Came into effect on July 1, 2012, Australia finally released its new General Skilled Migration program with several changes especially considering workers requirements in the country’s labor market. After making all the necessary changes, the amended Australian skilled migration program was finally released publicly.
Here are some important facts relating several changes in the Skilled Migration program.
Academic Qualifications and Australian Study, earlier overseas students have to submit their skilled applications within the mentioned period of six months from the due date of completion of study in the country. On the contrary, the new amendments in the program allow even those to file their applications under the SkillSelect who have completed their study before six months. More than that, the applicants will be allowed to score points on the basis of their education as well.
Work-experience, as of the new amendments, the previous work-experience criteria will not be valid for the new visa subclasses. The applicants, who have even changed their occupation or having some gapping in their career, can get a better privilege of qualifying the Australian Skilled Migration program easily.
Reunification or inclusion of family members, earlier there was no provision for inclusion of family under the said program in any circumstance, so who get married after filing their application, have to wait for long. However, the latest amendments simplify this by allowing family-inclusion even after submission of the application.
Comparing the new General Skilled Migration program with the old one, we find lots of changes that have been introduced to make it more effective for filling the skills shortage in the labor market of the nation.
Inclusion of new occupations, the new amendments in Australia General Skilled Migration program also made a recommendation for inclusion of several new occupations that will be applicable from July 1, this year. The latest occupation list includes various new occupations and provides a wonderful opportunity to those who were not able to qualify the GSM program as their occupations were not listed.
Extension of language test validity period, according to the new program, the IELTS’ score will be valid for 3 years that offers some sort of relief to those whose IELTS score was expired under 2 years validity policy.
The above listed points are the greatest highlight of the newly introduced Australia General Skilled Migration program. In case of any confusion, you can hire an immigration consultant, Abhinav outsourcing can be a better choice in this regard.
