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The Australian economy is experiencing a shortage of skilled professionals with the number of immigrants walking into the nation constantly on the fall. The main shortage is for the IT workers who could contribute to the national economy.

This current shortage is expected to be at such a high that it might even stress on the Immigration Department of Australia to even change their rules and regulations pertaining to immigration. These amends are to be specifically to be introduced for the 457 visas which are the immigration visas for the skilled professionals.

With the above, it is also being anticipated for certain categories of the work permit to be amended. This news came about from the Clarius Skills Index which utilizes the data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics so as to anticipate the trends in the labor market.

As per the above forecast, the IT sector in Australia would grow by another 20,000 by 2015. This would make the industry fall short of skills professionals by about 2,700. This shortage might result due to the retirement of experienced professionals in this industry by thousands. With this, with the current decline in the international students coming to Australia and pursuing IT courses would further lead to the damage.

As of now, the Australia 457 visas are the most popular category for visas for the foreign workers coming to Australia. This permits the Australian employers to sponsor foreign skilled migrants to come and work on temporary contracts for employment.