Australian Immigration Daily News

This compilation takes account of the disallowance of amendments by the Senate on 25 June 2018 at 20:01, compiled on 1 July 2018.  The compilation includes the most recent amendments.  The document below has been prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra.  It is complete as at the current time and was registered on 2 July 2018.

Australian-Citizenship-Regulation-update-2-July-2018.pdf

Global Talent Scheme (GTS) is a pilot program launched on 1 July 2018 by the Department of Home Affairs. The scheme will run for approximately 12 months and if successful, full implementation is expected by June 2019.

Briefly, GTS is part of the longer term strategy by the Australian Government to attract talent, the world’s best and brightest. In March 2018, the Government announced 2 pilot schemes targeted at supporting talent and innovation in Australia. These schemes are the Global Talent Scheme and Supporting Innovation in South Australia. Together, these aim to support business growth, skills transfer and job creation by attracting highly-skilled global talent to help foster innovative businesses in Australia.

These will support innovation in different ways:

Highly skilled workers from around the world will have a new visa pathway into Australia as a part of the Government's new Global Talent Scheme pilot program.

From 1 July all businesses will be able to sponsor highly skilled and specialised workers who will help to grow their businesses and create more jobs.

The pilot will run for 12 months and provide businesses with a streamlined process to sponsor overseas workers with cutting edge skills, where there are no suitable Australians available to fill the vacancies.

From 1 July 2018, applicants wishing to apply for the following visa subclasses will be required to obtain a pass mark of 65 to be eligible to receive an invitation to apply: 

•             Skilled-Independent (Permanent) (Class SI) Subclass 189;

•             Skilled-Nominated (Permanent) (Class SN) Subclass 190; and

Pool and Pass Marks for General Skilled Migration Visas Instrument 2018. 

The Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Alan Tudge said our visa programs need to work in our national interest. "Restoring the points test level will help to ensure that Australia continues to attract the best and brightest talent from around the world," Mr Tudge said.