The Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce has been created to attract international businesses to Australia and it predominantly targets exceptional businesses & talents in advanced manufacturing, financial services, FinTech and health. The taskforce offers: streamlined pathways to permanent residency bespoke advice on how and where to relocate industry-specific contacts and support to help you find the right location and…
On 2 September 2020, the Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, and the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, announced the introduction of a new priority skills list and strengthened labour market testing requirements. Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) As part of the…
From 23 October 2019, student (Subclass 500) and student guardian (Subclass 590) visa applicant will need to show an increased amount of funds available to account for the increased living costs in line with the consumer price index. Subclass 500 Student Visa Application Annual Living Costs (AUD) School/Course Fees Primary Applicant 21,041* – Course fees for the first 12 months…
Perth and Gold Coast to be reclassified as “regional area” for migration purposes.
As the financial year is drawing to a close, most people will be preoccupied with the End of Financial Year Sales. If you or people around you are planning to apply for an Australian visa, it’s advised to lodge the application before 1 July 2019 as the visa application charges for all visa subclasses, except Subclass 600 visa, are set to increase by whopping 5.4% from 1 July 2019 as published in the 2019-20 Australia Government Federal Budget papers in a period of record low Consumer Price Index (CPI) environment.
TSS is a temporary visa allowing approved business sponsor to hire overseas workers, whose nominated occupation is on the short-term skilled occupation list (STSOL), Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), the Regional Occupation List (ROL) or whose occupation are allowed under labour agreement between the employer and the Australian government, to work with the sponsoring employer in Australia.
Following the changes of the points test, there are also changes to how skilled visas applicants are ranked in each invitation round once Expression of Interest (EOI) has been lodged in SkillSelect. This will affect how invitations to apply for visa are issued in each invitation round if points claimed in a pool of applicants are equal. The new ranking system is as described:
From 16 November 2019, there will be changes to the points test of the skilled migration program. This means that all skilled based visa applications, including but not limited to Subclass 189, 190, 489 and 491 (new Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa effective 16 Nov 2019) will be assessed under this new points system effective 16 November 2019.
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