What is the MLTSSL list in Australia?

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The Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) lists are high-demand occupations across Australia, determined by the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Home Affairs. Australia’s previous Skilled Occupation List (SOL) has been replaced by the MLTSSL. Similar to the previous list, the government reviews the newly created list of skilled occupations every year. The government posts the most in-demand positions in the nation on its MLTSSL list, where qualified foreign employees can apply.

Who can nominate an occupation for MLTSSL?

Foreign skilled workers may submit an online Expression of Interest (EOI) for any listed job if they have the knowledge and expertise necessary to find work in any of the occupations covered by the MLTSSL. For any of the following visa categories, MLTSSL enables applicants to specify an occupation.

Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189).
Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) (unless nominated by a State or Territory Government).
Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) – Graduate Work Stream.

Note: The Australian government has closed the Regional Skilled Migration Scheme Visa Subclass 489 for new applicants. Since November 16, 2019, a new visa, the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa Subclass 491, has replaced this visa.

The list of skilled professions chosen by the Departments of Education and Training (DET) and Home Affairs is included in the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List (MTLSSL). The Australian government has compiled a list of jobs known as the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) that may be taken into account when reviewing an applicant’s application for an Australian visa. If you want to immigrate to Australia through a permanent skilled visa program, your occupation must be one that is listed on the MLTSSL. To do so, you must choose an occupation from the MLTSSL.

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Occupation Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL Australia)

The following list of occupations from the ANZSCO (Australia and New Zealand Skilled Classification of Occupations) Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) can help you evaluate which visa program may be appropriate for you based on your profession. Occupations listed on the MLTSSL can be used to apply for one of the following visa types: Temporary Visa Subclass 489 – Skilled Regional (Provisional) Visa; Subclass 485 – Temporary Graduate Visa; Subclass 457 – Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa * TSS (Temporary Skills Shortage) Visa. Permanent Visa Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190), Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)* – Direct Entry visa (subclass 186).

Occupation	ANZSCO Code	Assessing Authority
Aeronautical Engineer	233911	Engineers Australia
Accountant	221111
Actuary	224111
Agricultural Consultant	234111
Agricultural Engineer	233912	Engineers Australia
Agricultural Scientist	234112
Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber	334112
Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.	342111
Architect	232111
Artistic Director	212111
Arts Administrator or Manager	139911
Audiologist	252711
Automotive Electrician	321111
Barrister	271111
Biochemist	234513
Biomedical Engineer	233913	Engineers Australia
Biotechnologist	234514
Boat Builder and Repairer	399111
Botanist	234515
Chemical Engineer	233111	Engineers Australia
Civil Engineer	233211	Engineers Australia
Civil Engineering Draftsperson	312211	Engineers Australia
Civil Engineering Technician	312212	Engineers Australia
Computer Network and Systems Engineer	263111	ACS
Developer Programmer	261312	ACS
Electrical Engineer	233311	Engineers Australia
Electrical Engineering Draftsperson	312311	Engineers Australia
Electrical Engineering Technician	312312	Engineers Australia
Electronics Engineer	233411	Engineers Australia
Engineering Manager	133211	Engineers Australia
Engineering Professionals	233999	Engineers Australia
Engineering Technologist	233914	Engineers Australia
Environmental Engineer	233915	Engineers Australia
Geotechnical Engineer	233212	Engineers Australia
ICT Business Analyst	261111	ACS
ICT Security Specialist	262112	ACS
Industrial Engineer	233511	Engineers Australia
Materials Engineer	233112	Engineers Australia
Mechanical Engineer	233512	Engineers Australia
Mining Engineer	233611	Engineers Australia
Multimedia Specialist	261211	ACS
Naval Architect	233916	Engineers Australia
Engineering Pofessionals (NEC)	233999	Engineers Australia
Petroleum Engineer	233612	Engineers Australia
Structural Engineer	233214	Engineers Australia
Systems Analyst	261112	ACS
chemist	234211
food technologist	234212
environmental consultant	234312
environmental research scientist	234313
environmental scientists (nec)	234399
geophysicist	234412
hydrogeologist	234413
life scientist (general)	234511
biochemist	234513
biotechnologist	234514
botanist	234515
marine biologist	234516
microbiologist	234517
zoologist	234518
life scientists (nec)	234599
medical laboratory scientist	234611
veterinarian	234711
conservator	234911
metallurgist	234912
meteorologist	234913
physicist	234914
natural and physical science professionals (nec)	234999
early childhood (pre‑primary school) teacher	241111
secondary school teacher	241411
special needs teacher	241511
teacher of the hearing impaired	241512
teacher of the sight impaired	241513
special education teachers (nec)	241599
university lecturer	242111
medical diagnostic radiographer	251211
medical radiation therapist	251212
nuclear medicine technologist	251213
sonographer	251214
optometrist	251411
orthotist or prosthetist	251912
chiropractor	252111
osteopath	252112
occupational therapist	252411
physiotherapist	252511
podiatrist	252611
audiologist	252711
speech pathologist	252712
general practitioner	253111
specialist physician (general medicine)	253311
cardiologist	253312
clinical haematologis	253313
medical oncologist	253314
endocrinologist	253315
gastroenterologist	253316
intensive care specialist	253317
neurologist	253318
paediatrician	253321
renal medicine specialist	253322
rheumatologist	253323
thoracic medicine specialist	253324
specialist physicians (nec)	253399
psychiatrist	253411
surgeon (general)	253511
cardiothoracic surgeon	253512
neurosurgeon	253513
orthopaedic surgeon	253514
otorhinolaryngologist	253515
paediatric surgeon	253516
plastic and reconstructive surgeon	253517
urologist	253518
vascular surgeon	253521
dermatologist	253911
emergency medicine specialist	253912
obstetrician and gynaecologist	253913
ophthalmologist	253914
pathologist	253915
diagnostic and interventional radiologist	253917
radiation oncologist	253918
medical practitioners (nec)	253999
midwife	254111
nurse practitioner	254411
registered nurse (aged care)	254412
registered nurse (child and family health)	254413
registered nurse (community health)	254414
registered nurse (critical care and emergency)	254415
registered nurse (developmental disability)	254416
registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation)	254417
registered nurse (medical)	254418
registered nurse (medical practice)	254421
registered nurse (mental health)	254422
registered nurse (perioperative)	254423
registered nurse (surgical)	254424
registered nurse (paediatrics)	254425
registered nurses (nec)	254499
ICT business analyst	261111	ACS
systems analyst	261112	ACS
multimedia specialist	261211	ACS
analyst programmer	261311	ACS
software engineer	261313	Engineers Australia
software and applications programmers (nec)	261399	ACS
ICT security specialist	262112	ACS
computer network and systems engineer	263111	ACS
telecommunications engineer	263311	Engineers Australia
telecommunications network engineer	263312	Engineers Australia
solicitor	271311
clinical psychologist	272311
educational psychologist	272312
organisational psychologist	272313
psychologists (nec)	272399
social worker	272511
civil engineering draftsperson	312211
civil engineering technician	312212
electrical engineering draftsperson	312311
electrical engineering technician	312312
radio communications technician	313211
telecommunications field engineer	313212	Engineers Australia
telecommunications technical officer or technologist	313214

Positions for which occupation is inapplicable

Item	Position
1	Does not require two years of relevant work experience for this post.
2	The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000.
3	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000, and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
4	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD80,000, and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
5	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD180,001, and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
6	The position is a clerical, bookkeeper, or accounting clerk position.
7	The position is involved in mass production in a factory setting.
8	The position is in a limited-service restaurant.
9	The position predominantly involves responsibility for low‑skilled tasks. Example 1: Rostering, maintaining records, reception duties, and allocating duties to. housekeepers, porters, or doorpersons. Example 2: Fruit picking or packing or feeding of livestock or animals. Example 3: Truck driving.
10	The position is not located in regional Australia (within the meaning of sub-regulation 5.19(7) of the Regulations).
11	The position: (a) is based in a front‑line retail setting; or (b) predominantly involves direct client transactional interaction regularly.
12	The position: (a) is not a full‑time position, or (b) is not based in a therapeutic setting, or (c) involves the provision of non‑medical relaxation massage, or (d) is in a retail setting.
13	The position: (a) is not located in a commercial building or shopping center environment; or (b) predominantly involves managing the provision of only one particular service to a facility or managing one particular relationship. Example: Managing the cleaning contract for a facility but not other contracts relevant to the facility.
14	The position: (a) is based in a front‑line retail setting; or (b) is based in a call center and does not require significant technical knowledge of products, or (c) predominantly involves selling educational courses to individual students.
15	The position relates to mobile phone repairs.
16	The position relates to mass or standardized production (as opposed to specialist production), including the following: (a) a position based in a franchise or factory; (b) a position that: (i) involves full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location, or (ii) predominantly involves the use of pre‑prepared food product from another location.
17	The position relates to animal husbandry, including caring for livestock on a farm.
18	The position is in a business with an annual turnover of less than AUD 1,000,000.
19	(a) the position is in a business with an annual turnover of less than AUD 1,000,000; (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
20	The position is in a business that has fewer than 5 employees.
21	(a) the position is in a business with fewer than 5 employees, and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
22	The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD 90,000.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Can MLTSSL apply for PR?

If your occupation includes on the MLTSSL listings, you can apply for permanent residency. The MLTSSL is a list of professions covered by Australia’s permanent and temporary skilled visa programs, enabling a potential applicant to qualify for permanent residency in Australia.

How many times can you apply for a 482 visa on MLTSSL?

For people whose professions are listed on the MLTSSL, it is possible to extend the TSS visa for a further four years to move to permanent residency. There are several benefits to being on the MLTSSL for both employers and employees. Some of these benefits include:

Priority processing of visa applications: Skilled workers whose occupations are listed on the MLTSSL are given priority processing of their visa applications, making it easier and faster for them to enter the Australian labor market.
Permanent residency: Being on the MLTSSL increases the chances of obtaining permanent residency in Australia, which can lead to a pathway to citizenship.
Access to a wider pool of talent: Employers have access to a wider pool of highly skilled workers who can help meet their business needs and fill critical skill shortages.
Improved economic growth: By attracting highly skilled workers, the MLTSSL helps to boost economic growth by increasing productivity, creating new jobs, and driving innovation.
Improved quality of life: Skilled workers who move to Australia under the MLTSSL often enjoy a higher quality of life, with access to good salaries, high-quality healthcare, and excellent education opportunities for themselves and their families.