In January 2022 the Australian Government lifted restrictions on student visa holders (Subclass 500) and allowed them to work unlimited hours, with the aim of solving labour shortages, as of the end of June 2023, these restrictions will be re-established.
Concessions to the new minimum A$70,000 annual salary for skilled visas in Australia will have to be 10 per cent or less to qualify for the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT).
The new Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement will promote increased recruitment and retention in the aged care sector. The agreement will be available to employers that have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the relevant industry union.
From July 1, 2023, the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) in Australia will be increased from $53,900 to $70,000.
Whilst many industries in the country are seeing improvements in the labour market, a high proportion of positions which require higher education remain unfilled, with vacancy rates for nurses and motor mechanics in the outback sitting above 10 percent.
Ukrainians who were previously barred from applying for a further visa may now apply to stay in the country legally, providing they meet what the government has termed “exceptional criteria.”
The number of monthly invitations used to hover around the “two thousand-plus” around 2017 good months. They went lower between November 2017 to June 2018 at about 305 “SkillSelect” invitations per fortnight for the EOI applicants! From July 2018 the invitations were … Continued
