By Jeffrey Stone

Subclass 482: Skills in Demand Visa

  • Temporary skilled worker visa with up to 4 years validity
  • Clear pathway to permanent residence
  • Will have 3 streams – Specialist Skills, Core Skills and Labour Agreements 
    1. Specialist Skills stream: Will be for highly skilled migrants earning at least $135,000 in any occupation except trades workers, machinery operators, drivers and labourers
    2. Core Skills stream: Will be for skilled employees and there will be a new Core Skills occupation List and a Core Skills Income Threshold
    3. Labour Agreement stream: The TSS Labour Agreement stream will be renamed the Skills in Demand Labour Agreement stream
  • Work experience requirement reduced to one year
  • As the TSS visa will be replaced by the SID visa existing short-term and medium-term streams of the TSS visa will close to new applications.
  • The Department are currently working on this, and it will commence in 2024 before the end of the year.

Subclass 858: National Innovation Visa

  • Will replace the Global Talent visa but remain a Sc 858 visa
  • Will have a place for a broad range of high calibre talent with a diversity of backgrounds such as :
    • Global researchers and thought leader e.g. published in leading journals, high levels of publications and citations, recipients of top of field awards
    • Entrepreneurs both established and emerging with lessons taken from successful State and Territory led initiatives
    • Innovative Investors with a focus on the quality of investment, not simple thresholds
    • Athletes and creatives particularly those that represent Australia internationally
  • Applications will be by invitation only and the EOI process will more closely reflect that of other invitation only visas.
  • The Department are currently working on this, and it will commence in 2024 before the end of the year.

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