The target for this new visa scheme will be for seven “future-focused fields”.
For maintaining Australia’s competitiveness, the government will target a new permanent migration scheme for the category of highly-skilled technologies, including seven fields, i.e. fintech, quantum computing, and cyber security.
The (GTIP) Global Talent Independent program, which was marked up in June, enticing the topmost talent from the world. It was launched by Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs “David Coleman” on Monday.
The (GTIP) program has an objective to attract up to 5000 high-income earners that are working “at the peak of their field” in between July 2019 and June 2020 to the country, Australia with an offer of a “fast-tracked method to permanent residency’.
This program quite differs from (GTES) ‘Global talent – employer-sponsored program’, which was made permanent in August after a 12th-month pilot.
Those migrants who are working in one of these seven “future-focused fields” and eager to earn more than $149,000 every year in Australia, they will be eligible to Apply for
Australia Permanent Residency Visa under the “Global Talent Independent Program”.
The Seven fields include Cyber Security, AgTech, Space and advanced manufacturing, energy and mining Technology, fintech, medtech, and advanced digital/data science/ICT and quantum information.