On 22 June 2021, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs made an announcement to add 22 new skilled occupations on the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) to ensure that critical skills vacancies are filled in Australia in support of Australia’s COVID recovery plan.
The new occupations on the Priority List are:
- Accountant (General) (ANZSCO 221111)
- Accountant (Management) (ANZSCO 221112)
- Accountant (Taxation) (ANZSCO 221113)
- Analyst Programmer (ANZSCO 261311)
- Cartographer (ANZSCO 232213)
- Chef (ANZSCO 351311)
- Civil Engineer (ANZSCO 233211)
- Electrical Engineer (ANZSCO 233311)
- External Auditor (ANZSCO 221213)
- Geotechnical Engineer (ANZSCO 233212)
- ICT Security Specialist (ANZSCO 262112)
- Internal Auditor (ANZSCO 221214)
- Medical Laboratory Scientist (ANZSCO 234611)
- Mining Engineer (ANZSCO 233611)
- Multimedia Specialist (ANZSCO 261211)
- Orthotist / Prosthetist (ANZSCO 251912)
- Other Spatial Scientist (ANZSCO 232214)
- Petroleum Engineer (ANZSCO 233612)
- Software and Applications Programmers (ANZSCO 261399)
- Structural Engineer (ANZSCO 233214)
- Surveyor (ANZSCO 232212)
- Transport Engineer (ANZSCO 233215)
With the addition of 22 occupations, the PMSOL consists of 41 skilled occupations in total. Visa holders sponsored in these 41 occupations are now eligible to travel to Australia on temporary visa.
To access the full Priority List, click here.