Tag: visas

New visa rules to prevent critical tech espionage

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Foreign nationals who present an “unreasonable risk of unwanted critical technology knowledge transfer” in areas like artificial intelligence and quantum computing could have their visas cancelled from April under...

Migration reset lowers barriers for high-skilled workers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Highly skilled migrants that have been waiting months for visas in areas like cybersecurity and science research will have an outcome within a week under the federal government’s ambitious...

Outsourced visa tech upgrade ‘was a disaster’

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The decades old ICT systems underpinning Australia’s migration system need “urgent modernisation” after years of “systemic underinvestment” and failed “big bang” upgrades, according to an independent review of the...

6,800 extra tech workers in migration cap lift

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has committed to opening 6,800 extra permanent migration places for workers in the tech sector among a spate of other announcements made on the final day...

Talent grab as engineers get fast-tracked visas

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia has a “once in a generation opportunity” to attract some of the best tech talent in the world, with the federal government offering fast-tracked visas and border restriction...

Govt told to ditch visa outsource plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Senate committee has ordered the government to ditch its visa outsourcing plans, which has already cost $87 million before a bidder has even been selected. The Senate committee,...

Visa system gets $30m check-up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is to spend more than $30 million to improve the current visa processing technologies after delaying its move to privatise the system until next year. Treasurer...

Labor’s new skilled visa crackdown

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will crack down on the skilled visa scheme if it wins the upcoming election, but has moved to reassure the tech sector that this will not impact efforts...