The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs announced a major update to the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) with the addition of 22 new occupations. The PMSOL was introduced in September 2020 to allow small numbers of employer sponsored skilled workers to arrive to Australia and fill vacancies in critical sectors that assist recovery from the COVID-19. The existing skilled migration occupation lists remain active, but priority is given to occupations on the PMSOL.
New PMSOL Occupations
The choice of new occupations was based on the feedback from Australian business stakeholders on critical skill vacancies and on the analysis of data from the National Skills Commission.
New PMSOL Occupations
- Accountant (General) (221111)
- Accountant (Management) (221112)
- Accountant (Taxation) (221113)
- Analyst Programmer (261311)
- Cartographer (232213)
- Chef (351311)
- Civil Engineer (233211)
- Electrical Engineer (233311)
- External Auditor (221213)
- Geotechnical Engineer (233212)
- ICT Security Specialist (262112)
- Internal Auditor (221214)
- Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611)
- Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) (233611)
- Multimedia Specialist (261211)
- Orthotist or Prosthetist (251912)
- Other Spatial Scientist (232214)
- Petroleum Engineer (233612)
- Software and Applications Programmers (261399)
- Structural Engineer (233214)
- Surveyor (232212)
- Transport Engineer (233215)
Other PMSOL Occupations
With the new 22 occupations the PMSOL now has 41 occupations in total. The remaining 19 occupation include the original 17 occupations plus Social Worker and Veterinarian that were added to PMSOL in November 2020 and May 2021 respectively.
Remaining PMSOL Occupations
- Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
- Construction Project Manager (133111)
- Developer Programmer (261312)
- General Practitioner (253111)
- Maintenance Planner (312911)
- Mechanical Engineer (233512)
- Medical Practitioner nec (253999)
- Midwife (254111)
- Psychiatrist (253411)
- 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)
- Resident Medical Officer (253112)
- Social Worker (272511)
- Software Engineer (261313)
- Veterinarian (234711)
PMSOL Arrangements
PMSOL is reviewed on a regular basis and priority is only given to employer sponsored visas:
- Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482)
- Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)
- Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (subclass 494)
Employer sponsored visa holders with a PMSOL occupation can obtain a travel exemption to arrive to Australia, but they will be subject to quarantine arrangements at their own expense.
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