I want to be an electrician in Australia.

You can apply for an Australian 457 visa.

Australia's immigration requirements are reduced, and the Australian federal authorities plan to provide more convenience for the introduction of Australian shopkeepers who hold Australian 457 visas. Speaking at the 10 National Press Club, Federal Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said that the federal authorities will relax the English requirements for 457 Australian visa applicants, and at the same time try out stricter laws to prevent extortion.

Australia 457 visa, lowering the English threshold, the applicant can meet the average score of 4 subjects.

Morrison condemned the former Labor government's plan to suppress the 457 visa, stressing that "although skilled workers with 457 visas are not substitutes for filling vacancies in Australia, they are the backbone of creating local jobs".

It is reported that Morrison will announce the measures and suggestions of the federal government to modify the 457 visa policy in the near future after entrusting relevant institutions to evaluate it. Specific changes include relaxing the English requirements for 457 visa applicants, and the average score of IELTS listening, speaking, reading and writing can meet the requirements.

At present, Australian visa applicants must also meet the minimum requirements of single subject scores. In this regard, Morrison said frankly: "English requirement is an unnecessary restriction."

However, some trade unions believe that relaxing English requirements may lead to more work accidents and deaths. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is worried that overseas workers will be exploited as a result.

Ged Kearney, chairman of ACTU, admitted in an interview with ABC Radio that "lowering the language requirements will bring extremely terrible consequences, for example, workers may be in danger because they don't know the English required for workplace safety".

At the same time, Australian employers need to provide relevant evidence to overseas workers whose annual income is less than 250,000 yuan, proving that the wage level of these workers is the same as that of similar local workers. In the future, this income threshold will be reduced from 250,000 yuan to 6.5438+0.8 million yuan, so that local employers do not need to provide relevant certificates for overseas workers whose annual salary is higher than 6.5438+0.8 million yuan.

Cheating, illegal employment? The Immigration Department will monitor and severely punish.

Morrison also stressed that the immigration department will severely punish those who use the 457 visa policy to cheat or illegally hire workers, and relevant individuals and institutions will face monitoring and severe punishment.

Morrison warned that the immigration department will strictly enforce the law, and will cooperate with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and other institutions to share information and check abnormal situations.

According to statistics, the number of people holding 457 visas in Australia is about107,000, slightly less than last year, but it has a great increase compared with 68,000 at the end of 20 10.

In this regard, Australian trade unions expressed strong opposition, especially in the resource industry and construction industry. However, the vast majority of overseas workers with 457 visas are actually engaged in catering, medical care, communication and professional services.

It is planned to suppress the SIV policy and stop recycling investment funds.

It is worth mentioning that the Australian Immigration Department also plans to "suppress" the major investor visa policy (SIV), and the recovery of investment funds regarded as a "stepping stone" for major investor visas will be stopped. This fund is actually "created for major investor visas". After the fund is established, it will "borrow" internal funds and then invest, and most of them are overseas investments.

However, during the whole validity period of the applicant's temporary residence visa, the so-called "qualified" investment projects