Legislative Instrument - F2016L01391 - Migration Amendment (Entrepreneur Visas and Other Measures) Regulation 2016.

Schedule 2 of this Instrument amends the GSM Skilled Migration points test (Sch 6D) to provide additional points for applicants who have completed at least two full academic years of post-graduate studies at doctoral or masters (research) level in specified fields, which may include science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or information and communication technology.

Item 6D7A1 provides an extra 5 points for applicant's who have met the requirement of a specialist educational award.

The following fields of education qualifications are proposed to be accepted under this new measure and are defined by the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS):

* Biological Sciences

* Chemical Sciences

* Earth Sciences

* Mathematical Sciences

* Natural and Physical Sciences

* Other Natural and Physical Sciences

* Physics and Astronomy

* Computer Science

* Information Systems

* Information Technology

* Other Information Technology

* Aerospace Engineering and Technology

* Civil Engineering

* Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology

This Instrument commences on 10 September 2016.