The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) contains 44 occupations and aims to support Australia’s economic recovery from COVID-19 by allowing small numbers of sponsored skilled workers to return to Australia to fill urgent skills needs in critical sectors.

Applications with an occupation on the PMSOL list are given priority processing under the following visa subclasses:

• Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa (subclass 482)
• Skilled Employer-Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494)
• Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) visa (subclass 186)
• Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) visa (subclass 187)

The PMSOL is a temporary list and its occupations are subject to change as Australia recovers from COVID-19.