The Victorian Government is updating its occupation lists, which detail occupations eligible to apply for state sponsorship. These lists will be available 21 September 2011 on the LiveInVictoria website. This year, Victoria is seeking to attract up to 6000 skilled migrants and dependants in a range of priority industries. In 2010-11, Victoria attracted more than
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Comments Off The NSW Government has announced reforms to the NSW Business Migration Program. Changes will include: • Removal of the requirement for pre application visits on a 456 visa. Prospective business migrants can undertake their business research visit on any visa, ensuring no nationalities are disadvantaged. • Removal of the requirement to provide an unnecessarily onerous
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Comments Off The latest order of consideration for certain skilled migration visas announced by the Minister effective from 1 July 2011 is as follows:- Processing priorities: 1. Applications for Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) and Subclass 887 2. Applications for Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) 3. Applicants nominated by a state / territory government and nominated skilled occupation
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Comments Off First Stage Partner http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/5.0.htm Onshore Current New Low Risk 6 months no change High Risk 6 months 8 months Offshore Low Risk 5 months no change High Risk 10 months 12 months Prospective Spouse http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/5.0.htm Onshore Current New Low Risk N/A N/A High Risk N/A N/A Offshore Low Risk 5 months no change High Risk
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Comments Off The minimum salary level for 457 visas has increased efective 1 July 2011. The changes are summarised as follows: TSMIT increases to $49,330 The TSMIT (Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold) has increased from $47,480 to $49,330. The TSMIT is the lowest possible base salary to be eligible for a 457 visa. In order for a
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Comments Off In response to labour market conditions the Skilled Occupation List is review and updated annually by Skills Australia. The changes for the 2011/12 year have been announced and the the main beneficiaries of the changes are pharmacists, lawyers, fitters, welders and metal machinists who have all been added to the list. There are 13 occupations
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Comments Off A new points system comes into effect for all General Skilled Migration Applications effective from 1 July 2011. The new points test is focused on selecting highly skilled people to deliver a more targeted migration program. It has been developed following a review of the current points test, which considered submissions from a variety of
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