Immigration
Australian citizenship: More staff to be deployed to process backlog…
- August 22, 2018
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No CommentsMinister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, says more staff will be assigned to deal with the huge numbers of citizenship applications over the next six months. 20 AUG 2018 – 2:37 PM UPDATED 20 AUG 2018 – 3:35 PM The Department of Home Affairs is looking to deploy more staff to process the citizenship application backlog which has spiralled
$15,000 on offer for families willing to move to the Northern Territory – Australia Immigration…
- August 23, 2018
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(Wikimedia Commons) By: Mosiqi Acharya 23 AUG 2018 – 9:33 AM UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO The Northern Territory wants more people to come and live up north and is offering cash incentives to families, couples and individuals willing to do so. The government says it will invest $9.3 million to attract more people, including migrants, to the Territory with
Invitation Rounds: From 2 rounds to ONCE per month – The invitation numbers will be increased accordingly – Australia Immigration
- August 1, 2018
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The subclass 189 points tested visa stream and subclass 489 invitation rounds have traditionally been run fortnightly. The Department has reviewed this process and will now extend invitations on a monthly basis. The invitation numbers will be increased accordingly, to ensure the number of applications received will maintain a strong pipeline for the skilled program.
Breaking News: Possible changes to the process for applying for ACT nomination – Subclass 190 visa – effect from 1 July 2018…
- June 8, 2018
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The demand for ACT 190 nomination currently exceeds the annual allocation of nomination places set by Home Affairs. To manage the ever increasing demand, ACT is proposing to change the process for applying for ACT nomination of a Subclass 190 visa with effect from 1 July 2018. The ACT is proposing to introduce a selection-based
Occupation Ceilings – Australia Immigration – as of 23rd May 2018
- June 8, 2018
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The table below shows the occupation ceilings for the 2017-2018 program year for each occupation on the list of eligible skilled occupations by four-digit ANZSCO code unit group. Occupation ceiling values are based on a percentage of stock employment figures for each occupation. Stock employment figures are provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and represent the
Department of Home Affairs new phone number – Australia…
- June 9, 2018
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The Home Affairs website states that they have a new global call centre, that’s apparently managed by Datacom so you wont be able to get position numbers from staff (Datacom is currently unverified at this stage but information has been supplied to MA). You can apparently call from anywhere in the world 9am -5pm (local
General Skilled Migration Temporary Closure – South Australia State Sponsorship…
- June 19, 2018
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19 Jun 2018 To complete system updates for the new program year Immigration SA will be closing the state nomination 190/489 application system from 9am on Monday 25 June and will re-open in the first week of July (the date and time will be confirmed at the start of July). If you have commenced a 190/489 application,
New Fee Structure – effective 1st September 2018 – Engineers Australia
- June 27, 2018
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Please note that the fees for the Migration Skills Assessment services will change on the 1st September 2018. Download the new fee structure Source: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/For-Migrants/Migration-Skills-Assessment/Migration-Announcements
Breaking News: Points score for General Skilled Migration (GSM) Visa is now 65 points !! – Australia Immigration…
- June 28, 2018
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The pass mark for all Visa Applications whose invitation has not been issued will now be 65 points! … Effective 1st July 2018. Those whose invitations have already been granted before 1st July 2018, the pass mark in relation to their applications for a general skilled migration visa is 60 points. More details are below…
6 June 2018 Invitation Round – Australia Immigration…
- June 28, 2018
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The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 6 June 2018. Invitations issued on 6 June 2018 Visa Subclass Number Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 300 Skilled – Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) 5 During 2017-18 program year the following numbers of invitations have been issued: Invitations issued during 2017-18 program year Visa