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Ministers Announcement PERTH A REGIONAL AREA as at 19/7/2011
Perth will be labelled a country town by the Federal Government as part of an extraordinary move to attract desperately needed workers to the city.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will today announce that Perth will be reclassified alongside regional employment "hardship" areas such as Karratha and Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
The move will ease the way for businesses to bring in more skilled and semi-skilled foreign workers to fill occupations such as child care, aged care and scaffolding.
Adelaide is the only other major capital city to enjoy the nominal regional employment status.
The program will result in Perth being included in the Government's regional sponsored migration scheme, giving the city's employers access to a potential national pool of 16,000 sponsored visa places for foreign workers
For further infomation go to http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/rsms/ OR call Complete Migration Solutions [CMS] on 08 9361 0088 to discuss your options.
All you need is a Diploma, 4.5 in IELTS if applicable, a suitable employer sponsor and a telephone to call CMS and ensure the criteria can be met. The RSMS is a Permanent VIsa. You can apply for waivers for Age, skill, qualification and English - so call today 9361 0088
Perth Regional Classification Update 18/8/2011 |
The Minister announced on 19 July that Perth will be considered a regional city and will be able to benefit from inclusion in the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) (Subclasses 119 and 857).
Since then it has been announced on the DIAC website that Perth will also be included as a regional area for family sponsored General Skilled Migration (GSM) applications (Subclasses 475, 487 and 887).
DIAC has now advised the MIA that the legislation to allow this to happen may not be ready until September or October 2011.
The Institute will advise further when legislative changes are implemented. |
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