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This instrument sets the eligible occupations employers could nominate for the Subclass 457 (Business Long Stay) and Subclass 442 (Occupational Trainee) visas. Schedule 1 lists hundreds of ANZSCO-coded jobs across skill levels; Schedule 2 adds Minister of Religion for the 442 visa. It includes role and industry exclusions, applied only to applications before a specified cut‑off, and directly affects sponsoring businesses and prospective visa holders.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Occupations for Nominations in Relation to Subclass 457 (Business (Long Stay)) and Subclass 442 (Occupational Trainee) Visas - IMMI 12/022.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
SPECIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS FOR NOMINATIONS IN RELATION TO
SUBCLASS 457 (BUSINESS (LONG STAY)) AND
SUBCLASS 442 (OCCUPATIONAL TRAINEE) VISAS
(Paragraphs 2.72(10)(aa) and 2.72I(5)(ba))
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraphs 2.72(10)(aa) and 2.72I(5)(ba) of Division 2.17 of Part 2A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument IMMI 10/085, which commenced on 15 February 2011, specifying occupations for the purposes of paragraphs 2.72(10)(aa) and 2.72I(5)(ba) of the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 2.72(10)(aa) of the Regulations, for applications made on or before 30 June 2012, the occupations listed in Schedule 1 to this instrument; AND
SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 2.72I(5)(ba) of the Regulations, for applications made on or before 30 June 2012, the occupations listed in Schedule 1 to this instrument and the occupation listed in Schedule 2 to this Instrument.
This Instrument, number IMMI 12/022, commences on 1 July 2012.
Dated 12 June 2012
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Paragraph 2.72(10)(aa) of the Regulations provides that for standard business sponsors who make nominations in relation to Subclass 457 (Business (Long Stay)) visas on or after 1 July 2010, the Minister must be satisfied that the nominated occupation and its corresponding 6-digit code correspond to an occupation and its corresponding 6-digit code specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for the paragraph. The Minister has also specified occupations in Instrument IMMI 12/039 for the purposes of paragraph 2.27(10)(aa).
NOTE 2: Paragraph 2.72I(5)(ba) of the Regulations provides that for occupational trainee sponsors who make nominations in relation to Subclass 442 (Occupational Trainee) visas on or after 1 July 2010, the Minister must be satisfied that the nominated occupational training is in relation to an occupation specified, with its corresponding 6-digit code, by the Minister in an instrument in writing for the paragraph. The Minister has also specified occupations in Instrument IMMI 12/039 for the purposes of paragraph 2.72I(5)(ba).]
Schedule 1
ANZSCO Group Level 1
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