Parliamentary committee calls for changes to make it easier for skilled migrants to stay in Australia

Liberal-heavy committee says smoother permanent residency pathways needed as pandemic has created major skills shortages

A Liberal-dominated parliamentary committee has recommended the Morrison government use the opportunity of the pandemic to overhaul the skilled migration program to give temporary workers and some international students clearer pathways to permanent residency in Australia.

Parliament’s joint standing committee on migration recommends the government change the conditions for the short-term stream of the temporary skills shortage visa “to provide a pathway to permanent residency for temporary migrants”.

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