The Skilled and Business Migration section of the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation today posted the following information about its State Migration Plan:
State Migration Plan
A Queensland State-sponsored and State regional-sponsored Migration Plan has been developed, and will be put in place subject to agreement with the Australian Government.
Despite some speculation and wishful thinking, there is, as yet, no Queensland State Migration Plan.
The rest of the information on the Queensland Government website refers to current situation:
Until the Plan is in place, Queensland may continue to nominate suitable applicants with an occupation on the current Queensland Eligible Skills Lists as long as the occupation is also on the Australian Government's Skilled Occupation List (SOL).
The Skilled Occupation List referred to here is the Schedule 3 list in Legislative Instrument IMMI 10/026.
Please note that the Queensland Government will only nominate occupation on its own skills lists, and then only if it is also on the Schedule 3 SOL.
The Queensland Government’s skills lists on its website have the ASCO codes. AS DIAC is now using ANZCSO codes, agents should check that any current Queensland occupations are on the DIAC’s correlated Schedule 3 list. In most cases for Queensland, this will probably not be a problem, as most of their occupations seem to have a direct correlation between ASCO and ANZSCO, but always double check.
The Queensland Government has advised the MIA that for their own processing purposes, they are prioritising applications for occupations such as doctors, nurses and engineers, as these seem to be subject to the fewest forthcoming changes.
The Queensland Government is currently not nominating occupations from Schedule 4, although when the Queensland State Migration Plan is developed and approved, it may have some occupations from Schedule 4.
