to ensure that the issuing of a refund of the second instalment of the visa application charge (VAC) is limited to visa classes that only require payment of the second visa application charge if the applicant does not have functional English at time of decision;
• provide that an applicant for an onshore General Skilled Migration visa (GSM visa) subclass must have a suitable skills assessment to satisfy the Schedule 1 requirement for the prescribed visa subclasses (Schedule 849 to the Principal Regulations refers); and
第三条:从明年1月1日起,技工类的境内移民需要参加新的职业评估,即使你之前已经通过了TRA。
• provide that an applicant for an onshore GSM visa who nominates an occupation which is a identified “trade occupation” specified by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in an instrument in writing, would be required to obtain a new skills assessment after 1 January 2010 (Schedule 845 to the Regulations refers).!!!!
These amendments provide that all applicants, with the exception of an applicant for a Subclass 485 (Skilled – Graduate) visa must have been assessed as holding suitable skills for
the nominated skilled occupation prior to lodging an application for a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa. This would ensure that a consistent standard of skills and competencies are
held by all applicants for a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa. These amendments would also provide that applicants who nominate a skilled occupation specified by the Minister in an
instrument in writing, must have had their skills assessed as suitable by the relevant assessing authority on or after 1 January 2010.