Skilled visas to be processed within a week to fill temporary shortages

More businesses will be able to get visa applications approved to fill temporary skills shortages within five business days.

Federal Minister for Immigration David Coleman

Federal Minister for Immigration David Coleman Source: AAP Image/Ben Rushton

A government scheme to fast-track visa applications to fill temporary skills shortages will be expanded, after businesses complained the system is no longer fit for purpose. 

Australian companies that have invested $50 million into their business in the past five years will now be eligible to secure a Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa for a worker within five business days. 

That's less than an eighth of the average time it takes for other TSS applicants. 

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Published 11 March 2019 9:43am
By Rosemary Bolger


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