The Australian immigration Visa SkillSelect program is a service online accessed by skilled or trained individuals. This SkillSelect visa comes under the General Migration Visa concerned with business and employment in Australia. This system was introduced in July 2012, aims at assisting businessmen and employers to select applicants with specified skills. Most of the regional skilled employment problem has reduced considerably.
This immigration SkillSelect program is under the supervision of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), Australia. The candidates so selected or invited for visas are valid for a period of two years along with EOI. The government support to the Australian employers for faster means of visa processing is noteworthy.
The changes to the Australian immigration visa Skillselect program July 2012 has been very advantageous in selection. The test conducted for subclasses 176, 475, 886,885, 175 and 487 have been condensed to three subclasses 189, 190 and 489 that is skilled independent, nominated and regional. Other skilled migration visas under the SkillSelect program are Employer nomination scheme (subclass 186), Australia subclass 457 visa, business innovation and investment provisional and residential of subclass 188 and 888, the last business talent migrant subclass 132.
Some of the highly skilled jobs like engineers and teachers require the applicant to pass the IELTS test with minimum of 7 band score under the skilled migration visa. For all the visa subclasses under the general migration visa, the candidate applying should clear the Expression of Interest (EOI) for selected visa. The information online about the workers helps the employers in Australia to select the aspirants as per their skill and nominate them under the visa type. Henceforth the aspirants or the selected candidates move forward in processing the visa according to the invitation by the employer, state or government.
With the changed Australian immigration Visa Skillselect program July 2012 the system of migration has gained accolades over the past few months. The points are given directly assessing the candidate’s ability when invited. This has made the process faster in accordance to the needs of Australian labour market.
