Migration news round-up of the week

Migration Weekly

1. A profile of Chinese skilled migrants over the past four financial years is out

2. Visa backlog cut to 550,000 — the Department of Home Affairs is preparing a migration white paper

3. Queensland urgently opens its final priority-processing window

4. Two weeks left — lodge your parent migration now to save money

5. Weekly round-up: grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing

1. A profile of Chinese skilled migrants over the past four financial years is out

As at the end of June 2021, there were 595,630 mainland-China-born people in Australia — an increase of more than 50% compared with 2011. Across the 2018-19 to 21-22 financial years, the total number of migrants from mainland-China applicants over the four financial years was 83,326, of whom the skilled category totalled 49,203 (including business and investor migration, GTI, employer sponsorship and the points-based system — these are grant numbers), Within the skilled category:

Subclass 190: 2,611 / 3,616 / 2,207 / 2,443

Subclass 491: n/a (Subclass 491 did not yet exist) / 1,925 / 764 / 950

Subclass 189: 4,160 / 1,367 / 941 / 381

Business and investor migration: 5,209 / 2,872 / 5,157 / 4,070

Here the points-based system still has “room for improvement”, while business and investor migration has consistently held the top spot. You can clearly see the heavy impact on mainland-China applicants after the Subclass 189 quota was cut in earlier years — fortunately it has begun to recover from this financial year.

Popular occupations among mainland-China applicants include:

– Accounting is the runaway number one

– Second and third places are contested between nursing, software and applications programmers, and civil engineers

– ICT BA, 2339 Other Engineers, social workers and mechanical engineers are all steady fixtures in the top ten

For Subclass 482 employer sponsorship, the top-ten occupations shift slightly each financial year:

But accounting, software and applications programmers, advertising and marketing specialists, civil engineering, manager occupations, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and civil engineers and the like are among the more commonly seen occupations.

For more detailed data, comparisons and analysis, see:Official! A profile of 49,000 mainland-China skilled migrants over the past four years is out! Which pathway is best? Beyond accounting, IT and engineering, the popular occupations also include…

2. Visa backlog cut to 550,000 — the Department of Home Affairs is preparing a migration white paper

In May the President of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) met with the Department of Home Affairs and shared some new visa and policy updates, the main points being:

–The Department’s application backlog has now been reduced to 550,000;for a round-up of recent grants, see:““No grants or invitations lately?” Of course there are — here’s a whole batch! PR categories / Subclass 500 / Subclass 600 / all kinds of skills assessments and invitations — they’re all here!

–The Department is preparing a Migration Strategy involving medium- to long-term reform of Australia’s migration policy, but the only part with any clarity so far remains the previously known employer-sponsorship package; there is no new news on the points-based system for now

-The Department is indeed actively considering gradually closing the Subclass 408 COVID stream, but there is no specific date yet

-The Department has stated that demand to log in to the immi account system has surged recently — peak usage is Wednesday to Friday from 1pm to 9pm — so please try to lodge or log in outside these peak times.

3. Queensland urgently opens its final priority-processing window

By the end of May, Queensland had used less than 75% of its Subclass 190 quota and less than 70% of its Subclass 491 quota. So, in the final two weeks of the financial year, it is opening a priority-processing window one last time as an emergency measure! The window runs from 14-18 June 2023, and applicants must:

–be working and living within Queensland, or be an offshore applicant; in other words, onshore graduates and those on the SBO small-business stream cannot apply for the priority window, though the state government has said that streams unable to be prioritised will continue to be processed

– the application must be a decision-ready application

Besides Queensland, state nominations still being fast-tracked include Canberra (ACT), Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. New South Wales Subclass 491, Victoria and others should already be in the final, sporadic processing stage.

4. Two weeks left — lodge your parent migration now to save money

At the start of each new financial year, on 1 July, Australian visa fees increase. Owing to the current inflation, the rise for the 23-24 financial year is especially steep! So we remind everyone to lodge promptly for any categories you can lodge voluntarily! This applies to temporary visas such as Subclass 600 / 485 / 408. We particularly remind parent migration applicants: if your PR has been granted this financial year or recently and you are interested, lodge as soon as possible — the earlier you lodge, the more you save:

To get in touch about lodging, or to learn more about parent migration, add our consultants below:

5. Weekly round-up: grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing

A round-up of Newstarsec’s various grants and invitations over the recent period:Press and hold below to view — the page is continually updated, so we strongly recommend you save and bookmark it!

State-nomination invitation / GTI invitation statistics

Canberra (ACT) state nomination

The following are formal nomination approvals

Lodged 22 May 2023, invited ACT190 on 13 June 2023, Accountant (General)

Lodged 24 May 2023, invited ACT190 on 13 June 2023, Electronics Engineer

Lodged 22 May 2023, invited ACT491 on 14 June 2023, Accountant (General)

Lodged 24 May 2023, invited ACT190 on 15 June 2023, Accountant (General)

Matrix invitation

Lodged 5 June 2023, invited 14 JUN 2023 – Botanist (PhD Stream)

Victoria state nomination

None this week

Tasmania state nomination

The following are overall nomination approvals

Lodged Subclass 190 ROI on 14 June 2023, ROI invited to lodge Nomination on 16 May 2023, Systems Administrator – 262113 65+5

ROI invited to lodge Subclass 491 Nomination on 19 May 2023, Nomination lodged 6 June 2023, Nomination invited 14 June 2023, Translator – 272413 70+15

New South Wales state nomination

None this week

South Australia state nomination

None this week

Queensland state nomination

None this week

Western Australia state nomination

None this week

Northern Territory state nomination

None this week

This week’s grant progress and analysis

Subclass 189 Skilled Independent migration

None this week

Subclass 190 state-nominated skilled migration

Lodged 24 March 2023, granted 14 June 2023

Subclass 491 new regional / Subclass 489 old regional nomination visa

None this week

Subclass 887/191 regional permanent residence visa

Subclass 887 lodged 12 December 2021, granted 13 June 2023.

Employer sponsorship

Lodged 29 June 2022; on 10 June 2023 the Subclass 186 TRT nomination and the whole family’s visa were approved together; nominated occupation: accountant

Nomination obtained October 2022; Subclass 186 PR granted with spouse on 15 June 2023; nominated occupation: accountant

Business and investor migration / GTI

Lodged in the first half of 2022; Subclass 858 GTI granted on 14 June 2023

Subclass 600 visitor visa

Lodged 6 June 2023, Subclass 600 granted 12 June 2023, PR parents

Lodged 12 May 2023, granted 12 June 2023, PR parents

Lodged 2 June 2023, granted 14 June 2023, general visitor visa

Lodged 9 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023, general visitor visa

Lodged 5 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023, PR parents

Lodged 14 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023, PR parents

Lodged 5 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023, PR parents

Lodged offshore 30 May 2023, granted 13 June 2023.

Lodged onshore 7 June 2023, granted 14 June 2023

Lodged onshore 2 June 2023, granted 13 June 2023.

Lodged offshore 25 May 2023, granted 14 June 2023.

Lodged offshore 7 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023.
Lodged offshore 5 June 2023, granted 16 June 2023.

Subclass 500 student visa

Lodged 14 March 2023, granted 13 June 2023

Lodged 5 June 2023, granted 15 June 2023 (Subclass 500 subsequently added secondary applicant)

Subclass 485 Graduate Work visa

Subclass 485 lodged onshore 18 May 2023, granted 13 Jun 2023

Lodged 12 May 2023, granted 13 June 2023.

Lodged 31 May 2023, granted 16 June 2023

Lodged 12 May 2023, granted 12 June 2023

Partner migration

Lodged 29 March 2023, Subclass 309 granted 10 June 2023

Lodged 2022, onshore partner Subclass 801 PR granted 15 June 2023

Subclass 820 lodged 1 May 2020, Subclass 820 granted 23 April 2021, Subclass 801 granted 15 June 2023.

Parent migration / visa / child visa

Lodged early 2017, Subclass 143 granted 14 June 2023

Subclass 408 visa

Subclass 408 visa lodged onshore 10 Mar 2023, granted 10 Jun 2023
Lodged 30 March 2023, Subclass 408 granted 10 June 2023

Lodged 8 June 2023, granted 10 June 2023

Lodged 12 June 2023, Subclass 408 granted 14 June 2023

Subclass 155 visa

Lodged 14 June 2023, Subclass 155 granted 14 June 2023

Lodged 14 June 2023, granted 14 June 2023, two-year residence requirement met

Citizenship application

Lodged 10 May 2023, test notification on 15 June 2023 (Melbourne Office)
Lodged 9 March 2023, test notification on 22 May 2023 (Melbourne Office), approved 14 June 2023.

This week’s skills-assessment processing progress

CA (accounting-related)

Lodged 14 April 2023, passed 13 June 2023. Occupation: Taxation Accountant

Lodged 14 April 2023, passed 13 June 2023. Occupation: External Auditor

ACS (IT-related)

Lodged 17 March 2023, approved 14 June 2023, software engineer

Lodged 17 March 2023, approved 15 June 2023, software engineer

VETASSESS

Lodged 9 June 2023, completed 16 June 2023, Financial Investment Adviser (ANZSCO Code: 222311)

Lodged: 07/06/2023 Passed: 16/06/2023, advertising specialist

Lodged: 8/06/2023 Passed: 15/06/2023, information organisation professional

Lodged: 30/05/2023 Passed: 12/06/2023, commodities trader

Past articles worth revisiting

Official! A profile of 49,000 mainland-China skilled migrants over the past four years is out!

Australian skilled migration has issued 124,000 invitations, with state nominations exceeding 57,000!

WA exclusive: from Gaokao → study at a top university → rapid migration after graduation!

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[Migration Weekly Issue 289] Recent trends in occupations and pathways for mainland-China skilled migrants! A big batch of visitor visas granted this week! Lodge parent migration now to save money!

Official! A profile of 49,000 mainland-China skilled migrants over the past four years is out!

Australian skilled migration has issued 124,000 invitations, with state nominations exceeding 57,000!

WA exclusive: from Gaokao → study at a top university → rapid migration after graduation!

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