Working
in Australia - Visas BY SARA TEMPLETON  Australia
is an enticing place to live and work, and for skilled professionals it
makes for a brilliant place to begin or further a career.
Each
month, more than 5,000 men, women and children are granted an
Australian Visa and permanently immigrate to Australia, where there
are, on average, 100,000 new jobs advertised every week. The
Australian Government implemented what is called the Skilled Migration
Program, which is an initiative designed to encourage economic growth
in Australia by offering more than 68,000 places for skilled migrants
in 2003-2004. Simply put, the initiative was
designed to help Australia to overcome skill shortfalls in the
workforce, and to ensure the future of many industries as the
population ages. The Skilled
Migration Program is aimed at increasing the skilled workforce in
Australia, and anyone looking at obtaining a Visa to live and work in
Australia should be aware of the requirements of this initiative, and
it makes sense to devise a plan in order to obtain one. Many
people make the mistake of applying for and even landing a job in
Australia before they obtain a Visa, and though this can help in some
regions, Australian immigration officials/consultants often disregard
this - a sound Visa application strategy is much more likely to bear
fruit, so to speak. Generally speaking, obtaining a
Visa requires sponsorship, whether from a company who may want to hire
you, or from a relative who already lives in Australia: Basically
anyone who can vouch for your integrity. With the Skilled Migration
Program however, no such sponsorship is needed, and migration
consultants employed by the Australian Government select applicants
based on their skills, education and work experience. This
Visa has a number of positive points, one of which is the fact that
those accepted under the Skilled Migration Program have unrestricted
work rights, and migrants won't have to compromise their country of
origin's citizenship either. The Australian
Department for Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs has indicated that
there are a number of occupations or careers that are in most need of
applicants. They are as follows: - Nurses
- Teachers
- IT&T
Professionals
- Hairdressers
- Accountants
- Radiographers
Australia has one of the most desirable
lifestyles in the world, with a brilliant mixture of summer and winter
weather, a stable economy, a healthy political climate and low levels
of unemployment, and if you're interested in applying for the Skilled
Migration Program or any of the other 75 visas on offer, here are a
couple of good starting points: Australian
Immigration Department
Live
In Australia.com
Australia
Visa
Aus Visas
Australia
Migration.com
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