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

March 2020 - Skilled occupation list review

Save the date: March 2020

This is when, according to the Department of employment, the new skilled occupation lists are due to be released.

The process will start with the interested stakeholders, industries and groups around the country meeting to learn about current labour market and skills shortages. This will eventually result in occupations being REMOVED from the lists, ADDED or CHANGED between MLTSSL and STSOL.

Not only will these changes be of vital importance to prospective visa applicants, BUT ALSO for current 457/482 visa holders who are NOT SUBJECT to the transitional arrangements.