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  Bushfires and Backpackers The Australian Government announced on 17 February 2020 that amendments would be made to the Working Holiday program to include paid or volunteer bushfire recovery work as ‘specified work’ for the purposes of a second or third year 417 or 462 visas.   Further, subclass 417 and subclass 462 visa holders

  ℹ️ An update to the skilled migration occupation lists is expected to be announced in March 2020.   Source: https://www.employment.gov.au/consultation-skilled-migration-occupation-lists?fbclid=IwAR3uFUDPZyWUjfAvqH-8yO6j1oO9DuVL2MsX7mc8mjx1gpwXcDGn67jtTpw

  28. Invitation date: 7 February 2020   ACT 190 Nomination – invitations issued: 83   • All Matrix submitted: 135 to 75 points • 70 point Matrix submitted on or before 31 October 2019   ACT 491 Nomination – invitations issued: 82   • All Matrix submitted: 120 to 70 points   Please note:

  Novel coronavirus and Australian visas The information in this article is available in Chinese (Simplified). Travel Restrictions – effective immediately The Australian Government has announced that as of 1 February 2020, all travellers arriving from any part of mainland China, regardless of nationality, will be subject to enhanced border control measures to ensure the

  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

Invitations issued on 10 January 2020 The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 10 January 2020. Visa subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 1,000 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 300 During 2019-20 program year the following numbers of invitations have been issued: 10 January