The Government announced changes on the 18 April 2017 to the Employer nominated visa programs.These changes included the implementation of:

• the new Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) (referred to by the Department as the ‘TSS visa’) replacing the old subcl...

The new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) (subclass 482) visa replaces the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) which will be abolished in March 2018. The TSS (Subclass 482) visa is a temporary visa which permits the holder to live in Australia, while working...

Although the detailed Migration Regulations which will apply from March 2018 are not yet available, some clarity has been given by DIBP to the grandfathering of those people who held a 457 or who had applied for a 457 as of 18 April 2017.

What is now clear is that if yo...

From March 2018, for permanent employer sponsored skilled visa programs

• Occupation lists: The MLTSSL will now apply to the Direct Entry stream for both the ENS and the RSMS, with additional occupations available through the RSMS to support regional employers.

• M...

Recent changes to the migration regulations have made it more challenging and in many cases unlikely that one will ultimately be able to obtain permanent residence. There may still, however, be the options for temporary visas.

Visas impacted by age  

General Skilled Migr...

DIBP have announced that that, on 1 July 2017, a number of changes will come into effect to some the of the permanent visas.

This includes the changes below for ENS (Subclass 186) and RSMS (Subclass 187)
- raising English language requirements to “competent” for all app...