Irish workers interested in emigrating have been warned to check their eligibility for an Australian visa as thousands attend the latest jobs expo in Dublin.
Massive lines at the RDS exhibition hall in Dublin have again reflected the jobs crisis in Ireland despite the recent promissory note deal.
Organisers say numbers are ‘up there’ with previous years as anxious job-seekers check out the market in destinations including Australia, Canada, America and New Zealand.
But those considering a move Down Under have been urged to check they’re still eligible for a visa amid fears the rules may have been tightened according to a report in the Irish Independent.
The paper says that temporary skilled-worker visas, known as 457 visas which many Irish emigrants opt for, have become a political bugbear for allegedly helping to undercut wage rates by supplying cheap labour.
Australia’s new Immigration Minister Brendan O’Connor has announced a crackdown on the programme.
Expert Edwina Shanahan, from the Visafirst.com firm, told the paper that major changes had already been noted over the past 12-months in the visa programme.
She said: “If people had looked at going previously on the visa programme and were eligible, they need to check again now and reassess the situation.
“Things are changing with emigration. The changes are not necessarily negative, with new rules to ensure workers on a skilled visa are paid the same as their Australian counterparts.”
The report says the average 457 visa holder was earning $90,000 at the start of the year.
Shanahan added: “While it makes it more expensive for the employer, it gives a safeguard for the Irish person that they will be receiving the same rate.
“It is bad for those who haven’t got the qualifications as there is a lot more paperwork required but you will be treated the same once you get it.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.STEVENSTAR | Mar 05, 2013, 01:31 PM EST
@@@@haasny007 | Mar 04, 2013, & MATE YOUR AMERICAN SOO ITS GOT NOTHING TO DO WIT YOU , YANKEE DOODLE DANDY MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND SORT OUR YOUR OWN COUNTRY'S CRAZY GUN LAWS !!
STEVENSTAR | Mar 05, 2013, 01:26 PM EST
@@@@haasny007 | Mar 04, 2013, 10:32 PM EST >>>>>WHAT A BITTER LITTE PERSON U MUST BE MATE..IM TAKING IT YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE ABOVE IN THE Q TO LEAVE, PROB HAVE A NICE LITTLE CUSHY EU JOB SOMEWHERE IN YOUR LITTLE CUSHY OFFICE !!! I GAVE AN OPINION IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR YOU ?? IM SURE U MUST HAVE SOME GERMAN IN YOU OR ARE YOU GERMAN YOURSELF ? U VIL NOT TINK FOR URSELF U VIL DO WAT I SAY !!!! IS THAT YOUR ATTITUDE... THE EU WAS A FREE TRADING AREA AND NOT A DICTATORSHIP LIKE IT IS NOW ..IF YOUR FINE WITH BORROWING BILLIONS FROM THE GERMANS AND BEEN IN DEBT TO ANGELA DICTATING EVERYTHING WE DO.. THAT MAY WORK FOR YOU MATE BUT IT DONT WORK FOR ME !! IM ALWAYS BEEN ANTI EU FROM DAY 1 AND IM PART OF A GROWING NUMBER OF IRISH AND BRITISH PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS WAY.. MATTER OF FACT WE NEED A NIGEL FARRAGE OVER HERE IN IRELAND TO SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP LIKE HIS DOING IN THE UK.. IM SICK TO THE TEETH OF THE 'SHEEP' WHO RUN MY COUNTRY !! LETS SEE HOW IT ALL FAIRS OUT !!! EU WILL FAIL EVENTUALLY -FINGERS CROSSED !!
angrypaddy | Mar 05, 2013, 01:24 AM EST
New Rule NO1 NO DONKEY ASSH@#E DRUNK need apply.Rule No2 No MAMMY"S BOY who has never been a mile from a Cow Shite drunkerd need apply.DRUNKEN GAA Supporters(BRIAN COEWN,BERTIE AHERN ) and the likes need not Apply.IF you have been bludging on the Dole for more than 6 months stay in your local shithole pub.
haasny007 | Mar 04, 2013, 10:32 PM EST
Sevenstar you are an ignorant fool. Without the EU and hundreds of billions of euros from Brussels, Ireland would still be an impoverished theocracy with a third world infrastructure and the Catholic church writing the laws of the country. Cameron's UK economy has been shrinking since he took over the premiership. Wake up you ignorant anti-EU imbeciles.
STEVENSTAR | Mar 04, 2013, 08:04 PM EST
HOW SAD TO SEE THIS ... WHY THAT IDIOT ENDA KENNY AND REST OF THOSE IDIOTS SIT BY AND PONDER TO THE GERMANS AND ANGELA.. WHY THE STUPID IRISH GOVERMENT CANT MANAGE A SMALL TINY COUNTRY WITH A POPULATION 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHICH IS HALF THE SIZE OF LONDON BEATS ME.... THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOAD OF OULD IDIOTS PAST THEIR SELL BY DATES RUNNING THIS COUNTRY ... WE NEED NEW YOUNGER BLOOD IN POLITICS AND GET RID OF ALL THEM OULD FELLAS INCLUDING THAT IDIOT MICHAEAL NOONAN AND ALSO GET RID OF THE GERMAN DICTATORSHIP WHICH IS THE EU AND GET BACK TO BASICS !!! WE SOUTHERN IRISH ARE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF EUROPE RIGHT NOW!!! THE NORTH OF IRELAND IS MANAGED BY THE UK / DAVID CAMERON HOW MANY OF THEM ARE IMMIGRATING UP THERE.. I BET NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF WHATS LEAVING THE SOUTH.. TIME FOR IRISH PEOPLE TO WAKE UP ONCE AND FOR ALL!!