Agence pour la promotion de la technologie et de l'innovation de la ville d'Adélaïde (DAMA)

The Designated Area Representative (DAR) for both South Australian DAMAs is Skilled & Business Migration, a unit of the South Australian Government. Skilled & Business Migration assesses employer endorsement applications on the state's behalf before the Department of Home Affairs considers a labour agreement request.

This means a DAMA sponsorship involves two separate approvals from two separate authorities. Skilled & Business Migration decides whether to endorse the employer at the state level, and the Department of Home Affairs separately decides whether to approve the labour agreement and any subsequent nomination at the federal level. Endorsement from Skilled & Business Migration does not guarantee that the Department of Home Affairs will approve the labour agreement or nomination that follows.

This DAMA is for employers, not individual workers. A worker cannot apply for a DAMA labour agreement independently and must have a genuine job offer from a business that already holds, or is seeking, endorsement under this DAMA. Self-sponsorship is not permitted under any DAMA labour agreement, including this one.

In practice, this means a worker approaching us about this DAMA needs an existing or prospective employer in the Adelaide metropolitan area, operating in one of the eligible industries, before a DAMA pathway becomes relevant to their circumstances.