The Malcolm Turnbull government had announced that Australia would replace the popular 457 visa category with two separate merit-based prof...

The programme allowed business to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled jobs where there is a shortage of Austral...

The Indian IT industry is grappling with popular protectionist sentiment and efforts to curb labour intake in nearly all its major markets.

The programme, known as 457 visa, allows businesses in Australia to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled jobs wh...

There were 95,757 workers in Australia on primary 457 visa programme, ABC reported. The programme will be replaced by another visa programm...

The government was committed to ensuring that Australian workers have priority and to reducing the potential for temporary visa holders to ...

The government will act on recommendations of a recent independent review of the 457 visa programme to strengthen integrity.

The 457 visa programme is controversial, especially as it has been bringing a high number of foreign workers to the country amid rising une...

Reetika Ajjan and her spouse Jeetender fled with the money three days after their home was raided by Australian authorities in 2011.

Australia announced that English Test scores of TOEFL iBT and PTE Academic of skilled migrants coming to India would be acceptable across s...

The data released by the Immigration Department showed that Indians represented over 23 per cent of total 'subclass 457 visa'.

Earlier this year the govt launched a crackdown on the programme, saying it was being abused by employers who had not adequately sought to ...

With the new US immigration bill posing long-term cost implications for the IT players, TCS today said cos need to be receptive to the situ...

Australia has tightened its work visa programme that could hurt Indian IT companies, driving up costs for them and compelling local hiring ...

"Companies will have to advertise for 4 months in a newspaper for a position before sponsoring a foreigner".

Maxine McKew, a former MP today criticised Oz PM Julia Gillard's government for its "obsession" with the foreign worker visa programme.

Australian PM Julia Gillard said the changes in visa scheme would get the "out of control" system back on track.