Dismay over the draft core-skills migration list has spread outside the building industry to other sectors who want a spot on the roster of needed occupations.
Only one in five foreign tradies who expressed interest in coming to Australia was invited to apply for a visa in the first year-and-a-half of the Albanese government as the nation grappled with a growing housing crisis.
The government said it granted 10,540 visas to tradies in the previous financial year and is on track to surpass that number for the current financial year. This masthead sought comment from Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and her department on the low percentage of invitations, as well as information on the statistics before the election and since December last year.Coalition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan said Immigration Minister Andrew Giles needed to explain the figures.
Immigration Department former deputy secretary Abul Rizvi said the number of expressions of interest had always vastly exceeded the number of invitations “and always will”. He said the main reason prospective migrants were not being asked to apply was because their claims about their skills did not stack up.
He said Skillselect was the dominant pathway through which skilled migrants came, with employer sponsorships making up another key avenue, however, he said the data didn’t appear to show visa invitations made by the states or regional authorities, who also have input into visa applications.
Government ministers asserted the independence of the body, however, JSA commissioner Barney Glover revealed during a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday the inclusion of the yoga instructors was in adherence to criteria dictated by Labor’s migration strategy launched late last year.
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