Australia immigration

As the focus continues on Australia’s Migration Program and migration rules are altered to meet our ambitious immigration targets, address the nation’s skills shortages and stimulate our economic prosperity. It’s important to keep up to date on the changing regulatory environment related to employing workers from overseas. Here’s a summary of recent and upcoming changes related to skilled migration. Australia and UK Free Trade Agreement fast-tracked The long-awaited Australia-UK Fair Trade Agreement (UKFTA) came into effect on 31 May 2023. This agreement provides positive opportunities for further trade, investment, and movement of capital and people between Australia and the UK. As part of this agreement, there will be increased mobility for Australians who want to go to the UK and Brits wanting to work in Australia. Changes include: • a framework for professional bodies to agree to streamline licensing processes to facilitate the movement of qualified professionals between Australia and the UK • from 1 July 2023, UK passport holders can apply for a Working Holiday visa between the ages of 18 and 35 years inclusive • from 1 July 2024, UK passport holders can be granted up to three separate Working Holiday visas without having to meet any specified work requirements. The removal of Labour Market Testing (LMT) provisions are included in Chapter 11 - Temporary Entry of Business Persons of the UKFTA. It is anticipated that the required legislative provisions will be amended s...

SYDNEY -- Australia will join the global competition for highly skilled professionals by changing its immigration policy for the first time in a decade, with the first step set to be taken next month -- ensuring higher pay for newly arriving temporary visa holders. "If 'populate or perish' described Australia's challenge in the 1950s, 'skill up or sink' is the reality we face in the 2020s and beyond," Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said recently, stressing the need to update the country's immigration system.

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