CHANGES TO OCCUPATION LISTS AS OF 11 MARCH 2019
All 482 and permanent residence applications lodged under Employer Nomination/Regional Sponsored Migration must be in the one of the below occupations (unless otherwise exempt).
ADDED TO MEDIUM LONG TERM (4-YEAR OCCUPATION LIST) AND A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE
- Telecommunications network planner
- Pressure welder
- Environmental Manager
- Musician (Instrumental)
- Statistician
- Economist
- Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)
- Petroleum Engineer
- Engineering Professionals nec
- Chemist
- Food Technologist
- Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Research Scientist
- Environmental Scientists nec
- Geophysicist
- Hydrogeologist
- Life Scientist (General)
- Biochemist
- Biotechnologist
- Botanist
- Marine Biologist
- Microbiologist
- Zoologist
- Life Scientists nec
- Conservator
- Metallurgist
- Meteorologist
- Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec
- University Lecturer
- Multimedia Specialist
- Software and Applications Programmers nec
- Horse Trainer
- Physicist – no longer restricted to medical physicist
- Arts Administrator or Manager
- Dancer or Choreographer
- Music Director
- Artistic Director
- Tennis Coach
- Footballer
- Telecommunications Network Planner
- Pressure Welder
ADDED TO SHORT TERM OCCUPATION LIST (2-YEAR VISA) WITH NO PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE
- Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals (nec)
- Textile, Clothing and Footwear Mechanic
- Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Library Technician
REMOVED FROM SHORT TERM LIST AND SOME HAVE BEEN ADDED TO LONG TERM LIST
- Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
- Textile, Clothing and Footwear Mechanic
- Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Library Technician
- Arts Administrator or Manager
- Dancer or Choreographer
- Music Director
- Artistic Director
- Footballer
- Aquaculture Farmer
- Cotton Grower
- Fruit or Nut Grower
- Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower
- Mixed Crop Farmer
- Sugar Cane Grower
- Crop Farmers nec
- Beef Cattle Farmer
- Dairy Cattle Farmer
- Mixed Livestock Farmer
- Pig Farmer
- Sheep Farmer
- Livestock Farmers nec
- Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
- Dentist
- Anaesthetist
- Tennis Coach
ADDED TO REGIONAL OCCUPATION LIST FOR SPONSORS WHO ARE IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
- Deer Farmer
- Goat Farmer
- Aquaculture Farmer
- cotton grower
- Fruit or Nut Grower
- Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (Aus) / field crop grower (NZ)
- Mixed Crop Farmer
- Sugar Cane Grower
- Crop Farmers (nec)
- Beef Cattle Farmer
- Dairy Cattle Farmer
- Mixed Livestock Farmer
- Pig Farmer
- Sheep Farmer
- Livestock Farmers (nec)
- Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
- Dentist
- Anaesthetist
NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHANGING OCCUPATIONAL LIST?
Please contact TEMI’s Immigration Advisor at Visa Executive Pty Ltd.
Amanda Tinner Fellow of the MIA MARN 0325139 Mob: +61 (0) 409 969 525 Email: amanda.tinner@visaexecutive.com
Web: www.visaexecutive.com
Skype: trounson
Published by: The Employee Mobility Institute, March 2019
