Australia’s main employer-sponsored work visa has a new name and a new structure. The Subclass 482 Skills in Demand (SID) visa replaced the Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa on 7 December 2024 — keeping the same subclass number but redesigning everything inside it. Three salary-based streams replaced the old short-term and medium-term occupation lists, a…
The subclass 494 visa — officially the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa — is Australia’s primary pathway for skilled workers to live and work in regional Australia under employer sponsorship. Introduced on 16 November 2019 to replace the RSMS subclass 187 Direct Entry stream, it provides a five-year provisional visa with a clear pathway…
A skills assessment in Australia is the formal evaluation that confirms your overseas qualifications and work experience meet Australian professional standards for your nominated occupation. It is one of the first and most important steps in the skilled migration process — and without a positive outcome, you cannot submit an Expression of Interest or lodge…