PC report: abolish business skills visas, occupation lists, and some skill assessments; new aged and disability care visa, longer temporary visas and pathways to PR

PC report: abolish business skills visas, occupation lists, and some skill assessments; new aged and disability care visa, longer temporary visas and pathways to PR

Late last week the Productivity Commission provided its 5-year outlook and recommendations on how to boost Australia’s productivity. The review suggests abolishing business skills visas, removing occupation lists but increasing minimum income thresholds, creating a new visa for the aged and disability sector and more pathways to PR, and removing some skill assessments.

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PMSOL abolished: healthcare and teaching occupations take over

PMSOL abolished: healthcare and teaching occupations take over

A creature of COVID, the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) was abolished last week and replaced with more back-to-business processing priorities except for healthcare and teaching occupations which now take the highest priority.

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2022-23 Budget: More skilled migrants, less business skills, partner visas uncapped

2022-23 Budget: More skilled migrants, less business skills, partner visas uncapped

The Federal Budget handed down last night reinstated the pre-eminence of skilled migration, boosting permanent migration numbers to pre-pandemic levels. Despite the number of places remaining at 160,000, partner visas will no longer be subject to a ceiling.

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