Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has released the new Skilled Occupations List (SOL) for 2016-17.<\/p>\n
Australia is one of the biggest gainers of South African skills through emigration, which is largely accomplished through its “skilled migration programme” which gives preference to skilled foreigners looking to make the country its new home.<\/p>\n
The purpose of the country’s skilled migration programme\u00a0is to attract “highly employable” people for migration, and it is the most common form of migration to Australia.<\/p>\n
Recent data published by the Code For South Africa Data Journalism Academy<\/a>, showed that\u00a047,000 skilled professionals had left South Africa and entered into OECD nations for work.<\/p>\n The data shows that the UK and Australia were the biggest gainers of South African skills \u2013 with the UK taking in over 18,500 skilled South Africans, followed by Australia, taking 13,000.<\/p>\n According to the DIBP’s new guidelines, these are some of the skills that will give you preference for emigration to Australia.<\/p>\n There are over 185 jobs listed<\/a>\u00a0– below is a general overview of the types of skills.<\/p>\n The Skilled Occupations List (SKO) is used for\u00a0Skilled Independent Visa,\u00a0Skilled Regional Provisional Visa and\u00a0Graduate Temporary Visa applications.<\/p>\n In the same report, the DIBP has also released the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSO) which is used for Skilled Nominated Visa, Temporary Work Skilled Visa and Employer Nominated Scheme visa applications.<\/p>\n The CSO lists skills that companies in Australia are looking for, and employers or the state will sponsor for emigration into the country.<\/p>\n The full list for both classes can be found here:<\/strong> Australia SKO and CSOLists<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A 2015\u00a0report by InterNations Expat Insider<\/a> shed some light on the profile of South African expats, finding that\u00a0around half of all South African expats are skilled employees or managers \u2013 and a quarter identify as being in top management positions.<\/p>\n New World Wealth recently revealed that thousands of South African millionaires \u2013 specifically white millionaires \u2013 had fled the country in the past year, citing political unrest and safety concerns in their decision to leave.<\/p>\n Between 2000 and 2014, approximately 8,000 HNWIs (people with a net worth over $1 million) left the country \u2013 a number closer to 9,000 by the end of 2015.<\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s young white population is shrinking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rich white millionaires are fleeing South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This one graph shows that South Africans are leaving the country<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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