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CSL
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Critical Skills List
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DIAC
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Department of Immigration and Citizenship
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DIBP
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Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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DIMA
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Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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DIMIA
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Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs
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ELICOS
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English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students
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GSM
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The General Skilled Migration program is a component of
the skilled migration stream of the annual Migration Program. The GSM program
is open to skilled migrants who are not sponsored by an employer. The options
open to applicants under the GSM include, applying as independent applicants,
sponsorship by a relative or nomination by a State or Territory government.
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Immigration program
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In this paper refers to the entirety of Australia’s annual
migrant intake in both permanent and temporary categories. The reference to
the immigration program in this paper is distinct from the official Migration
Program, announced annually by DIBP. In addition to the entry of permanent
migrants under the Migration Program, Australia also accepts various
categories of temporary migrants, whose numbers are not fixed by the
Government.
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Migration Program
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Refers to the Government’s official, non-humanitarian,
permanent migration program, comprising mainly of the skilled and family
migration categories. The Migration Program operates within planning levels
that are set by the Government every financial year.
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MODL
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Migration Occupations in Demand List
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Overseas student program
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Comprises visa categories that enable foreign nationals to
enter Australia on a temporary basis in order to undertake full time study.
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Skilled migrant intake
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Includes reference to both permanent and temporary skilled
migrants entering Australia as part of the overall migrant intake.
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Skilled migration program
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Refers to permanent skilled migration under both the
employer-sponsored and GSM categories of the annual Migration Program.
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SOL
|
Skilled Occupations List
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Temporary migration
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Refers to migrants who enter Australia on a temporary
visa, such as business or student visa. Unlike the Migration Program, which
is capped annually, the number of visas granted under temporary entry visa
categories is not pre-determined by the government, but are rather driven by
the supply of applicants under these categories.
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VET
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Vocational Education and Training
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