There have been significant legislative changes affecting visa holders and applicants of both the permanent Skilled Migration Program and the Temporary Skilled Migration Program (often known as the 457 visa program) and these continue throughout 2018. However there...
The existing Subclass 457 training benchmark requirements will cease in March 2018, with a new Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) levy to be paid instead at the time a Nomination is lodged for the new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa, as well as the subclass 186 and...
As previously flagged in one of our earlier updates, the 457 visa program will transition to the Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) Visa from March 2018. It is expected that there will be ongoing changes to the requirements businesses need to meet in order to nominate...
Changes continue to be rolled out by the Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP). A recent change relates to the training benchmarks that 457 business sponsors are obliged to meet – this article explains how the changes impact employers....
