Federal officials have been told to act on an “extraordinary” backlog in visa applications for thousands of skilled workers at a time.
Federal officials have been told to act on an “extraordinary” backlog in visa applications for thousands of skilled workers at a time when employers claim they will have to shut down if they cannot find a solution to chronic labour shortages.
But the scale of the backlog is difficult to measure because the previous government did not release figures on the number of applications for the 482 visa for skilled foreign workers or most other visa classes, although other measures have hinted at the growing wait for visa decisions.
Australia had more than 195,000 skilled temporary visa holders in Australia in June 2014 but only 96,000 in March 2022, an outcome Rizvi blamed on changes under the former government that made visa applications more bureaucratic despite public claims about attracting people to Australia after the pandemic.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged the problem in his public remarks in Jakarta on Monday when he said he believedBut the problem is more widespread.
“To make the skilled migration system more accessible and responsible, we need to open employer sponsored migration up to all skilled occupations.”
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