South West DAMA is now open!

The South West is covered by a Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) as a way to address current skills shortages affecting the region.

Designated Area Migration Agreements are a formal arrangement between the Commonwealth of Australia and a Designated Area Representative (DAR).

A DAR may be a state/territory government or regional body such as the local government (The South West DAR is the Shire of Dardanup).

Only businesses operating within the following local government areas will be eligible to apply for DAR endorsement and access the South West DAMA Labour Agreement:

City of Bunbury
City of Busselton
Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Shire of Boyup Brook
Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes
Shire of Capel
Shire of Collie
Shire of Dardanup
Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup
Shire of Harvey
Shire of Manjimup
Shire of Nannup

The majority of DAMA agreements include occupations available under the standard TSS 482 visa or regional 494 visa program. However, the South West DAMA provides additional concessions to the English Language and Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) requirements.

Occupations in demand
The South West DAMA Labour Agreement may only be used to sponsor the following occupations and only after thorough evidence has been provided to the Department of Home Affairs to show the business made concerted attempts to recruit Australian workers.

The following age concessions may apply:

55 years for overseas workers in skill level 1-4 occupations; and
50 years for overseas workers in skill level 5 occupations.

TABLE 1: OCCUPATION LIST

Please contact us to arrange meeting and discuss further your options :
08 9268 4111
National free call:
1800 VISA 00 (1800 847 200)