The Restaurant (premium dining) industry Labour Agreement, also commonly known as the Fine Dining Labour Agreement is a specific labour agreement available in Australia designed to address skills shortages in the fine dining sector. This agreement allows fine dining restaurants to sponsor overseas skilled workers for specific roles that are otherwise difficult to fill within […]
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, the Minister for Home Affairs the Hon. Clare O’Neil MP announced changes that will stop certain visa holders being able to make further visa applications onshore. These changes will come into effect on 1 July 2024. The focus of these changes rests on student and other temporary visa holders. As […]
All visas under the Working Holiday Maker program come with a work limitation condition attached. This is condition 8547. Condition 8547 limits the visa holder from working for one employer for more than 6 months unless permission has been given in writing from the Department of Home Affairs (DoHA). From 1 January 2024, a wide […]
A long-awaited change to the Australian immigration system has been confirmed, ensuring that temporary skilled workers have a pathway to permanent residence. From 25 November 2023 we can expect the following changes: Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) changes Removal of the limit on number of short-term stream TSS 482 visa applications that visa holders can […]
The decision of the Department of Home Affairs (‘the Department’) to cancel your visa or refuse your visa application, business sponsorship or nomination application is not always the end of the migration process. It may be possible to appeal the Department’s decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (‘AAT’). The AAT is a tribunal that conducts […]
The Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) has now provided states and territories with reduced nomination allocations for the 2023/24 program year. The allocations across all jurisdictions are significantly less than we have seen previously. This will mean that these visa programs will be highly competitive. The state and territory nominated visa are: Skilled Nominated (190) […]
The requirement to advertise a position and test the local labour market before you employ an overseas worker depends on the visa stream. If labour market testing is required, it must be completed inline with the requirements of the Department of Home Affairs. If you wish to employ a Working Holiday (417) or Work & […]
The remuneration requirements for the sponsorship of an overseas worker can be confusing. When considering what we mean by a sponsored worker, in this article we are looking at the following visas: Temporary Skill Shortage (482) Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) (494). On 1 July 2023, the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) increased from […]
One vital industry that has a chronic shortage of skilled, experienced and caring workers is the Aged Care industry. As the Australian population ages, the need for aged care workers across a variety of specialisations has increased substantially. While occupations such as Registered Nurses can be sponsored under the standard employer sponsored visa programs, other […]
The work limitations and restrictions on some common temporary visa were relaxed due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. These included: Student (500) Working Holiday (417) and Work and Holiday (462) visas. This change in work limitations and restrictions currently allows the visa holder to work on an unlimited basis and this has helped to fill […]
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