The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Alex Hawke MP has today announced the inclusion of a further 22 skilled occupations on the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL).

Having an occupation on the PMSOL allows skilled workers to be eligible for a travel exemption although a formal request must still be lodged with the Australian Border Force Commissioner.  The visa process and quarantine rules continue to apply.

The addition of the new occupations (in bold)brings the PMSOL to 41 in total:

• Accountant (General) (221111)
• Accountant (Management) (221112)
• Accountant (Taxation) (221113)
• Analyst Programmer (261311)
• Cartographer (232213)
• Chef (351311)
• Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
• Civil Engineer (233211)
• Construction Project Manager (133111)
• Developer Programmer (261312)
• Electrical Engineer (233311)
• External Auditor (221213)
• General Practitioner (253111)
• Geotechnical Engineer (233212)
• ICT Security Specialist (262112)
• Internal Auditor (221214)
• Maintenance Planner (312911)
• Mechanical Engineer (233512)
• Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611)
• Medical Practitioner nec (253999)
• Midwife (254111)
• Mining Engineer (233611)
• Multimedia Specialist (261211)
• Orthotist / Prosthetist (251912)
• Other Spatial Scientist (232214)
• Petroleum Engineer (233612)
• 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 and Applications Programmers (261399)
• Software Engineer (261313)
• Structural Engineer (233214)
• Surveyor (232212)
• Transport Engineer (233215)
• Veterinarian (234711)

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