Labour continues to move forward with its deportation bill and new changes to the student visa program which came into effect on 23 March 2024.
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The Pacific Engagement Visa will soon commence operating on a ballot system and new guidelines for assessing the genuineness of Student and Student Guardian Visa Applications.
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As we announced early last year the Department has confirmed that the current TSS program will be replaced with a three tier Skills in Demand Visa in 2024.
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For student visa applications, the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement will be replaced with a new Genuine Student (GS) requirement and The length of graduate visa is set to change.
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All trade workers will fall into the most difficult category of Tier 3 regardless of income, requiring consultation between employers and unions prior to application. What other regulation will be placed around this tier is currently unknown.
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The Prime Minister has said that international students will be a major focus in reducing the overall migration numbers. He says the Department will look at those occupations that are not really in demand
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A reminder the 186 transition program changes commence on 25 October 2023. These changes apply to all undecided applications as of 25 October 2023 and any new application filed on or after that date. So applications filed now will likely be decided in line with the new rules
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From the 25th of November 2023 subclass 482 visas holders, in either the short term, medium term or labour agreement steams, will be able to transition to an Employer Sponsored 186 visa after holding their 482 visa for two years.
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No matter what visa subclass you are applying for, if the Department wants more information from you they will issue an information request, also commonly referred to as a 28 day notice.
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With the coming changes to the employer sponsored program many clients are looking forward to being able to transition to permanent residency 186 visas after working on a 482 for 2 years. Short Term occupations will also become available for transition.
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The 408 visa has not yet completed closed to new applications. If you apply after 2 September 2023, you will only be eligible for a new 408 visa if you hold or have held a COVID-19 Pandemic event visa within the last 28 days at time of application and meet other visa requirements.
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Another flow on from the trade agreement with the United Kingdom is the exchange pilot (subclass 403). This applies to UK citizens aged between 21 and 45.
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As many are aware with the implementation of the UK-Australia Trade Agreement labour market testing in no longer required when UK citizens apply for temporary subclass 482 visas.
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By the end of 2023, the Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream of the Employer Nomination Scheme SC 186 will be amended.
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The Queensland Government has announced it has received it allocation of places from the Federal government and the Qld Program is now open. The State governments has all received vastly reduced allocations of places with Qld receiving 1500 places.
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With the TSMIT recently rising to $70,000 per annum the question usually is what can be included in the $70,000. The TSMIT is not restricted to ordinary working hours which make up a workers standard 38 hour week. The Regulations make not reference to the 38 hour week.
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The Federal Government is apparently reviewing the family visa program with a view to an overhaul in the near future. Currently more places in our migration program have moved to the skilled and employer sponsored spaces along with a greater focus on partner visas within the family program.
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Many are not aware that there is now a industry specific labour agreement available for the Aged Care Industry. The agreement gives access to a broader range of industry occupations as well as work experience and salary concessions.
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Nominations must indicate a salary that is at least the TSMIT. For the Employer Sponsored Program, the salary must also be equivalent to the AMSR, to ensure employers aren’t using migrant workers to undercut the wages of Australians.
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The Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) is now $70,000. From 1 July 2023, new nomination applications will be required to meet this threshold or the annual market salary rate, whichever is higher.
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The Commissioner of Taxation has issued a Gazette Notice advising that the ATO will be matching ATO records with International Movement Records to better enforce taxation and superannuation obligations.
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More information regarding The Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) Visa.
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The backdating of permanent residence for SCV holders means that from 1 July 2023, any child born in Australia on or after 1 July 2022 to an SCV holder may automatically acquire Australian citizenship at birth.
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Updates from the recent commencement of the Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Australia
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We are receiving a lot of questions from client with the regards the pending changes to the transition program and the requirement to hold a 482 for two years before applying for a 186 visa as their current 482 (short term list occupation) is only for two years
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Currently when applying for a graduate 485 visa you are not required to nominate an occupation on the skilled occupation list nor do you need a skills assessment. We list out some of the things you will need from the 1st of July 2023
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We receive many enquiries with regards the coming changes to the employer sponsored program, specifically the new rules allowing all occupations on the short term list to transition to permanent residency.
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The Department has announced that by the end of 2023, the Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream of the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa will be available for all Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa holders who have an employer willing to sponsor them for permanent residency.
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A lot of Migration News came out of last weeks budget. Price increases to visas, changes to some processing times and TSMIT increases.
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As many know there are streamlined pathways to permanent residency for NZ Citizens from 1 July 2023. Accompanying that announcement was the change for children born to NZ Citizens in Australia.
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The Home Affairs Minister has announced radical reforms to the Migration program to be implemented by the end of 2023. Here's 6 key points about the changes in the announcement.
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The Government has just announced its long awaited changes for NZ citizens living in Australia to apply for Australian citizenship. The changes will commence 1 July 2023
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As many are aware, and eagerly awaiting, there are changes coming to the WHV program for UK citizens in Australia. The changes include lifting the WHV age to 35 and removing the need to do regional employment in order to obtain a 2nd and 3rd year visa.
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The Australian Government has fulfilled its election commitment to make Temporary Protection visa (TPV) (subclass 785) and Safe Haven Enterprise visa (SHEV) (subclass 790) holders eligible to apply for a permanent Resolution of Status (RoS) (subclass 851) visa.
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