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The general skilled migration scheme under Australian Migration is a class of permanent and temporary resident visas, which are granted on the basis of skills or qualifications, recent work experience, age and language ability.

Recent work experience is one of the visa threshold requirements under Australian General Skilled Migration. In order to obtain a successful visa, the applicant must have been working in a skilled occupation as listed in the Skilled Occupations List (SOL), the list of qualifying occupations published by DIAC.

To meet the employment requirement, the applicant must have been engaged in an occupation for at least 12 months within the 24 months immediately before the date of lodgement of visa application. The employment must be on a paid basis.

To satisfy employment in a skilled occupation, the applicant must have been employed in his or her nominated skilled occupation on SOL.

Recent work experience requirement is waived if the applicant satisfies 2 year study requirement undertaken in Australia and the Australian qualification is relevant to the nominated skilled occupation.

In addition to the employment experience requirement threshold, additional points will be entitled in the point test if the applicant has been employed in the occupation on SOL for at least 36 months within the 48 months immediately before lodgement of application.

This information is of a general nature and should not be taken as authoritative legal advice for specific cases. Australia has a scheme that requires persons who give immigration assistance to be registered as migration agent. The writer, Sanjayai Kapoor is a registered migration agent in Adelaide, Australia. His Registered Migration Agent no. is 1066506.

More information is available at www.myimmigrationhelp.com. You can contact the author by email at contact@myimmigrationhelp.com or by fax at (+618) 72007536