Last week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil told media thatthe incoming Labor government has committed to prioritising approximately 60,000 offshore skilled migration applications to address labour shortages across Australian industries. She also noted genuine doubt over whether the previous government’s newly created GTI Global Talent visa was actually attracting talent from around the world — given that 77% of grants in the last financial year went to applicants already in Australia,this financial year GTI will prioritise offshore applicants to demonstrate a genuinely global focus.

Meanwhile, a new invitation code was issued to an offshore applicant today.Those waiting offshore need not be too concerned. For applicants already in Australia, the GTI visa is just one migration pathway — if the opportunity arises, other pathways are also worth exploring.

The halving of this financial year’s GTI migration quota is now confirmed, but the GTI programme team has also stated that case processing standards will not be relaxed regardless of the quota size,we continue to have multiple outstanding offshore applicants successfully land permanent residency through GTI. If you fit one of the following three profiles, GTI remains a highly cost-effective, shorter-wait, one-step pathway to a permanent visa.

Please see the profiles below and identify which applies to you. If you are still unsure whether you qualify as GTI talent, you are welcome to bring your CV for a consultation with Tiffany, our talent visa specialist.

Category 1: Highly qualified academic professionals

PhD holders, postdoctoral researchers, university professors, lecturers, researchers and specialists at research institutions, and technical experts at certain companies;

Category 2: Technical executives and entrepreneurs

Executives, founders, partners, and entrepreneurs with industry-specific technical expertise and business management experience;

Category 3: High-income technical professionals

Technical professionals earning a salary of AUD 153,800 or above who can rapidly drive innovation in Australian technology industries and support Australia’s swift economic recovery. Holding multiple patents or utility models is an added advantage.

If you believe you preliminarily meet one of the above profiles,

feel free to contact me directly for an assessment.

Client: Ms Zhang

Qualifications: Doctoral degree obtained in China

Field: Digitech

Professional background:IT professional at a well-known company in China, with published papers and patents — salary below threshold but no impact

Invitation timeline: EOI submitted 29 April, invitation received 26 July,invited in under three months

Client: Mr Wang

Qualifications: Master’s degree obtained in China

Field: Mining sector

Professional background:High-income manager with many years of expertise in the mining sector,extensive credentials, but over 50 years of age with children over 18 — additional documentation required at the time of visa lodgement

Invitation timeline: lodged late November, invitation received 23 March, visa lodged in May, granted in early July,full process completed in just over six months

Client: Dr C

Qualifications: Doctoral degree

Field: Healthcare sector

Professional background: application handled by another agent was refused in 2020; came to us afterwards — we conducted an in-depth review of the materials and successfully turned the case around

Invitation timeline: visa lodged 6 June, granted 6 July

Client: Director Zhang

Qualifications: Master’s degree

Field: Advanced manufacturing

Invitation timeline: invited in January, lodged in March, granted 30 June,granted within five months,delayed health examination due to COVID-19

Client: Mr W

Field: Energy sector

Background:Over 20 years of deep experience in oil and gas extraction, a hands-on professional across multiple roles in the field, salary above threshold, led numerous major projects.

Invitation timeline: lodged in early 2021, invitation received 17 June

Client: Client A

Field: Quantum materials

Background:PhD graduate from a prestigious university in China, salary below threshold

Invitation timeline: application submitted offshore in March 2021, invitation received 31 May 2022

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