Released on = October 18, 2006, 2:06 am

Press Release Author = Neoli Marcos

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = For the financial year 2006-2007, the Australian government
has launched 20,000 additional job vacancies in its continuing effort to combat
skills shortage. A total of more than 100,000 jobs are now available in the land
down under, which is what makes the Australian working visa the most popular
Australian visa of all.

Press Release Body = Hawthorn, Australia, 18 October 2006--- For the financial year
2006-2007, the Australian government has launched 20,000 additional job vacancies in
its continuing effort to combat skills shortage. A total of more than 100,000 jobs
are now available in the land down under, which is what makes the Australian working
visa the most popular Australian visa of all.

After all too, Australia is now considered the job opportunity mecca of the world,
with over 150,000 jobs being advertised each week. Add to this the fact that for
the last ten years, Australia has been enjoying a low unemployment rate.

This is why skilled professionals and tradespersons from all over the world continue
to flock into the country, armed with their Australian working visa guaranteed to
realise their dreams of better job opportunities and better lives.

Under the simplified Australian visa system, an extra 10 points will be awarded to
State/Region sponsorship under the Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) visa.
Australian visa is based on a points system, which means the more points an
applicant garners based on her or his skills, credentials, and specific cases, the
faster his Australian visa application will be processed.

Skilled migrants and professionals whose occupations are included in the Migration
Occupations in Demand List (MODL) will be fast-tracked in their Australian working
visa. As of time writing this, more trades and engineering occupations are set to
be added to the MODL, giving more chances of a smooth Australian immigration to
qualified applicants.

Web Site = http://www.nationalvisas.com.au

Contact Details = National Visas
Web site: http://www.nationalvisas.com.au
E-mail: webmaster@nationalvisas.com.au
Address: 3 - 118 Church Street
Hawthorn, Victoria
Australia 3122
Phone: +61 (0) 3 9697 4922
Fax: +61 (0) 3 9815 1544