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Skilled Nominated visa (190) - NSW: updates 27 September 2023

Invitation rounds for the SKILLED NOMINATED visa (190) in NSW will commence next week.

What’s changing:

Due to high demand and limited places, to better address the skills shortages across the State, NSW will focus on priority sectors that need skilled workers, including:

  • Health

  • Education

  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

  • Infrastructure

  • Agriculture

Although the focus will be in key-industries, high-ranking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in non-priority sectors may also be considered.

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NEW PRIORITY MIGRATION SKILLED OCCUPATION LIST (PMSOL)

A new PRIORITY MIGRATION SKILLED OCCUPATION LIST (PMSOL) has been announced in order to allow sponsored skilled workers to return to Australia, fulfilling urgent skill needs in critical sectors and helping rebuild Australian economy.

 

The critical sectors included in the new PMSOL are healthcare, construction and IT; skilled workers who are sponsored in one of the PMSOL occupations, can get a travel exemption to move to Australia, but they must observe a 14 days quarantine once here (at their expenses).

 

Employers must advertise their vacancy in two national advertisements (included the Government’s jobactive website).

 

The 17 occupations in the PMSOL are:

-       Chief Executive or Managing Director

-       Construction Project Manager

-       Mechanical Engineer

-       General Practitioner

-       Resident Medical Officer

-       Psychiatrist

-       Medical Practitioner nec

-       Midwife

-       Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

-       Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)

-       Registered Nurse (Medical)

-       Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

-       Registered Nurse (Perioperative)

-       Registered Nurses nec

-       Developer Programmer

-       Software Engineer

-       Maintenance Planner

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GOLD COAST WILL BE REGIONAL AREA

Following the announcement on Perth reinstated as regional area, the Gold Coast too, according to a joint media release with the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister, the Hon Alan Tudge MP and the Hon Dan Tehan MP, will become regional as of 16 November 2019.

The regional cap for skilled regional visa places has been increased by 2,000 units, from 23,000 to 25,000.

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