By operating these changes, the Australian authorities aim to ensure that the Skilled occupation lists cater to Australia's economic needs in terms of labour. The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, David Coleman has announced the major changes this Monday 11th of March. They include the addition of 18 professions to the Regional Occupation List and 36 professions to the Medium and Long Term Skill Shortage List.
The professions under the Regional Occupation List allow expatriates practicing them to obtain up to four year residence visas in specified regions of Australia. Professions added to the Regional Occupation List include particularly skilled farm jobs such as crop farmers, beef cattle farmers or aquaculture farmer. They also include more skilled jobs such as dentists and anaesthetists. The full list is available below.
Expatriates in professions listed under the Medium and Long-Term Skills Shortage Lists will also be eligible for residency and four year stay and ultimately for permanent residence. New professions added to this list include footballers and tennis coach which comes as a relief to the Australian sports industry. But it also includes a plethora of other professions from economists to engineers and metallurgists. The full list is also available below.
Several professions have also been removed from the Short Term Skill Shortage List.
36 occupations added to the Medium and Long-Term Skills Shortage List:
Arts Administrator or Manager
Dancer or Choreographer
Music Director
Artistic Director
Tennis Coach
Footballer
Environmental Manager
Musician (Instrumental)
Statistician
Economist
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum
Petroleum Engineer
Engineering Professionals nec
Chemist
Food Technologist
Environmental Consultant
Environmental Research Scientist
Environmental Scientists nec
Geophysicist
Hydrogeologist
Life Scientist (General
Biochemist
Biotechnologist
Botanist
Marine Biologist
Microbiologist
Zoologist
Life Scientists nec
Conservator
Metallurgist
Meteorologist
Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec
University Lecturer
Multimedia Specialist
Software and Applications Programmers nec
Horse Trainer
18 occupations added to the Regional Occupation List:
Aquaculture Farmer
Cotton Grower
Fruit or Nut Grower
Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (Aus)/field crop grower (NZ)
Mixed Crop Farmer
Sugar Cane Grower
Crop Farmers nec
Beef Cattle Farmer
Dairy Cattle Farmer
Mixed Livestock Farmer
Deer Farmer
Goat Farmer
Pig Farmer
Sheep Farmer
Livestock Farmers nec
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
Dentist
Anaesthetist
Sources :
- Australian government : https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/skilled-migration-program/recent-changes
