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Australian Government Eases Licensing for Permanent Residence Programs

February 21, 2012—Foreign nationals applying for permanent residence under the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) or the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) will not be required to hold an occupational license or registration unless all people in the occupation are required to do so under the relevant licensing or registration law. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is expected to announce the new rule as a trial policy in the coming days.

Currently, DIAC requires all ENS and RSMS applicants to hold the registration or license that is generally required for their nominated occupation in the state in which they intend to settle, even if they would be exempt from doing so under the relevant licensing or occupational law. The trial policy will help reconcile DIAC’s requirements with those laws.

As an interim measure before the trial policy begins, foreign engineers seeking permanent residence in Queensland are no longer required to be a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) if they can demonstrate they will work under the supervision of a RPEQ engineer.

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