CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Australia has abolished the subclass 457 visa category for skilled overseas workers .

Detailed explanation-2: -The process to shut down the 457 visa was set in motion months ago. “We’re putting jobs first. We’re putting Australians first, ” prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had announced in a Facebook video on April 18. “We will no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Replacing the 457 is the new employer-sponsored work visa called the Temporary Skills Shortage (subclass 482) visa, nicknamed the TSS.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Australia, the 457 visa was the most common visa for Australian or overseas employers to sponsor skilled overseas workers to work temporarily in Australia. It was abolished on 18 March 2018 by the Turnbull government and replaced by another visa category.

Detailed explanation-5: -In November 2021, the Australian Government announced its intention to improve access to permanent residence for: existing Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa holders in the short-term stream; and. legacy Temporary Work Skilled (subclass 457) visa holders who no longer meet the age requirement.