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 …
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The Australian occupation ceilings for the 2019 – 2020 Migration year have just been announced. Occupations ceiling ensure that the Australia skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations. Once this limit is reached, no further invitations for that particular occupation group will be issued for that program year. Although the …
Some occupations on the new South Wales (NSW) 190 Priority Occupation List are now subject to an additional requirement for nomination by NSW. To be considered for NSW selection, candidates must meet minimum eligibility requirements listed on their website. The purpose of the NSW skilled visa program is to help drive economic growth, competitiveness and productivity …
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Immigration Minister David Coleman is targeting backpackers from 13 countries as he seeks to find workers wanted by regional businesses. Australia is in discussions about expanding the work and holiday visa to people from India, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Switzerland, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Andorra, Monaco and Mongolia. Any places made available to …
India, Brazil and Mexico May Qualify For Australian Working Holiday Visa Read More »
While we patiently wait for the 2019 – 2020 Australian Occupations List to be published. The South Australian government has Announced that the list of State Nominated Occupations for the 2019 – 2020 program year is now available. It’s a big update too! There have been 116 new occupations added to the State Nominated Occupations …
2019 – 2020 Occupations List Now Available For South Australia Read More »
The Australia government has released the results of the last SkillsSelect invitation round for 2018 – 2019 migration year. Similar to Mays invitation rounds, the number of invitations issued is extremely low with only 110 invitations issued throughout the whole month! Unlike Mays result, the minimum number of points required to receive an invitation increased …