Industry: Research & Development, Biotechnology Median Salary by Job - Industry: Research & Development, Biotechnology (Australia) Country: Australia | Currency: AUD | Updated: 11 Apr 2009 | Individuals Reporting: 172 This chart displays Median Salary by Job for Industry: Research & Development, Biotechnology The information is taken from http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Industry=Research_&_Development,_Biotechnology/Salary
All the following information has been taken from http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/47temporary_residence.htm#a - The australian immigration website.
Australia’s temporary residence program is designed to allow overseas people to come to Australia for specific purposes that benefit Australia. The program consists of three categories:
skilled
social and cultural
international relations.
Temporary residents are required to pay taxes on income earned in Australia. They do not have access to social welfare benefits or national public health cover.
We as students would come under the skilled categories
Skilled visa classes
Business Entry visas - allow employers to recruit skilled people from overseas for a stay of up to four years. The position being filled must meet minimum skill and salary thresholds.
See:Fact Sheet 48 Helping Skilled and Business People
Educational visas - allow education and research institutions or organisations to fill academic, teaching and research positions, unable to be filled from the Australian labour market.
Temporary Medical Practitioner visas - allow employers, or in some cases Government or community bodies to sponsor suitably qualified medical practitioners into positions which satisfy labour market requirements, for a stay of up to four years. Visa grants to medical practitioners have a strong focus on providing service to rural and remote communities.
Fact Sheet 48
The Australian Government is committed to helping highly skilled individuals and successful business people to settle permanently in Australia.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has introduced specific initiatives designed to help Australian businesses obtain overseas staff with a minimum of formalities, and to help overseas people either conduct or establish business in Australia.
These measures recognise that Australian businesses must have access to skills, ideas, contacts and technology from overseas to be successful in today’s increasingly global economy. They may need to recruit overseas staff with qualifications and relevant work experience to meet specific skill shortages in Australia.
There are also benefits for Australia in attracting experienced overseas business people to either establish or join businesses in Australia, bringing with them investments, new ideas and the prospect of creating new jobs.
Skilled migrants for permanent residence
There are a number of categories in the Skill Stream to enable successful business people and highly skilled and qualified people to migrate to Australia. These include:
Skilled – Independent: for skilled people who are not sponsored but are selected on the basis of their skills, age and English language ability.
See: Fact Sheet 24 Overview of skilled migration to Australia
Fact Sheet 25 Skilled categories
Skilled – Sponsored: for skilled people who are sponsored by an eligible Australian relative in Australia or nominated by a state or territory government. Applicants are selected on the basis of their skills, age and English language ability.
See: Fact Sheet 24 Overview of skilled migration to Australia
Fact Sheet 25 Skilled categories
Skilled – Regional Sponsored: for skilled people who wish to live and work in a Specified Regional Area ('designated' or 'regional' area) in Australia but are unable to meet the criteria to be granted a permanent visa.
Applicants for this visa must be sponsored by an eligible Australian relative or nominated by a state or territory government. Successful applicants are granted a three-year temporary visa to give them time to satisfy the residence and employment criteria for a permanent visa.
See: Fact Sheet 26 State Specific Regional Migration
Skill Matching Database: The Skills Matching Database lists the educational, occupational and personal details of Skilled – Independent category applicants and Skilled – Sponsored applicants.
The database is regularly updated and distributed to all state and territory governments and a network of regional development authorities.
Employers can nominate people from the database to fill vacancies that cannot be filled through the local labour market. State and territory governments can nominate people from the database on the basis of skill shortages they have identified.
See:Fact Sheet 28 Skill Matching Database
Business Skills: Under the Business Skills (provisional) category, people with backgrounds as business owners, senior executives or investors can apply for a provisional (temporary) visa in the first instance. After satisfactory evidence of a specified level of business or investment activity in Australia, Business Skills (provisional) visa holders can apply for permanent residence. In line with their economic development objectives, state and territory governments can also sponsor applicants in these categories with lower level criteria applying to sponsored applicants. High-calibre business migrants, sponsored by a state or territory government, may obtain up-front direct permanent residence under the Business Talent (migrant) category.
See: Fact Sheet 24 Overview of skilled migration to Australia
Fact Sheet 27 Business skills migration
Employer nomination: people nominated or ‘sponsored’ by employers through schemes such as the Employer Nomination Scheme, Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme and negotiated Labour Agreements or Invest Australia Supported Skills agreements.
See: Fact Sheet 24 Overview of Skilled migration to Australia
Fact Sheet 26 State Specific Regional Migration
Most of us would come under the Skilled Independent so let us have a look at Fact sheet 24
The Skill Stream of Australia's Migration Program is specifically designed to target migrants who have skills or outstanding abilities that will contribute to the Australian economy.
The Australian Government continues to emphasise skilled migration, while maintaining a commitment to family reunion migration. The migration to Australia of people with qualifications and relevant work experience helps to address specific skill shortages in Australia and enhances the size and skill level of the Australian labour force.
In 2005–06, the Skill Stream of the Migration Program had an outcome of 97 340 people. This increased to 97 920 in 2006–07.
In 2006–07 the Skill Stream represented about 66 per cent of the Migration Program.
In 2006–07, the outcome in the State Specific and Regional Migration (SSRM) initiatives was 25 845.
The Skill Stream planning level for 2007–08 is 108 500, with a continued emphasis on:
employer sponsored migration
state/territory government sponsored applications
applicants who nominate an occupation which is on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL).
Skill Stream categories
There are four main categories of skilled migrants:
There is a range of visa options under General Skilled Migration for skilled workers who want to live in Australia and who do not have an employer sponsoring them.
Independent migrants are selected on the basis of their age, skills, qualifications, English language, ability and employability so they can contribute quickly to the Australian economy. They are not sponsored by an employer or relative in Australia. This group forms the largest component of skilled migrants each year. In 2006-07, the outcome in the skilled independent category was 54 179, representing 55 per cent of the skill stream.
For those unable to meet the independent criteria sponsorship by an eligible Australian relative or nomination by a state or territory government is also possible under GSM.
See: Fact Sheet 25 Skilled Categories
Fact Sheet 26 State Specific Regional Migration
2. Employer nomination
Employers may nominate (or 'sponsor') personnel from overseas through the following categories:
The Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) allows Australian employers to nominate overseas workers for permanent residence in Australia to fill skilled vacancies in their business.
The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) is one of the several government initiatives designed to help state and terrritory governments in their efforts to boost nominated overseas workers for permanent residence to fill skilled vacancies in their business.
The RSMS is one of several government initiatives designed to help state and territory governments in their efforts to boost development in regional Australia and less populated states/territories.
A Labour Agreement enables Australian employers to recruit a specified number of workers from overseas in response to identified or emerging labour market (or skill) shortages. This is a formal arrangement negotiated between the Commonwealth Government and the employer or industry association.
In 2006–07, the outcome in the Employer Nominated categories was 16 585.
See: Fact Sheet 48 Assisting Skilled and Business People
3. Business skills migration
The Business Skills Program encourages successful business people to settle permanently in Australia and develop new business opportunities.
In 2006–07, the business skills migration outcome was 5 836.
This is a small category for distinguished individuals with special or unique talents of benefit to Australia.
The profiles of people who have been successful under this category generally include sports people, musicians, artists and designers, all of whom were internationally recognised as outstanding in their field. In 2007–08, the outcome for this category was 211.
Now again we would come under the category of General skilled migration so let us have a look at Fact Sheet 25
This fact sheet provides an overview of the requirements to be met by applicants for the General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa categories, which is one part of Australia's Skilled Migration Program.
For an overview of the categories within the Skill Stream of Australia's Migration Program.
See:Fact Sheet 24 Overview of Skilled Migration to Australia
Australia's GSM program is designed to attract young, highly skilled people, with a good level of English language ability and skills in particular occupations that are required in Australia. These occupations are listed on Australia's Skilled Occupation List (SOL) which is available on the department's website.
People applying for a GSM visa will need to:
be under 45 years of age at the time they apply
have an occupation listed on the SOL
have their skills assessed as being suitable for that occupation by the relevant assessing authority
have a good level of English language ability
have recent skilled work experience or have recently completed an Australian qualification as the result of two years full-time study in Australia.
Most visas require that applicants are assessed against the GSM points test and obtain a pass mark.
General Skilled Migration visa
There are several visa subclasses within the GSM category.
Offshore permanent
Skilled – Independent (subclass 175)
This visa is for skilled applicants outside Australia. New Zealand citizens in Australia on a Special Category (subclass 444) visa may also apply for this visa. Applicants for this visa do not require sponsorship.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 176)
This visa is for skilled applicants outside Australia. New Zealand citizens in Australia on a Special Category (subclass 444) visa may also apply for this visa. Applicants for this visa must be sponsored by an eligible Australian relative, or nominated by a state or territory government.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Offshore provisional
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (subclass 475)
This visa is for skilled applicants outside Australia. New Zealand citizens in Australia on a Special Category (subclass 444) visa may also apply for this visa. This is a three year provisional visa.
Applicants for this visa must be sponsored by an eligible Australian relative living in a designated area of Australia, or nominated by a state or territory government agency.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Skilled - Recognised Graduate (subclass 476)
This visa is available to recent graduates in specified disciplines from recognised overseas educational institutions who have skills in demand in Australia. This visa is valid for 18 months and has unrestricted work and study rights.
This visa is not points tested and Skilled - Recognised Graduate visa holders can apply for permanent or provisional GSM or an employer sponsored visa at any time.
Onshore permanent
Skilled - Independent (subclass 885)
This visa is for skilled applicants in Australia:
overseas students who have met the two year study requirement in the last six months
and
Graduate (subclass 485) and Recognised Graduate (subclass 476) visa holders.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 886)
This visa is for skilled applicants in Australia:
overseas students who have met the two year study requirement in the last six months
and
Graduate (subclass 485) and Recognised Graduate (subclass 476) visa holders.
Applicants for this visa must be sponsored by an eligible Australian relative or nominated by a state or territory government.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Skilled - Regional (subclass 887)
This visa is for applicants who have held one of the following provisional GSM visas for at least two years:
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (subclass 475 and 487) and have met residence and work requirements.
This visa is not points tested.
Onshore provisional
Skilled - Graduate (subclass 485)
This visa is for overseas students who have met the two year study requirement in the last six months in Australia but need additional time to meet the requirements for a permanent GSM visa. The visa is valid for 18 months and has unrestricted work and study rights.
This visa is not points tested.
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (subclass 487)
This visa is for skilled applicants in Australia:
Overseas students who have met the two year study requirement in the last six months
Graduate (subclass 485) and Recognised Graduate (subclass 476) visa holders
Working Holiday (subclass 417) visa holders who have held their visa for at least six months
Occupational Trainee (subclass 442) visa holders who have completed the traineeship or course for which that visa was granted.
Applicants for this visa must be sponsored by an eligible Australian relative living in a designated area of Australia, or nominated by a state or territory government agency.
This is a three year provisional visa.
Applications will be assessed against the GSM points test.
Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (subclass 487) or (subclass 475)
and are unable to meet the requirements for a permanent visa before the end of the provisional visa. This visa extends an applicant's provisional stay in Australia for up to 12 months.
Applicants will not be required to meet the points test again.
Skill Matching Database
The Skill Matching Database helps match skilled people, who have applied to migrate, with skilled vacancies or skill shortages in Australia. The database is used by employers and state/territory governments.
Applicants applying for the following visas, may choose to place their details on the Skill Matching Database. Applicants who have their details on the Skill Matching Database are not guaranteed a job in Australia or migration application approval:
Skilled - Independent (subclass 175)
Skilled - Independent (subclass 885)
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 176)
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 886).
The Skill Matching Database is accessed by state/territory governments who may then nominate an applicant for migration. The database can assist employers and state/territory governments to identify occupation details of skilled migrants who are interested in living and working in Australia.
Detailed information about the Skill Matching Database is available.
See:Fact sheet 28 Skill Matching Database
So now we would come under the onshore permanent type and would be assessed on point system so let us see what is point system ?
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