Australia All Set to Allow Workers from 1st December
2021-12-20 
2021-12-20 Article by: Hari Yellina (Orchard Tech)
Australia is set to allow eligible visa holders who are fully vaccinated to enter from Dec. 1 without needing to apply for a travel exemption, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday. Eligible visa holders include skilled workers, students, refugees as well as working holidaymakers. “Steps we are taking today are about securing our economic recovery, steps we are taking today are about Australians looking forward, steps we are taking today is about taking Australia forward,” Morrison said at a press briefing.
Moreover, he believes that the return of skilled workers and students to Australia is a major milestone in our pathway back. It is a major milestone about what Australians have been able to achieve and are enabled to do. Australia closed its borders in March 2020 to everyone except Australian citizens and permanent residents due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, over 500,000 temporary migrants have left the country, according to a parliamentary report in August.
A lack of skilled migrants, along with low unemployment, have led to major skill shortages in many sectors of the Australian economy. Australia closed its borders in March 2020 to everyone except Australian citizens and permanent residents due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, over 500,000 temporary migrants have left the country, according to a parliamentary report in August. A lack of skilled migrants, along with low unemployment, have led to major skill shortages in many sectors of the Australian economy.
The country is expecting to take in around 200,000 eligible visa holders when restrictions lift on Dec. 1, but that number may be more, according to Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. Those travellers would be subject to relevant quarantine arrangements, depending on which state they’re entering through. States like New South Wales and Victoria as well as the Australian Capital Territory no longer require mandatory quarantine for vaccinated travellers.