he 2017-18 fiscal year has yet to begin, but a number of changes on the Australian visa application process will take its effectivity today, 19^th April 2017.

Sure, Australia welcomes thousands of skilled migrants yearly. However, in the effort to protect Australian citizens’ employment opportunities, revisions on the occupation lists and immigration process are being set.

Revised Occupation List

Effective 19^th April 2017, the previous Skilled Occupation List (SOL) is now replaced to Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) and Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL) is now called Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL). Occupations which are listed in a legislative instrument containing two schedules are only the approved jobs for use under permanent and temporary skilled visa programmes.

In line with the amendments made, 200 occupation were removed entire from the STSOL and 16 occupations on the MLTSSL will be restricted to only apply for Subclass 189, Subclass 489 (Relative) and Subclass 485.  Changes will only be applicable to new applications lodge on or after 19 April 2017.

Below are the 16 occupations being restricted by the MLTSSL (can’t apply for state nomination):

• Chemical Engineer
• Civil Engineering Technician
• Electrical Linesworker
• Electronics Engineer
• Industrial Engineer
• Materials Engineer
• Medical Administrator
• Pressure Welder
• Production Manager (Mining)
• Production or Plant Engineer
• Project Builder
• Ship’s Engineer
• Ship’s Master
• Ship’s Officer
• Stonemason
• Telecommunications Network Planner

Here’s the list of the occupations entirely removed from the STSOL:

    A

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker
• Actor
• Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers NEC
• Aeroplane Pilot
• Air Traffic Controller
• Air Transport Professionals NEC
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics)
• Amusement Centre Manager
• Antique Dealer
• Apparel Cutter
• Archaeologist
• Archivist
• Art Director (Film, Television or Stage)
• Artistic Director
• Auctioneer
• Author

   B

• Bed and Breakfast Operator
• Betting agency Manager
• Biochemist
• Biotechnologist
• Blacksmith
• Boarding Kennel or Cattery Operator
• Broadcast Transmitter Operator
• Building and Engineering Technicians NEC
• Business Broker
• Butcher or Smallgoods Maker

   C

• Call or Contact Centre Manager
• Canvas Goods Fabricator
• Caravan Park and Camping Ground Manager
• Cinema or Theatre Manager
• Clinical Coder
• Clothing Patternmaker
• Clothing Trades Workers NEC
• Commissioned Defence Force Officer
• Commissioned Fire Officer
• Commissioned Police Officer
• Communications Operator
• Community Arts Worker
• Composer
• Conservation Officer
• Construction Estimator
• Conveyancer
• Corporate Treasurer
• Court Bailiff or Sheriff (Aus) / Court Collections Officer (NZ)

   D

• Deer Farmer
• Defence Force Member – Other Ranks
• Defence Force Senior Officer
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Prosthetist
• Dental Therapist
• Detective
• Director of Photography
• Diver
• Dog or Horse Racing Official
• Drama Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Dressmaker or Tailor
• Driller
• Driving Instructor

   E

• Education Reviewer
• Electorate Officer
• Electronic Engineering Draftsperson
• Electronic Engineering Technician
• Electroplater
• Emergency Service Worker
• Engineering Patternmaker
• Engraver
• Entertainer or Variety Artist
• Environmental Health Officer
• Exercise Physiologist

   F

• Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors NEC
• Financial Institution Branch Manager
• Fire Fighter
• Fire Protection Equipment Technician
• First Aid Trainer
• Fisheries Officer
• Flight Attendant
• Floor Finisher
• Flying Instructor
• Food Technologist
• Funeral Director
• Funeral Workers NEC
• Futures Trader

   G

• Gallery or Museum Technician
• Gas or Petroleum Operator
• Geophysicist
• Goat Farmer
• Golfer
• Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker
• Gunsmith

   H

• Helicopter Pilot
• Historian
• Homoeopath
• Horse Trainer
• Human Resource Adviser
• Hydrogeologist
• Hydrographer

    I

• ICT Support and Test Engineers NEC
• ICT Support Technicians NEC
• Importer or Exporter
• Insurance Investigator
• Insurance Risk Surveyor
• Intellectual Property Lawyer
• Intelligence Officer
• Interior Decorator

   J

• Jockey
• Judge

   K

• Kennel Hand

   L

• Leather Goods Maker
• Legal Executive
• Liaison Officer
• Licensed Club Manager
• Life Scientist (General)
• Life Scientists NEC
• Light Technician

   M

• Magistrate
• Maintenance Planner
• Marine Surveyor
• Marine Transport Professionals NEC
• Market Research Analyst
• Master Fisher
• Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson
• Media Producer (excluding Video)
• Metal Casting Trades Worker
• Metal Polisher
• Metallurgist
• Microbiologist
• Migration Agent (Aus)
• Mothercraft Nurse
• Multimedia Designer
• Music Director
• Music Professionals NEC
• Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer

   N

• Natural and Physical Science Professionals NEC
• Nurse Researcher
• Nurseryperson

   O

• Operating Theatre Technician
• Optical Dispenser (Aus) / Dispensing Optician (NZ)
• Optical Mechanic
• Other Sports Official

   P

• Painter (Visual Arts)
• Park Ranger
• Parole or Probation Officer
• Pathology Collector (Aus) / Phlebotomist (NZ)
• Petroleum Engineer
• Plastics Technician
• Plumbing Inspector
• Police Officer
• Policy Analyst
• Policy and Planning Manager
• Potter or ceramic artist
• Prison Officer
• Procurement Manager
• Production Manager (Manufacturing)
• Public Relations Manager

   Q

• Quarantine Officer

   R

• Radio Journalist
• Radio Presenter
• Railway Station Manager
• Regional Education Manager
• Research and Development Manager
• Retail Buyer
• Retirement Village Manager

   S

• Safety Inspector
• Sail Maker
• Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
• Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)
• Saw Maker and Repairer
• School Laboratory Technician
• Screen Printer
• Sculpter
• Senior Non-commissioned Defence Force Member
• Shearer
• Shoemaker
• Singer
• Small Offset Printer
• Sports Administrator
• Sports Umpire
• Stock and Station Agent
• Surveying or Spatial Science Technician

   T

• Technicians and Trades Workers NEC
• Telecommunications Cable Jointer
• Telecommunications Technician
• Television Equipment Operator
• Television Presenter
• Training and Development Professional
• Translator
• Travel Agency Manager
• Travel Attendants NEC
• Tribunal Member
• Turf Grower

   V

• Vehicle Painter
• Vocational Education Teacher (Non-Trades)
• Vocational Education Teacher (Trades)

   W

• Web Developer
• Wholesaler
• Wood Turner
• Wool Buyer
• Wool Classer
• Workplace Relations Advisor

   Z

• Zookeeper

For NTRUST, it is important that you are up to date with the latest changes and revisions made in the immigration process. To know more about your chances of migrating to Australia or applying for Australian permanent residency, book a professional one-on-one consultation by calling (65) 6299 0245.