Skills in Demand visa Sc 482

• Temporary skilled worker visa with up to 4 years validity 
• Clear pathway to permanent residence 
• Will have 3 streams – Specialist Skills, Core Skills and Labour Agreements
  • Specialist Skills stream: Will be for highly skilled migrants earning at least $135,000 in any occupation except trades workers, machinery operators, drivers and labourers
  • Core Skills stream: Will be for skilled employees and there will be a new Core Skills occupation List and a Core Skills Income Threshold
  • Labour Agreement stream: The TSS Labour Agreement stream will be renamed the Skills in Demand Labour Agreement stream 
• Work experience requirement reduced to one year 
• As the TSS visa will be replaced by the SID visa existing short-term and medium-term streams of the TSS visa will close to new applications.
• The Department are currently working on this, and it will commence in 2024 before the end of the year. 

National Innovation Visa (Sc 858)

• Will replace the Global Talent visa but remain a Sc 858 visa
• Will have a place for a broad range of high calibre talent with a diversity of backgrounds such as :
  • Global researchers and thought leader e.g. published in leading journals, high levels of publications and citations, recipients of top of field awards 
  • Entrepreneurs both established and emerging with lessons taken from successful State and Territory led initiatives
  • Innovative Investors with a focus on the quality of investment, not simple thresholds 
  • Athletes and creatives particularly those that represent Australia internationally 

•  Applications will be by invitation only and the EOI process will more closely reflect that of other invitation only visas.
• The Department are currently working on this, and it will commence in 2024 before the end of the year.