WWICS Blog

Queensland State Migration Plan to Be Commenced

Posted- 10 December 2010

The commencement of the Queensland State Migration Plan has been announced by the Federal Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, and Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Andrew Fraser.

By the way of the newly commenced program, the Queensland Government would be able to nominate migrants who meet the particular needs of the Queensland economy. Under the migration plan, in total 83 occupations in skills shortage has been covered and the plan is limited to the skilled sponsored (subclasses 176 and 886) and skilled regional sponsored (subclasses 475 and 487) visas.

Col B S Sandhu (Retd.), CMD, WWICS says that the implementation of the Queensland Migration Plan would ensure that more flexibility would be provided in the nomination of skilled migrants in a broader range of occupations than are currently offered on the Skilled Occupation List.

Queensland is facing a skill crunch in the priority industry areas and occupations, such as regional health practitioners and engineers for mining and coal seam gas projects and the implementation of the Queensland Migration Plan is considered as one of the effective strategies to address the acute shortages.


Queensland Migration Plan 475 Occupation List

Queensland Migration Plan 176 Occupation List