by hartmanadmin | May 9, 2018 | 186 Permanent Employer Sponsored visas, Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas
The Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2017 (Bill) has now been passed by the Senate. An outline of the key requirements for skilled visa sponsors is explained below. Contributions to the Fund The Bill replaces the Training Benchmark A or B...
by hartmanadmin | Apr 18, 2018 | Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas
One of the key policy changes implemented along with the new Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) (TSS) visa is a new, stricter Labour Market Testing (LMT) requirement. In this article, we set out the key requirements and the now very limited exemptions to LMT....
by hartmanadmin | Apr 10, 2018 | Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas
Certain sponsors will be eligible to apply for “accredited status.” Accredited sponsors receive priority processing for all TSS nominations and visa applications – usually these applications are processed in less than five days. Also, applicants who are sponsored by...
by hartmanadmin | Mar 19, 2018 | Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas
This month marks a substantial change for Australian temporary skilled work visas as the well-known and much used subclass 457 visa has now been replaced by the new Subclass 482 Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa. With the TSS visa, the Australian Government has...
by hartmanadmin | Mar 16, 2018 | Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas
This month the subclass 457 visa is scheduled to be replaced by the new Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa. Accordingly, it is an opportune time to provide an update on what the TSS visa will look like – both or for businesses and overseas workers. Nominating an...