Australia scraps skilled migrant visa to protect jobs

Two new, shorter and closed-ended temporary visas will replace the 457 skilled migrants visa program

CANBERRA, Australia - The country's skilled migrant visa will be abolished in favor of a new "Australians first" approach, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

In a video posted on social media on Tuesday, Turnbull announced that the 457 skilled migrant visa program would be abolished in favor of two new visas which will require additional requirements for migrants to work in Australia.