The South Australian Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) provides a framework for local employers to sponsor overseas workers in skilled and semi-skilled positions which are experiencing skills and labour shortages.
Concessions such as English language, salary, skills and experience and age to facilitate pathways to permanent residency are offered in a range of selected positions.
The Adelaide City Technology and Innovation Advancement Agreement has been signed for 5 years covering 60 occupations.
Find the official document here.
The Regional South Australia DAMA, also for a 5- year period, covers 114 occupations.
Find the official document here.
These DAMAs target agriculture, forestry, hospitality, tourism, health and construction amongst others to fill critical employment gaps.
The South Australian DAMA:
- Provides a framework for local employers experiencing skillls and labour shortages to sponsor overseas workers in skilled and semi-skilled positions. 174 occupations have been approved offering a ceiling of 1,050 positions in the first year
- Concessions such as English language, salary, skills and experience and age to facilitate pathways to permanent residency are offered in a range of selected positions
- Employers must be endorsed by the Designated Area Representative, Immigration South Australia, in order to enter into a DAMA Labour Agreement with the Australian Government
- Employers will need to meet a range of risk and integrity requirements to ensure that the rights of the worker and employer are protected
- Uses the employer-sponsored visa program, labour agreement stream of the Temporary Skills Shortage visa (subclass 482)
- Individual workers cannot apply for a visa independently
Who can access the South Australian DAMA?
South Australian businesses which are actively operating in South Australia and:
- Are viable and have been operating for at least 12 months
- Have no adverse history of not meeting their obligations to employees
- Are looking to employ overseas workers to fill full-time positions with duties that align with occupations on the Agreements occupation lists
- Can demonstrate they cannot fill the position locally with Australian citizens or permanent residents
- Can provide conditions of employment to overseas workers that are in accordance with those offered to Australian workers employed in the region.
Information relating to application process and how to apply will be available from July 1st 2019.
