{"id":170,"date":"2026-11-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immispecialist.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2026-11-07T23:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:17:53","slug":"dama-is-a-postcode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immispecialist.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/dama-is-a-postcode\/","title":{"rendered":"A DAMA Occupation Belongs to a Postcode, Not to a Whole State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:0.95em;color:#475569;\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/immispecialist.com\/index.php\/about-chang-min-park\/\">Chang Min Park<\/a><br \/>Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law \u00b7 Legal Practitioner Director of Park &amp; Co Lawyers<\/p>\n<p>A designated area migration agreement is a regional labour agreement. It is not a permission to use a concession anywhere in Western Australia, Queensland, or the Northern Territory because the occupation appears on some DAMA list. The concession, the age limit, and the English level belong to that agreement and, inside it, often to that occupation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/changa9090.github.io\/parkco-dama-navigator\/\">DAMA page<\/a> asks for the occupation, in English, Korean, or the ANZSCO or OSCA code, and for the four-digit postcode of the workplace. A head-office address in a capital city does not become the workplace because the roster is arranged from there. Enter the postcode where the person will actually work.<\/p>\n<h2>An agreement can be closed while the visa you already hold is not<\/h2>\n<p>The page marks agreements that are closed to new applications and agreements whose intake is about to close. As at 7 November 2026 it was showing the South West agreement as closed to new applications, and it was flagging a Goldfields intake date. Read that flag on the day you use the page. An agreement reaching its end does not, by itself, cancel a visa or an agreement approval already granted. It does stop you treating the occupation list as open for a new nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Age and English concessions are occupation-specific. A person aged 47 is not \u201cwithin the DAMA age concession\u201d in the abstract. The page separates bands and shows which occupations still have room above the usual skilled age limit. The same is true of an English result. Select the result you have, not the result a forum said was typical for the region.<\/p>\n<h2>What to enter<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The occupation name or code, and the workplace postcode.<\/li>\n<li>Age and the English result, if you want the concession filter rather than the full list.<\/li>\n<li>The agreement\u2019s open or closed flag, before you tell an employer the occupation is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earnings concessions are also on that page, and they move. Use the figure the page shows for the agreement and the financial year. Do not paste a salary floor from an old message into a nomination.<\/p>\n<section style=\"padding:24px;margin:28px 0;border-left:4px solid #b88a3b;background:#f4f7fa;border-radius:6px;\">\n<h2>Check the workplace postcode before you rely on a concession<\/h2>\n<p>Enter the occupation and the postcode of the workplace. If the page marks the agreement closed, send that result with the nomination you were about to prepare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/changa9090.github.io\/parkco-dama-navigator\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:12px 18px;background:#17324d;color:#fff;border-radius:5px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">Check the postcode against the agreement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prefer email? <a href=\"mailto:enquiry@parkcolawyers.com?subject=DAMA%20postcode%20and%20occupation\">enquiry@parkcolawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9em;\">Submitting an enquiry does not create a solicitor\u2013client relationship. Representation and fees are agreed separately. This article is general information, not advice on your matter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Sources and further reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/changa9090.github.io\/parkco-dama-navigator\/\">Park &amp; Co Lawyers: DAMA occupation and postcode page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/visas\/employing-and-sponsoring-someone\/sponsoring-workers\/nominating-a-position\/labour-agreements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Affairs: labour agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9em;color:#475569;\">Sources checked on 7 November 2026. This article provides general information, not advice about an individual application. Check the law and official guidance that apply to your circumstances, and the dates on any notice you hold, before you act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9em;\">Australian immigration with an Accredited Specialist. <a href=\"https:\/\/immispecialist.com\/index.php\/about-chang-min-park\/\">About Chang Min Park<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chang-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/immispecialist.com\/index.php\/guides\/\">More immigration guides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen regional agreements do not cover every town in the state. 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