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The Dollar Business Bureau Australia on Tuesday said that the changes done in the country’s work visa rules were not directed at any particular country and emphasised that Indian workers are not expected to be affected significantly by the changes in the regime.  Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India said that the modifications in the visa regime were made to make sure that Australian citizens get priority in skilled jobs, while Indians are majorly employed in highly-skilled jobs of IT sector in which her country does not have enough manpower. Interacting with the journalists in New Delhi, the High Commissioner also asserted that the bilateral relations between India and Australia have witnessed a "stable upward trajectory" and the recent visit of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to India has ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  In a telephonic conversation with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi expressed concerns regarding the abolishment of Visa 457, a work visa program widely used by Indians working in Australia.  As both leaders discussed the impact of a tighter visa regime on Indian applicants, it was agreed that they would 'remain in close touch over the issue'. Since no possibility of a rollback has surfaced in the negotiations yet, India will, in all probability, have to adapt to the new two-pronged visa program – one that will increase importance of fluency in English and raise the bar on skills required.  The opposition party, in the Australian Parliament, is reported to have supported the move. Giving preference to native ...

Sneha Gilada  Even as Trump orders a review of the H1-B visa program to replace the lottery system with one that will award visas to highly skilled and most-paid workers, Malcolm Turnbull jumps onto the bandwagon by first abolishing the 457 visa program, and then tightening norms for the grant of an Australian citizenship.  On April 19, soon after the Australian PM visited India, he scrapped the popular workers' visa regime which grants a four-year work permit to around 95,000 foreign workers annually (mostly Indians).   The 457 visa program will be replaced by one that offers two kinds of visas: a short term 2-year work permit and a medium term 4-year work visa.  The Dollar Business spoke to Ms. Deepti Saxena, Director, Visas Avenue Pvt. Ltd, to gauge the impact of the changes in Australia's visa regime on Indian applicants.  Quoting ...

PTI Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday said his government will abolish a popular work visa used by over 95,000 foreign workers, majority of them Indians, to tackle the growing unemployment and replace it with a new programme requiring higher English-language proficiency and job skills.  Turnbull, who visited India earlier this month, said Australia will adopt a new 'Australians first' approach to skilled migration. "We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains: Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs, so we are abolishing the 457 visa, the visa that brings temporary foreign workers into our country," he said. The programme known as 457 visa allows businesses to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in his maiden visit to India has struck bonhomie with the country, especially with Indian PM Narendra Modi in ways not many of his predecessors or diplomats would have been able to do. The diplomat on his 3 day visit not only visited the political capital, but also made a halt at the financial capital- Mumbai, before heading home. During his visit Turnbull referred to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tax reforms as ambitious and efficient. He additionally averred that Modi-regime’s tax efficiency has deregulated the economy and created effective duty structures. The visiting PM boarded a metro with NaMo to visit the Akshardham Temple and on the third day of his tour, was ...

The Dollar Business Bureau During Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s visit to Mumbai, the financial capital of India, he showed keen interest in the activities of innovation centres operated by TCS. After landing in Mumbai, post his first diplomatic meet with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi, on April 11, the Australian leader visited the TCS campus. Impressed by progress in innovation and technology made in the Mumbai and Chennai centres of TCS, he invited TCS to open a similar facility in Australia. To boost employment and growth, Turnbull thought fit for Indian software giant TCS to establish an innovation centre in the island country of Australia. He also expressed appreciation for the company’s efforts to promote education in the technical fields of STEM. Turnbull ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, while on a three-day visit to New Delhi and Mumbai, has agreed to push for bilateral trade with India but indicated slow progress on the discussion amid concerns about “the right timing for a bilateral deal with the country”.  Turnbull was of the view that it is difficult to enter India's market comprising a population of 1.3 billion people for farm exports from Australia. He also raised concerns about the opportunities available in Australia for skilled workers from India. According to him, the country will allow this only when there is genuine shortage of skills paving way for skilled persons from the overseas markets.  Turnbull said that Australia is looking at India with a ...

PTI  India and Australia failed to make a headway in finalising the long-overdue free trade deal during Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first visit to India though he got along well with his counterpart Narendra Modi, the Australian media revealed. Turnbull's trip had raised high hopes of breathing new life into the stalled trade negotiations but the two leaders admitted that the progress was "very slow". The Australian PM said there was no point in setting arbitrary time frames for the agreement. "You can sign an agreement any time, it’s a question of whether it’s got the provisions that make it valuable and worthwhile from Australia's point of view," Turnbull was quoted as saying by Skynews TV channel. The two covered a ...