The Australian Government previously announced its intention to introduce the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) levy in March 2018. The SAF levy will apply to nominations by employers under the temporary and permanent employer sponsored migration programs, including the subclass 186 ENS and subclass 482 TSS nominations. The amendments to bring this into effect are contained in the Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2017 and the Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017. The Bills have been passed by the House of Representatives but not yet by the Senate. Until the Bills are passed by the Senate employers are able to lodge applications for approval as a Standa
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