Updated Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL)
Immigration has recently updated the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) to add Veterinarians to the growing list of critical occupations sectors.
Employer-sponsored applicants in the PMSOL occupations will be given
priority processing for both nomination and visa applications in the following visa types:
- Subclass 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa
- Subclass 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa
- Subclass 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) visa
- Subclass 187 - Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS)
Applicants
and existing employer-sponsored visa holders on the PMSOL can also request a travel exemption to enter Australia during the current border closures. However, the mandatory 14-day quarantine period still applies and will still be at the traveller or sponsor's expense.
Occupations on the PMSOL as of 11 May 2021
- Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
- Construction Project Manager (133111)
- Mechanical Engineer (233512)
- Veterinarian (234711)
- General Practitioner (253111)
- Resident Medical Officer (253112)
- Psychiatrist (253411)
- Medical Practitioner nec (253999)
- Midwife (254111)
- Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (254412)
- Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (254415)
- Registered Nurse (Medical) (254418)
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422)
- Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (254423)
- Registered Nurses nec (254499)
- Developer Programmer (261312)
- Software Engineer (261313)
- Social Worker (272511)
- Maintenance Planner (312911)
General Skilled visa applicants in the above applications also appear to be receiving preference under the Independent and State/Territory Nominated visa programs.
