Australian Immigration Daily News

The Department of Jobs and Small Business regularly reviews the skilled migration occupation lists to ensure they are responsive to Australia’s labour market needs. These lists underpin a range of employer-sponsored, points-tested and state-nominated visa programs. The review process involves seven stages including:

1.Commencing the review process
2.Undertaking initial labour market analysis and meet with stakeholders
3.Commencing stakeholder submission period process
4.Concluding stakeholder submission period process
5.Analysing themes and data from consultation
6.Providing recommendations to the government
7.Announcing decision

The first six stages of the process are now complete therefore the announcement of the 2018/19 Skilled Occupation Lists is imminent. Whilst certain occupations were flagged for removal, it is possible for unflagged occupations to be impacted by the review process.

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Can the Tribunal rely on that information as the basis for affirming the refusal of a visa application?

This interesting question was presented in a case that was decided by Judge Riethmuller of the Federal Circuit Court late last week, Gill v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) FCCA 1726 (29 June 2018).

The background of the case was that the applicant was seeking a “Skilled (Residence)” visa, subclass 887.

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: