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Northern Territory – skilled nomination visas re-open
Northern Territory: Re-opened for skilled nomination
As announced last month the Northern Territory have re-opened their skilled nomination visas from July 1st, 2017.
Eligible Occupations – NT Skilled visas
Applicants can seek to be nominated for either a Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa or Skilled Regional (Provisional) (Subclass 489) visa if they meet the NT nomination criteria. The nomination criteria includes meeting the points test for a GSM visa, but also with having an eligible occupation on the NT list.
There have been some changes from the NT’s 2016-2017 occupation list. It is important to confirm that if you were eligible previously, that you may still be now.
Live in the NT
The eligible occupations for NT nomination are detailed below.
| ANZSCO | OCCUPATION |
| 232111 | Architect |
| 252711 | Audiologist |
| 272111 | Careers Counsellor |
| 351311 | Chef |
| 233211 | Civil Engineer |
| 272311 | Clinical Psychologist |
| 212411 | Copywriter |
| 132111 | Corporate Services Manager |
| 272199 | Counsellors (nec) |
| 321212 | Diesel Motor Mechanic |
| 272112 | Drug & Alcohol Counsellor |
| 241111 | Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher |
| 272312 | Educational Psychologist |
| 233311 | Electrical Engineer |
| 233411 | Electronics Engineer |
| 272113 | Family & Marriage Counsellor |
| 253111 | General Practitioner |
| 233212 | Geotechnical Engineer |
| 232411 | Graphic Designer |
| 391111 | Hairdresser |
| 232412 | Illustrator |
| 233511 | Industrial Engineer |
| 212419 | Journalist & other writers (nec) |
| 232112 | Landscape Architect |
| 233512 | Mechanical Engineer |
| 251211 | Medical Diagnostic Radiographer |
| 251212 | Medical Radiation Therapist |
| 321211 | Motor Mechanic (General) |
| 312113 | Motorcycle Mechanic |
| 212412 | Newspaper or Periodical Editor |
| 251213 | Nuclear Medicine Technologist |
| 254311 | Nurse Manager |
| 254411 | Nurse Practitioner |
| 134212 | Nursing Clinical Director |
| 252411 | Occupational Therapist |
| 251411 | Optometrist |
| 272313 | Organisational Psychologist |
| 251412 | Orthopist |
| 252511 | Physiotherapist |
| 134213 | Primary Health Organisation Manager |
| 212413 | Print Journalist |
| 272399 | Psychologists (nec) |
| 225311 | Public Relations Professional |
| 233213 | Quantity Surveyor |
| 272612 | Recreation Officer |
| 254412 | Registered Nurse (Aged Care) |
| 254413 | Registered Nurse (Child & Family Health) |
| 254414 | Registered Nurse (Community Health) |
| 254415 | Registered Nurse (Critical Care & Emergency) |
| 254416 | Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability) |
| 254417 | Registered Nurse (Disability & Rehabilitation) |
| 254421 | Registered Nurse (Medical Practice) |
| 254418 | Registered Nurse (Medical) |
| 254422 | Registered Nurse (Mental Health) |
| 254425 | Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) |
| 254423 | Registered Nurse (Perioperative) |
| 254424 | Registered Nurse (Surgical) |
| 254499 | Registered Nurses (nec) |
| 272114 | Rehabilitation Counsellor |
| 253112 | Resident Medical Officer |
| 251513 | Retail Pharmacist |
| 321214 | Small Engine Mechanic |
| 272499 | Social Professionals (nec) |
| 272511 | Social Worker |
| 271311 | Solicitor |
| 251214 | Sonographer |
| 252712 | Speech Pathologist |
| 233214 | Structural Engineer |
| 272115 | Student Counsellor |
| 212415 | Technical Writer |
| 212416 | Television Journalist |
| 233215 | Transport Engineer |
| 232414 | Web Designer |
| 134214 | Welfare Centre Manager |
| 272613 | Welfare Worker |
Are you eligible?
If you would like to discuss whether you are eligible for NT nomination please Contact Us.
Australia skilled visas – ACT occupations from July 2017
ACT skilled occupation list – how long will they last this year?
The ACT have announced their skilled occupation list for 2017-2018. The ACT occupation list is only for the Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa.
Unlike other states or territories The ACT do not nominate applicants for the alternate state/territory nominated Skilled Regional (Provisional) (Subclass 489) Visa. This visa is a temporary residents visa. It is commonly acknowledged to be an inferior visa to the Subclass 190 visa.
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Some surprise occupations
Added to the ACT list, and not seen on any other state/territory lists, are the following:
- Copywriter
- Newspaper or Periodical Editor
- Print Journalist
- Technical Writer
- Television Journalist
- Journalists and other writers
In addition the following can also be nominated:
- Public Relations Professionals
Is time ticking…..
If your occupation is listed, and you are keen to apply, then the advice is to get onto it. In the last financial year, 2016 to 2017, the occupation list was only open for a few weeks before it was closed.
What occupations are on the 2017-18 list?
| OCCUPATIONS |
| Architect |
| Audiologist |
| Careers Counsellor |
| Chef |
| Civil Engineer |
| Clinical Psychologist |
| Copywriter |
| Corporate Services Manager |
| Counsellors (nec) |
| Diesel Motor Mechanic |
| Drug & Alcohol Counsellor |
| Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher |
| Educational Psychologist |
| Electrical Engineer |
| Electronics Engineer |
| Family & Marriage Counsellor |
| General Practitioner |
| Geotechnical Engineer |
| Graphic Designer |
| Hairdresser |
| Illustrator |
| Industrial Engineer |
| Journalist & other writers (nec) |
| Landscape Architect |
| Mechanical Engineer |
| Medical Diagnostic Radiographer |
| Medical Radiation Therapist |
| Motor Mechanic (General) |
| Motorcycle Mechanic |
| Newspaper or Periodical Editor |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologist |
| Nurse Manager |
| Nurse Practitioner |
| Nursing Clinical Director |
| Occupational Therapist |
| Optometrist |
| Organisational Psychologist |
| Orthopist |
| Physiotherapist |
| Primary Health Organisation Manager |
| Print Journalist |
| Psychologists (nec) |
| Public Relations Professional |
| Quantity Surveyor |
| Recreation Officer |
| Registered Nurse (Aged Care) |
| Registered Nurse (Child & Family Health) |
| Registered Nurse (Community Health) |
| Registered Nurse (Critical Care & Emergency) |
| Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability) |
| Registered Nurse (Disability & Rehabilitation) |
| Registered Nurse (Medical Practice) |
| Registered Nurse (Medical) |
| Registered Nurse (Mental Health) |
| Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) |
| Registered Nurse (Perioperative) |
| Registered Nurse (Surgical) |
| Registered Nurses (nec) |
| Rehabilitation Counsellor |
| Resident Medical Officer |
| Retail Pharmacist |
| Small Engine Mechanic |
| Social Professionals (nec) |
| Social Worker |
| Solicitor |
| Sonographer |
| Speech Pathologist |
| Structural Engineer |
| Student Counsellor |
| Technical Writer |
| Television Journalist |
| Transport Engineer |
| Web Designer |
| Welfare Centre Manager |
| Welfare Worker |
If you would like to discuss your options then please Contact Us.
Announcement – South Australian State Nominated Occupation List (SNOL) 2017/18
The following is an announcement from Immigration South Australia.
Immigration SA’s application system will close at 3pm (ACST) on Thursday 29 June 2017 and will re-open at 12pm (ACST) on Tuesday 4 July 2017.
This closure affects all existing or new applications for Skilled, Employer Sponsored and Business migration.
Skilled Migration
The re-opening of the application system on Tuesday 4 July will coincide with the release of the updated State Nominated Occupation List (SNOL) for 2017/18. The update of the SNOL is an annual process undertaken by Immigration SA to manage participation in the national migration program.
As per the current SNOL, certain occupations will not be able to access state nomination for the subclass 190 visa and are therefore restricted to the subclass 489 visa. This reflects both restrictions put in place by the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) in defining ‘regional occupations’ and further considerations by Immigration SA. Immigration SA will also restrict offshore applicants for certain additional occupations to state nomination for the subclass 489 visa.
DIBP has also advised that the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) will be revised on 1 July. As the STSOL forms the basis for the SNOL, Immigration SA will need to take into consideration any changes that may occur. Depending on when DIBP advise of any changes, the SNOL (and Supplementary Skilled List) may need to be further amended following its release on 4 July.
Applications submitted before 3pm (ACST) on Thursday 29 June will be assessed according to the current SNOL, and Immigration SA will endeavour to finalise these applications in SkillSelect so that they are not affected by any subsequent DIBP changes. The ability to do this will depend on volumes received and we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to facilitate processing prior to 1 July.
Note: Any Skilled Migration application that has not been submitted before 3pm (ACST) on Thursday 29 June will be deleted from the system and will not be able to be accessed again.
Employer Sponsored
From 1 July the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) will require that nominees meet new English language and age requirements. These requirements, as well as others planned for March 2018, are available in Fact sheet two: Reforms to Australia’s permanent employer sponsored skilled migration programme. Advice from DIBP is that changes to the permanent Employer Sponsored program apply at time of lodgement and not decision.
There are no changes to Immigration SA requirements and applications for RCB advice will continue to be assessed during the system closure as per normal.
Business Migration
There are no changes to Immigration SA requirements and applications will continue to be assessed during the system closure as per normal. Please note that no nominations will be provided until after 1 July 2017 (this includes renomination requests) when Immigration SA’s allocation is reset.
Kind regards
Immigration SA
If you would like to discuss this with us please Contact Us.
Additional IT occupations for Skilled Occupation List (SOL): 2016 to 2017?
Details of the potential changes to the Australian Skilled Occupation List (SOL) have recently been made public. The occupations detailed, collated by the Department of Education and presented to the Department of Immigration & Border Patrol (DIBP), are those that are likely to be deemed in demand in the coming years. The occupations are detailed below.
Of particular interest, and in line with the recent Deloitte Access Economics and Australian Computer Society (ACS) report is the POTENTIAL addition of some new IT occupations to the SOL from 1 July 2016 onwards. They include the following:
- 262111 – Database Administrator
- 262112 – ICT Security Specialist
- 262113 – Systems Administrator
- 263211 – ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
- 263212 – ICT Support Engineer
- 263213 – ICT Systems Test Engineer
- 263299 – ICT Support and Test Engineer NEC
- 261212 – Web Developer
- 261211 – Multimedia Specialist
- 261399 – Software and Application Programmer
Currently some of the occupations above have opportunities for state/territory nominated visas. Whilst for others – namely Web Developer & Multimedia Specialist – there are no visa options outside state/territory nominated visas.
If you are an IT professional and you would like to look at your POTENTIAL opportunities for Skilled migration, either now or in the coming months please get in touch.
Part 1: Australian innovation and visas – a new visa pathway is needed for overseas start ups
Digital Disrupt(ion) and visas
An interesting story appeared today in the Australian press.
The details are in this press article, however the story focuses on Chris Bailey, who along with an Australian business partner set up a successful and fast growing start up buisness called Disrupt in Sydney. This was before he was deported from Australia for lying about completing his mandatory three month fruit picking stint in order to extend his working holiday visa.
It, again, reinforces the problem that Australia has with innovation and visas. In particular how does the Australian visa program support innovation and start ups. In an increasingly competitive international, innovative and digital world, it forces us to consider:
- What can help Australia drive young entrepreneurial international talent to the country?
- Why doesn’t the current visa system support the people we need to accomplish this – be it through skilled visas, employer sponsored visas or the business innovation and investment programs?
Compliance v vision
Whilst most people are of the view that visa compliance is important to the integrity of the visa system, there comes a time when common sense and vision must prevail. There needs to be a solution for someone willing to put their hand in their pocket – figuratively and/or literally – with what appears to be a track record of starting and managing small innovative businesses.
At present there is no such option available to individuals with this talent. They need to either meet relatively stringent criteria in the business innovation and investment program, usually beyond the means of innovative young business people, or they are lost to Australia before they get there. Alternately they need to be sponsored by a business and be paid a market rate salary for the position that is held. A not insignificant cost for any business, let alone one at the start of their journey.
A new visa pathway is needed
So what’s the solution? At this point in time it is difficult to outline a complete visa solution. However a temporary residency visa that encourages people with a combination of the below could be considered.
- proven entrepreneurial skills or start up activity (as manager or director)
- college or university training in a technology/digital/computer science/design/engineering course
- proficient english language skills
- evidence of sufficient assets or nomination by an Australian resident/citizen business owner/director or support from a federal or state/territory authority
- adequate health cover
As a follow up to this visa there should be a clear pathway to permanent residency, or a visa extension if the start up is tracking well. This should not be done at the expense of those business people and investors who meet the current criteria, however it should be incorporated into the overall program.
Unfortunatley it would not help Chris, but it could provide a catalyst for the next Chris to find a way to get to Australia and either stay, or leave a legacy for locals to continue with.
Disrupt have also commented on it as well via Linkedin.