Australia and New Zealand Immigration News

Immigration Minister Chris Evans has said recently that changes to the skilled migration system will help Western Australian business find the Migrants that they need to fill their skilled labour needs.

Immigration Minister Evans spoke recently to the Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Workforce Summit in Perth and had the following to say:

Recently Australian immigration has introduced legislation, the Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010, that it is hoped will enable the Australian Government to have greater flexibility when setting immigration caps.

Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans has said recently that that there are still a number of immigration options available for highly qualified chefs and cooks. Immigration Minister Evans went onto say:

Immigration Minister Chris Evans had previously announced the revocations of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) from 8 February 2010. Now following advice from the Independent body, Skills Australia a new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) has just been announced. This is due to be implemented on 1 July 2010.

Australian immigration has decided to stop the processing of the main general skilled migration visas from 8 May 2010 to 30 June 2010. This temporary suspension includes all primary applicants for the following Australian general skilled migration visas:

Australian immigration had previously stated that the new Australian skilled occupation list would be announced on 30 April 2010. This has now been delayed to sometime in May 2010. The Australian Government has said that the new skilled occupation list would focus on higher level skilled occupations and trades.