New South Wales welcomes business and skilled migrants to Sydney and NSW as well as expatriate Australians returning after living and working overseas. NSW also welcomes people from other Australian States and Territories.

NSW has many casual, temporary and full time employment opportunities for working holiday makers and other temporary visa holders.

NSW is Australia's economic powerhouse and among the most competitive business locations in the Asia Pacific. Sydney is the third largest financial centre in the region, offering great career opportunities in a range of fields.

NSW has 40% of Australia's ICT employment. Specialist ICT businesses employ almost 100,000 people. NSW is home to 80% of the multinational pharmaceutical companies in the country.

NSW offers great career opportunities for professionals in these industries.

People living in NSW enjoy a very high quality of life. Sydney shared ninth place out of 215 cities in the 2006 Worldwide Quality of Living index compiled by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

The NSW Government is seeking highly skilled professionals and business people in the fields of finance, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and information and communications technology to settle in Sydney and in health care, engineering and trades to settle in regional NSW.

Over the past 12 months, NSW has supported more than 450 business migrants to Sydney and NSW and almost 800 skilled migrants to regional NSW.