Government to make refinements in consultation with industry to ensure it achieves its purpose.
The GTS is only
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Business Migration to Australia
Entrepreneur stream: for people who have a funding agreement from a third party for at least AUD200 000 to undertake a complying entrepreneur activity that is proposed to lead to either the commercialisation of a product or service in Australia or the development of a business in Australia.
Read MoreTSS (STSOL) “One onshore renewal” update
Understanding the transition from subclass 457 to TSS
Note:
The ‘one onshore renewal’ rule included in the Government’s April 2017 announcement, applies to TSS visas in the short-term (ST) stream only – it does not apply to existing subclass 457 visa holders who are seeking their first TSS visa. That is, this new
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