Employer Nomination Files
Employer Nomination files are arranged by EVS (Employer Victorian State) nomination number. The number is an annual single number with the prefix EVS. Obtain this number from:
Card Index to Sponsors or Migrants (VPRS 5981) or
The series has its origin in agreements reached between the Commonwealth and British Governments in March 1946 for free and assisted passage for British residents wishing to migrate to Australia. Under the agreements residents of the Australian states could nominate residents of the United Kingdom for assisted passage to Australia, or in the case of British ex-Service men and women and their families, free passage. Nominations were of two types: personal and group. Personal nominations were made by residents of Victoria who were friends or relatives of the nominee, or an employer seeking a particular worker. Group nominations were usually made by employers seeking to recruit particular categories of workers, though groups such as religious organisations also participated. In 1976/1977 group nominations were replaced by the employer nomination (group) and employer nomination (personal) system. This series contains papers relating to nominations made under this system.
Nomination forms (group and personal);
Associated correspondence.
Information in the series includes; details of the employer and the reason for nomination, personal details of nominees, proposed employment arrangements for nominees, dates of arrival, and so forth.
Some nominations in this series were first activated under the group nomination system (refer VPRS 5976).
Nominations were allocated an annual single number upon receipt. Papers relating to the nomination were filed according to this number. The number is preceded by the prefix EVS (Employer Victorian State).
- 1976 Group Nomination Files VPRS 5976