Tech workers ghosted by visa system as wait times blow out


Thousands of skilled technology workers are being left in limbo by the federal government while their visa applications go unanswered, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

The inquiry also heard that wait times have blown out to two years or more in some cases, even before recent changes to skilled visa processing priorities designed to curb overseas migration.

That uncertainty has led some high-flying tech professionals to give up on Australia …

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