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Emigrant visas cuts in favor of higher skills visa
May 21, Australia – According to the latest report, the new rules announced on Monday stated that the number of occupations entitling Irish workers to an Australian work visa have been cut by more than half, from 400 to 181, effective on July 1. This has been a bad news especially for immigrants workers who are wishing to grab a career opportunities in the land down under.
The previous system in which they granted and qualified for a permanent residency visa such as hairdressers, butchers, cooks and gardeners are no longer eligible. More than 1,500 Irish people were granted permanent residency visas between 2008 and 2009 with most (1,132) qualifying as skilled workers under Australia’s Skilled Migration Programme.
From the statement of Australian immigration minister Senator Chris Evans said the changes in the programme has been made in benefits of the highly skilled workers from across the country. The new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) is “designed to deliver highly skilled migrants and crack down on people seeking permanent residency through low-value education courses”, he said in a statement.
He added that these changes is for the betterment of the company to only hire and attract qualified and highly skilled workers that would certainly benefits them. In addition the new SOL replaces the Migration Occupations in Demand List, MODL, which was cancelled in February.
Source:
independent
