On 18 April 2017 the Government announced a number of reforms to Australia’s temporary and permanent skilled visa programmes. Implementation of the reforms commenced on 19 April 2017 and will be completed by March 2018.
In addition to the reforms impacting the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) which have already been implemented on 19 April 2017, there are a number of further changes which will take effect on 1 July 2017. These changes will specifically impact on the following temporary and permanent skilled migration programmes:
For information about these reforms visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
From 19 November 2016 a number of temporary visas were closed to new applications and four new visa subclasses were introduced.
Further details about the new temporary activity visa framework are available on the Department of Home Affairs website
