The South Australian Immigration Department has temporarily closed Nominations for State Nominated 190 visas. If you are looking to apply down this path – Read the article here.
If you are a technology expert with a background in an eligible field then Australia wants you. Want to get Australian PR in weeks not months? Read on.
It is almost with a sigh of release that the Australian Immigration has ‘almost’ returned to normality with 1500 invitations to apply for an Australian skilled independent visa issued during October, This is a big increase to the 100 invitations issued during both August and September this year. I can only hope that whatever backlog …
Earlier this week we posted how the city of Perth in Western Australias was looking to re-acquire its status as a regional area rather than a big city in an attempt to encourage skilled migrants to move there. Announced today, from the 16th November 2019, both Perth and the Gold Coast in Queensland will be …
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The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has published a new version of their evaluation criteria. Though the changes do not appear significant, we’d still suggest you familiarise yourselves with the updated documents if the ACS will be playing a role in the completion of your Australian Skills assessment. The changes noted by the ACS are as …
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It was never the smartest decision by the WA premier, Mark McGowan to take Perth off the list of regions that the department of home affairs considered as regional Australia back in 2016. Past state governments of both political sides had worked so hard to attain that status and to surrender it for short term …
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When The Australian migration department announced the New points test earlier this year, the Explanatory Statement included these paragraphs: This will ensure that primary applicants without a partner (singles) will be ranked equally to other primary applicants who have the same human capital attributes. If all other points claims are equal, invitations for points tested …
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Yesterday saw the official end of the Australian 489 Visa with 11th September marking the day where no new EOIs would be accepted under this visa subclass. There will now be a gap until the 16 November 2019 when the Department of Home Affairs will introduce the new Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) subclass 491 visa …
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This week, the Australian government commenced a review of the Australian skilled migration occupation lists with the updated lists due to be released in March 2020. On the heels of cutting down Australia’s immigration intake by 30,000 places in 2019/20 and with two new regional visas coming soon in November, the government commenced a review …
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Before the new occupations list is released in March 2020, Australia is introducing two new regional visas requiring the visa holders to live and work in regional Australia. The Skilled Employer-Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa will be for skilled migrants sponsored by an employer in regional Australia while the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa will be …
The Australia government has released the results of the August 2019 Skillselect invitation round highlighting a worrying drop in the number of invitations offered. No explanation yet from the department of home affairs why such a drop from 1000 invites in July 2019. One possibility is that with around 20,000 undecided 189 applications currently lodged …
NSW runs the skilled nominated migration (190) program in order to attract highly skilled people in a range of occupations to contribute to NSW skills needs. NSW’s position as an appealing destination for skilled migrants is confirmed beyond doubt by the significant demand shown for NSW nomination for the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190). In …
NSW Government Adds Additional Selection Criteria For Skilled Candidates Read More »