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On 19 July 2011 the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship announced the inclusion of Perth in the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS). The Minister also agreed to include Perth as a regional area for family sponsored applications through the regional General Skilled Migration (GSM) programs.

In summary, Perth will be classified as a regional area for the following migration programs:

* Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 119 / 857)
* Skilled Regional sponsored provisional (subclass 475)
* Skilled Regional sponsored provisional (subclass 487)
* Skilled Regional permanent (subclass 887).

As a result, employers located in Perth and surrounding areas will be able to recruit and sponsor skilled workers for a greater range of occupations than currently available under the Temporary Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457 and provide Perth with broader access to migrants under other permanent skilled visa programs. This means that the whole of Western Australia will be eligible for these programs.

The department has commenced work on these changes and will make further announcements once they are in place.

DIAC have released a full fact sheet based on the above announcement, to see this fact sheet click here.

Click here to read more about RSMS on our website.

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