CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert Week 39.2022

Australia / September 29, 2022

Increased quotas for skilled foreign workers

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to remain silent for a good two years. This was also the case in Australia, where the country's borders were closed, and immigration was reduced by 15%. Now the unemployment rate in Australia is at 3.4%, the lowest it has been in 50 years.

As is well known, Australia is competing with Canada and Germany, for example, to attract skilled workers from all over the world. The Prime Minister announced the fight against short-stayers and remote workers. He now wants to attract long-stayers to build a life, buy property, and settle permanently in Australia. As a result, the government increased quotas for skilled international workers by 35'000 to a total of 195'000 for the next 12 months.