Australia is a very wealthy country and it lacks only one resource - people. South Australia is on the verge of a massive economic boom based on mining industry. ...
Over 46,680 temporary work permits, known as
subclass 457 visas, were issued to foreign skilled workers for the period 2006-07 alone.
Below are listed service sectors & industries with the highest skilled worker visa demand:
- 16% of the overall count of 457 visas was issued to people working in health services.
- 10% for people employed in communication services.
- 10% for property related & business services.
- 9% for manufacturing.
- 9% for construction industry workers.
Australian employers are in constant search for skilled workers. ...
Australia's thriving economy has one downside, a shortfall in skilled labor spreading over a wide range of employment sectors. General Skilled Migration program is Australia’s way to engage migrants from all over the world to help relieve workforce shortages, where both trades men and and highly skilled professionals are required.
The system is divided into "
visa subclasses", which are then broken into Onshore and Offshore categories.
- Onshore visa subclasses are designed for individuals already legally residing in Australia using one of the other visas such as a student visa.
- Applicants can apply for offshore visas from overseas or from within Australia; however, the applicant must be outside Australia when the visa is granted.
If you are an individual and you are interested in immigrating to Australia, you should refer to the
Skilled Occupation List (SOL) to see whether their occupation of interest is listed. ...
New Zealand Government officials expressed their concern regarding a British proposal to get rid of the
UK Ancestry Visa.
There are officially announced plans to abolish the visa, which currently allows people whose grandparents were born in the United Kingdom to live there for up to 4 years.
According to Prime Minister
Helen Clark the UK ancestry visa should remain in place as testimony to New Zealand's relationship with the United Kingdom. She says only about 25% of those who entered the UK on the visa are kiwis. ...
The UK is the first country to introduce the point based system back in 2002, also known as Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). Migrants are able to enter the UK with this visa scheme with no need of a sponsor or previous job offer whatsoever. ...
Recent report of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship shows that Australia’s gap year program is more popular than ever.
10,000 additional Working Holiday Maker visas are expected to be issued by the end of this financial year. This is a huge increase, compared to the 145,000 visas issued by the Australian Government for the period 2007-2007.
In just under 5 years there is nearly a 10 times increase in the number of visas issued to Korean applicants. ...
1st of June 2008 is the deadline to obtain one of the 6000 recently released
Australian skilled visas. If you wish to obtain such a visa, this is your chance for
immigration to Australia. ...
THOUSANDS of jobs paying £70,000 a year are available in Australia for Irish tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters. The increased demand for natural resources is also creating an acute shortage of skilled workers in Australia’s mining industry. ...
Another 6,000 skilled migrants will be able to take their change abroad, since ongoing labor shortages are forcing Australia to expand the number of places in the skilled migration program to 108,500. 2007-2008 will be the busiest period yet. ...
Recently ASSA released report on Australia’s shortage of skilled workforce. The constant growing labor requirements can not be met by the current population at this level of immigration to Australia. ...
Australian immigration, already at a record high, will need to almost double to 316,000 by 2051 to meet labour market needs, but the country is ill prepared to deal with the increase, according to a new report.
The report by Professor Peter McDonald and Professor Glenn Withers from the
Australian National University's Academy of Social Sciences has established that Australia needs skilled workers if it wants to maintain its adequate workforce and avoid future economic constraints. ...
According to a new report
Skilled trades remain in short supply across Australia, increasing building costs and adding to housing affordability pressures.
The
Housing Industry Association's (HIA) trades report for the final quarter of 2007 found all 13 residential construction trades surveyed are still in short supply. ...
If you're a scientist or engineer, your immigration decision could be the answer to Australia's energy, mining and pharmaceutical industries' pleads for more qualified professionals to
migrate to Australia.
Immigrate not only to a better lifestyle, but also to a much more comfortable one. ...
Just over 200,000 British citizens left in 2006, according to the latest government figures.
The most popular European destination is Spain (14%) followed by France (10%). ...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he willl consider making changes to Australia's migration policy as a way of addressing the skills shortage affecting the economy.
Earlier today Woodside officials in Karratha told Mr Rudd the company will need foreign workers as part of a major expansion of its North West gas processing plant. ...
With a record 775,300 people now in work “It is an All time high for SA jobs” the state government says.
Premier Mike Rann said full-time employment had also reached a record 535,600 with 2,300 new jobs created only in December. ...
The American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand stated that for the third consecutive year, US companies based in
New Zealand are waiting for more skilled workers. New Zealand has been facing labor shortages in the last few years and one of the possible solutions is to attract more skilled employees. ...
Figures issued in Tuesday showed more than 40,000 New Zealanders crossed the Tasman in the past 12 months. Economists said the situation could worsen in coming months if the Australian economy continued to be stronger than New Zealand's. ...
The Council of Trade Unions says the number of New Zealanders leaving to live and work in Australia will continue to climb unless wages rise.
Statistics New Zealand says the net migration of New Zealanders to Australia was 26,500 in the past 12 months - an increase of 7000 (26.4%) on the previous year. ...
Recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that migration is increasing to South Australia. During the 12 months ending 31 March 2007, the Australian state recorded a net overseas migration gain of 12,600 people. ...
The number of South Africans emigrating to Australia last year rose by 10% but still fell short by 35% from the highs established in 2002 and 2003. Last year 4,293 South Africans successfully applied for permanent residence in Australia, compared to 3 895 the previous year. ...
The Victorian Government yesterday unveiled a $3.96 million initiative in Wangaratta it hopes will build on the 1500 skilled migrants who have already made regional Victoria their home.
The Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Jacinta Allan, said the state’s new Global Skills for Provincial Victoria program would bring further skilled and business migrants to regional Victoria. ...
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says Australia has taken into account people worried about migration when deciding its immigration policy.
Mr Andrews defended the Government's migration policy in a speech to an international migration conference in Melbourne today. ...
Skilled migrants will be encouraged to move to Victoria, particularly to regional areas, under a new strategy to increase the state’s share of Australia’s skilled migrant intake to 28.5 per cent, from the current 26.8 per cent.
The Premier, John Brumby, and the Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Jacinta Allan, today released the next stage of the Victorian Government’s skilled migration strategy, which targets skilled and business migrants. ...
Small businesses in Western Australia and other parts of the country are being forced to close because they can't find enough skilled people with trade and technical experience, reports Perth's Sunday Times. Both local authorities and the federal government recognise that Australian immigration is the only answer to the labour shortage. ...
Victoria will aim to attract a greater share of Australia's skilled migrant intake, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby said the Government wanted to boost Victoria's current share of Australia's skilled migrants from 26.8 per cent to 28.5 per cent by 2011. ...
Irish tradesmen and professionals relocating to Australia are hitting the ground running, with a new report revealing that skilled migrants are gaining employment, adjusting to the Oz lifestyle and finding their feet faster than ever.
The recent 'longitudinal survey' by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) involved the questioning of over 10,000 skill stream and family stream primary applicants. ...
