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Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement program: From 1 July 2021, the Australian Government in collaboration with Talent Beyond Boundaries, is piloting a program aimed at providing skilled refugees with a pathway to live and work in Australia. Under this pilot program, endorsed business sponsors will be able to utilise the Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement program to sponsor skilled refugees to work in their business, on a temporary or permanent basis.

In a world where international travel is extremely limited and, in some cases, unsafe, intended spouses may well wonder if it is possible for them to get married “by proxy”.

The Fishing Industry Labour Agreement is a work agreement between approved fishing businesses operating in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Industry and the Department of Home Affairs, allowing fishing businesses to recruit an agreed number of skilled workers in light of skills shortages suffered by the Fishing Industry.

In September 2020 the Department of Home Affairs announced the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL), to identify occupations which fill critical skills needed to support Australia’s economic recovery from COVID-19.

The Dairy Industry Labour Agreement is a work agreement between approved dairy farmers and the Department of Home Affairs, allowing dairy farm employers to recruit an agreed number of skilled workers in light of skills shortages suffered by the Dairy Industry in Australia.

Australian Federal Government’s budget announcements included a change in the period in which the applicant must have met the income threshold for the New Zealand Stream of the Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) visa to encourage uptake.

Did you know that businesses in Australia can sponsor skilled overseas workers in certain industries, even where standard temporary or permanent visa programs do not cater to the particular occupation(s)?

As discussed in our previous post, under the proposed terms of the Australia – UK Free Trade Agreement, UK nationals will no longer be required to undertake regional farm work in conjunction with their Working Holidays (subclass 417) visas.

On 15 June 2021 Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced that Australian and the UK had agreed in principle to a Free Trade Agreement. What will the FTA mean for Australian visas?

Many people, even some of our own politicians, think that if you were born in Australia you are an Australian citizen. However this is not automatically the case and only some people born in Australia are Australian citizens at birth.