Migration Law Letter of Advice 2022

Migration Law

LETTER OF ADVICE
To: Athol Macaron
From:
Subject: explanation relating to requirements for both employer and visa applicant for
Temporary Skill Shortage Visa.
TEMPORARY SKILL SHORTAGE (TSS) VISA
Division 2.15 of Migration Regulations 1994 deals with provision relating to terms of approval
of sponsorship. Further, it has been specified in section 2.63 of Migration Act 1994 that
temporary visa is for that person who wants to enter the country for employment purpose. In the
year 2018, the government of Australia introduced new work visa, the subclass 482 TSS visa in
substitution of the 457 visa. The visa came into effect on 18th March 2018 comprising
specification relating to three occupation list as follows:
 Medium to long term skills: It comprises occupation which is considered as ‘in demand
for a longer period’.
 Short term skilled occupation: It comprises job considered as ‘in demand for short term’.
 Regional Occupation List: It was developed to cater to applications preferred for
occupation performed in regional area.