Australian Employer Sponsored Visas – Proposed Changes
Australia is proposing changes to immigration laws to be able to limit certain occupations    Currently there are no specific limits on particular occupations and the new Act is not in force.
See the full details below.

Employer Sponsored Workers

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The new Australian Skilled Occupation List (SOL) has been released on 17 May 2010.
The new SOL list is proposed to take effect from 1 July 2010.

Minister’s announcement of new Skilled Occupations List – 17 May
On 17 May 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the list of occupations included in [...]

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Applications for Australian general skilled migration (GSM) visas in some subclasses have been stopped temporarily.
The following announcement was made on May 7, 2010
Temporary suspension of Certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) Applications (Subclasses 175, 176 and 475 Only)
The Australian Government has decided to temporarily suspend the acceptance of certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa applications. This [...]

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A streamlined Skilled Occupation List (SOL) will be part of the changes to the Australian skilled migration program. The Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) is to be scrapped immediately and the Critical Skills List (CSL) phased out…
Here is the statement for the Australian Minister of Immigration Chris Evans.

Migration reforms to deliver Australia’s skills needs
Monday, [...]

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Visa waiting times under Australia’s new visa priority rules mean longer waiting periods for those not sponsored or occupations not on the Critaical Skills List CSL
The visa processing times for Australian visas will change due to new priority rules announced by the Australian immigration department (DIAC) on September 23, 2009

Visa applicants without sponsorship and not [...]

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