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On 7/5/2017 at 12:39, VERYSTORMY said:

Do you appreciate that there was never an automatic path between a 457 and PR? You had to qualify for a new visa. A 457 has only ever been what it says on the tin. Temporary. It was also never a four year visa. It could be granted for anything between one day and four years. 

Yes and no really. Governments, employers and employees have used it as a de facto PR pathway, even if did say otherwise on the tin. Some of the more recent changes have been to address this. So while you technically, as everybody has been acting otherwise for a long time you can see why some people are disappointed when such changes are made.

On 7/5/2017 at 07:44, Raul Senise said:

Please be mindful that there is no "skilled occupation list". This was replaced in April 2017 by two lists, called the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List and the Short-term Skilled Occupation List. 

To complicate this further, new lists were released on 1 July 2017 and there are now multiple Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List and the Short-term Skilled Occupation List relevant to different visa subclasses.

Note that the list @TemporaryVisaHolder linked to appears to be the lists relevant for Subclass 189, 190, 489 visas. They are not the relevant lists for other visas such as 457 and 186. I would also recommend against using a news website such as the SBS site linked to, as this does not represent the Regulations.

To highlight the confusion, the two links provided above (one to SBS the other to the Immigration Website) are for different lists relevant to different subclasses.

 

This is good advice from Raul. The two lists I've found

457 and 186 list - http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/combined-stsol-mltssl

190 (and I think 189) list - https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L00850

22 hours ago, Lauren4512 said:

Oh no, what are you going to do now? That's similar to my partner, although his qualification is Maths with statistics his roles have all be data/information analytics. Not sure if we will be able to go down the mathematics route as that is still on the list. He would get the degree points we're just not sure if he would get the skills assessment match! 

I read that AU universities offer a data scientist course and I think they have students graduating this year...so potentially statistician was removed as they think grads could fulfill the gaps in the market? That's me just guessing though! 

I guess the other option is to explore employer sponsored routes, but of course that won't work for everybody

I think it has dropped off. I think this is the list occupations for the state sponsored visa you were referring to. If you can put the subclass number of the visa it would be easier to confirm: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L00850

I moved to Canberra from the UK and lived there the last 8 years and had the best time of my life. The city has changed beyond imagination since I first arrived. in contrast to the Australian stereotypes of it being a quiet county town, there's a lot happening now. Great new bars and restaurants seem to be popping up everyone. Very high quality of life, I could recommend it more. Sadly though work has just taken me away to Melbourne, which I hope is at least half as good as Canberra. Good luck with the move.

Which list are you talking about? Statistician is on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List, and was upgraded to this list from the Short-term Skilled Occupation List on 1 July 2017.

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/combined-stsol-mltssl