NSW Orana DAMA – Get PR in NSW up to age 55 | Concessions on Salary, English, and Work Experience

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➡️ CONTENT:
00:00 NSW DAMA
01:07 Why do a DAMA visa?
01:48 NSW Orana DAMA areas
02:41 How to apply for the Orana DAMA?
05:14 Orana DAMA Occupations
05:50 Orana DAMA Concessions
06:35 Orana DAMA PR Pathway
06:54 Orana DAMA Salary

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ORANA DAMA

What is the Orana DAMA?

The Orana DAMA is an agreement between the RDA Orana and the Federal Government that supports employers in regional areas such as the Orana, Central West, Southern Inland, Murray and Riverina RDA regions.

Regional employers can often struggle with ongoing labour shortages and the DAMA is designed to help them fill critical roles where local workers are unavailable.

Approved employers can sponsor skilled migrants, accessing a range of occupations that may not otherwise be available under the standard migration program. Concessions may also be available for age, salary and English requirements.

What areas are covered?

Eligibility to request an Orana DAMA depends on the Local Government Area (council) in which the employer operates their business.

Employers must be physically operating within the Designated Area. This includes New South Wales’ Orana region but in April 2024 also expanded further to include Central West, Murray, Riverina and Southern Inland.

What is the process?

There are several steps an employer must go through to gain access to an Orana DAMA Labour Agreement.

Employers need to:

Conduct Labour Market Testing, in other words job advertising, for the positions that they have identified skills shortages.

Work out what their specific region is. There are different RDA Orana DAMA Migration Officers for each of the regions:

RDA Orana

RDA Murray

RDA Riverina

RDA Central West

RDA Southern Inland


Occupations available
There are currently 129 occupations available on the Orana DAMA occupation list.

Last updated in April 2024, these cover a wide range of industries to help address regional workforce shortages. Key sectors include:

Agriculture

Construction & Trades

Education

Healthcare (including Aged/Disability Care)

Horticulture

Hospitality & Tourism

Engineering

Manufacturing

Meat Processing


English

Some eligible occupations may allow applicants to have lower English scores than the standard requirements (unless higher scores are required for registration/licencing).

Permanent residency pathway

All occupations have an available pathway to permanent residency (PR) through the ENS 186 visa, after having living and worked in the Orana region for two years while holding a 482 visa.


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