The Federal Government announced today it was scrapping the notorious Temporary Work (Skilled) subclass 457 visa. Based on early reports, this visa will be replaced by two temporary entry visas of two and fours years duration respectively. Eligibility requirements for the new visas will be more stringent than for the 457 visa.
In 2015-16, 1095 migrant engineers were granted 457 visas, compared with 6867 who were granted permanent residence visas, notably the Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa. At the end of June 2016 there were 2327 engineers working in Australia on 457 visas, some of whom had been granted the visa in previous years. For more information and statistics about 457 visas granted to engineers, see Section 10.5 on page 36 of the report. Comments are closed.
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November 2018
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