Australian Immigration Daily News

This was received this morning from the DIBP:

Dear Registered Migration Agent

The following information has been provided by the Business Innovation, Occupation and Employer Sponsored Policy Section.

Effective 21 January 2014, Booklet 5 – Employer Sponsored Migration (Permanent) will be repealed and should no longer be used as a primary source of information when seeking to lodge an application under the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) or Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) visa programmes.

Information regarding the Permanent Employer Sponsored visa programme should be sourced only from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP’s) website, as the website contains the most up-to-date information regarding these visas.

Should there be any concerns or queries, please direct them through ‘Permanent Employer Sponsored Visas’ channel available in the form of the Agents Gateway: www.immi.gov.au/gateways/agents/contact/feedback/

Kind regards

Business Innovation, Occupation and Employer Sponsored Policy Section

Skilled Migration Policy Branch

Department of Immigration and Border Protection