Government targets tech skills with new visa scheme
The government has launched a pilot of a new visa scheme intended to help businesses recruit people with in-demand technology skills.
The government has launched a pilot of a new visa scheme intended to help businesses recruit people with in-demand technology skills.
Google has called on the federal government to “fix skilled migration policy,” revealing that the 2017 changes to the skilled migration visa system compelled the tech company to “revise its Australian recruitment plans.”
Chief information officers on temporary visas are among those set to benefit from tweaks to Australia’s skilled migration regime. Under changes announced by the government on Friday, CIOs will now be eligible for four-year visas.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has pledged that if his party forms government it will establish a new ‘SMART’ — Science, Medicine, Academia, Research and Technology — visa category.
The government’s plan to overhaul Australia’s skilled migration program has alarmed an organisation representing the local ICT industry.