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1 January 2010 legislative changes
1 January 2010 legislative change – suitable skills assessment as a validity requirement for onshore GSM visas:

Pre 1 January 2010, applicants applying for permanent migration based on one of the onshore General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa subclasses were required, at time of application, to provide evidence that they had applied for a skills assessment by the relevant assessing authority. At time of decision, a suitable skills assessment was required.

From 1 January 2010, applicants applying for one of the following onshore GSM visa subclasses will be required to have obtained a suitable skills assessment prior to applying for migration in order for the application to be valid and assessed by the department for a decision:

    * Skilled - Independent (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 885)
    * Skilled - Sponsored (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 886)
    * Skilled - Regional Sponsored (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 487)


Amendment to the skills assessment criterion for certain onshore GSM applicants nominating a trade occupation from 1 January 2010:

From 1 January 2010, onshore applicants applying for permanent migration in a trade occupation will be required to demonstrate that they are  'job ready' as part of their skills assessment. The Job Ready Program has been developed by the relevant assessing authority, Trades Recognition Australia (TRA), for this purpose and will include a workplace assessment by a TRA approved assessor. This was previously referred to as the JobReady Test. This new job ready requirement will affect applicants applying for Subclass 487, 885 and 886 visas (but does not affect subclass 485 and 887 visa applicants).

Applicants for a Subclass 485 visa will still be required to obtain a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority before the Subclass 485 visa can be granted. For trade occupations, TRA will still issue skills assessments suitable for applying for a Subclass 485 visa.

For details to all recent changes please click the link below:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/whats-new.htm

Source: www.immi.gov.au
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