Immigration

The Department of Home Affairs announced that 10 September 2019 will be the last day for States and Territories to be able to nominate and issue invitations for subclass 489 applicants.   Following this announcement, Victoria’s Skilled & Business Migration Program (SBMP) will close to subclass 489 nominations on 5 September 2019 (11.59pm AEST) and

Skilled Regional (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 489) REGIONAL NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2019-2020 PROGRAM YEAR. RDA-Riverina welcomes overseas skilled workers to apply for regional nomination. Skill shortages exist in many parts of Australia, in particular regional Australia, which allows RDA-Riverina to nominate skilled workers to come to the Riverina. This is just one way

NSW Skilled Occupation Lists NSW Skilled nominated (190) program 2019–20 The NSW 190 Priority Skilled Occupation List for the 2019–20 financial year is published below and includes a list of occupations across a broad range of industry sectors. This year we have introduced a system to show the availability of occupations for nomination by NSW.

CANBERRA MATRIX – INVITATION ROUND Invitation date: 22 July 2019 Number of Invitations Issued: 329 Matrix score range: All Matrix submitted with 125 to 70 points 65 point matrix submitted on or before 15 June 2019 The next invitation round will be held on or before 7 August 2019.   Source: http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/canberra-matrix-invitation-round/

Invitations issued on 11 July 2019 The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 11 July 2019. Visa subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 1000 Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489) 100 During 2019-20 program year the following numbers of invitations have been issued: 11 July 2019 results The following graph shows

State and Territory nominations 2018-19 program year Nominations by State and Territory Governments – June 2019 The number of intending migrants who received nominations from State and Territory Governments in June 2019 is shown in the table below: Visa subclass ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA Total Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) 393

Occupation ceilings An ‘occupation ceiling’ might be applied to invitations issued under the independent, skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs can be selected for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations.

The BSMQ SKILLED PROGRAM is now OPEN from today 29 July 2019. Before submitting your EOI, please review BSMQ’s new QSOLs to ensure your occupation is on the relevant lists and you meet any new criteria. A NEW EOI with a brand new EOI number must be submitted from today. Past and/or updated EOI’s WILL

An ‘occupation ceiling’ might be applied to invitations issued under the independent, skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs can be selected for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations. Once this

New visa program to attract entrepreneurs to South Australia The world’s ‘best and brightest’ start-up entrepreneurs will be encouraged to move to South Australia to develop their business under a bold new Federal Government visa arrangement launched today. South Australia has been selected as the pilot state for the three-year Supporting Innovation in South Australia