Changes, critical aspects and key aspects of the legislative instrument for Subclass 482

Compliance with Training Benchmarks after SBS grant

•    The definition of ‘Australian employee’ has changed from ‘an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident’ to ‘an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident who is an employee for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009’;
•    ‘Employee’, which was not defined, now ‘has the definition provided by section 15 of the Fair Work Act 2009’.

Specification of occupations exempt from Labour Market Testing
•    The new instrument defines occupations exempt from LMT with reference to the current ANZSCO ABS publication in effect as of 18 March 2018

Migration Alliance will be sourcing news and information that we believe is important for the profession regarding TSS/186/187 visas and Labour Agreements over the next few weeks.  We will also be writing our own articles on these changes.  We believe it is important that our members have access to a range of opinions and articles, not just articles produced and written by us.  Below is such an example, and is first of the rank.  Thank you to our Vice-Convenor, Mark Northam for this one:

Immigration Law News, a free news service for migration agents and immigration lawyers, has published the industry’s first in-depth detailed analysis of the new TSS/186/187 legislation released late Thursday. The analysis, prepared by Mark Northam (MARN 1175508) and Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio (MARN 1461003), details highlights of the new TSS visa and a wide range of changes to the 186 and 187 visa programmes including changes not previously announced in detail by the Department of Home Affairs. 

The analysis details changes to these important visa programmes including: 

Dear Migration Alliance Members

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If we get 50 registering we get our own “cocktail” party.

For everyone trying to lodge the last of the 457s at the moment please see the message an agent has received in the last hour from the DHA:

What do you do next when your client wishes to sponsor a visa holder on the new TSS visa, however they don't meet one or a number of nomination or visa requirements under a SBS? Now with the new TSS stream coming in mid-March it gets even messier. 

That's when you turn your attention to the possible option of a TSS compliant Labour Agreement. 

This OMARA approved activity (WK261) is an exclusive 4 hour CPD/CLE event in our Labour Agreement Workshop Series presented by Alan Chanesman, one of Australia's most recognised and distinguished migration law experts and educators in this very specialised field.