Australian Immigration Daily News

Under the new program, highly skilled migrants in selected industries will receive a fasttracked process to permanent residency in Australia.

Applicants will have a dedicated Home Affairs contact to guide them through the process, and applications will receive the highest priority processing.

Applicants will be eligible for permanent residency if they are likely to earn more than $149,000 per year in Australia, and they are highly skilled in one of seven key industry sectors. The usual character, security and integrity checks will apply to all applicants.

This instrument amends the Migration (LIN 19/051: Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Instrument 2019 to make changes to the assessing authority for some occupations and removes references to the Subclass 489 visa that are no longer applicable.
Some or all of this item commenced on 1/11/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01402

This instrument operates to specify the assessing authorities for an occupation specified in either the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL).
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01405

This instrument operates to specify the occupations that an applicant may nominate for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa (Subclass 494).
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01403

The instrument specifies exemptions in relation to age, skills, employment history or English language requirements for the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa (Subclass 186), Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa (Subclass 187) and Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa (Subclass 494).
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01404