Australia announced the abolishment of the 457 visa program, which was introduced 20 years ago. The visa was introduced to help fill jobs for which no native Australians were qualified for and allow freer movement of multinational executives. About 95,000 people are working under 457 visas, which is less than 1 percent of Australia’s 12 million-strong work force. A new Temporary Skills Shortage visa, which will come into effect in March 2018, is replacing 457 visa. The two-year visa has no route to permanent residency or citizenship.”]