The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton made the Specification of Occupations, a Person or Body, a Country or Countries Amendment Instrument 2017/040 on 18 April 2017, and it commenced on the day after registration (i.e. 19 April 2017)
On 19 April 2017:
This article will shed light on the occupations listed in the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) and the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL).
With the current climate of confusion engulfing the 457 visa, the Migration Institute of Australia has come forward in urging people affected by these changes to stay calm as this is a re branding exercise.
On 18 April 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) was abolished and replaced by two new streams (a 2 year and a 4 year) of the Temporary Skill Shortage visa (TSS).
With a view to uphold and safeguard Australian values, the Prime Minister announced reforms to the citizenship process on this basis of feedback received from the 2016 Productivity Commission Report: Migrant Intake Into Australia and the National Consultation on Citizenship, conducted by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and the Hon Philip Ruddock MP in 2015.
With the introduction of the Temporary Skill shortage (TSS) visa in March 2018, the Government announced that the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) will be abolished and replaced.
Along with it, the Government announced that the current 457 visa holders will not be affected by this change.
The announcement has come as a wave of change for workers and employers. When we look at it closely though, the 457 visa has been replaced by a new visa.
Business and Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) has announced a temporary suspension for the acceptance of all applications for Queensland Skilled Visa Nominations under the State Nominated scheme Subclasses 190 and 489, due to having reached their DIBP allocated ceiling.
