Significant Changes To Australia Subclass 457 Visa

25 Feb 2013

Australian Federal Government has announced significant changes to conditions for foreign workers on 457 visas to avoid fraudulence.

Australian employers have to demonstrate that there is a genuine skills shortage and they will not be able to send foreign workers to an area where local skilled workers are available.

"We have seen too many examples of abuse across the nation,"

"We have seen situations where people's jobs have been dressed up to be so-called skilled jobs, but in fact when they come here, they are working in unskilled areas.

"We have seen situations where people have come out on this visa [who] are friends or family of the sponsors, and that is not the way in which those people should come here.

"They have perfectly good streams of migration to apply and this stream should not be used in that manner."

The new eligibility and requirements for 457 subclass visa will allow genuine workers who would fill the skills shortage gap in the country.

Call 1800 103 1555 or mail at [email protected] for Australian immigration and the different visas that allow overseas professionals to work in the country.