Pre-invitations collected this round
Pre-invitations received by our clients include —
Secondary School Teacher 85+5 pointsDOE29/07/2021
ET 95+5 pointsDOE27/08/2021
Mechanical Engineer 95+5 pointsDOE02/12/2021
Mechanical Engineer 95+5 pointsDOE10/05/2022
QS 90+5 points DOE30/03/2022
Architectural draftsperson 85+5 points DOE08/05/2022
External reports collected(for limited reference only)
Architectural draftsperson 80+5 points DOE05/2022
EE Electronic Engineer 95+5 pointsDOE 08/2021
RNs (medical practice) 85+5 points
Civil Engineer 90+5 points
As of the end of April this year, NSW 190 quota utilisation has been relatively healthy compared to other state nomination programmes — the draw-down rate had not yet reached 70%. NSW 190 also issued more than one round of invitations in May, and June is expected to just about cover the remainder, bringing this financial year to an end.
South Australia state nomination is closing applications for this financial year!
Also today, the South Australian Government announced the imminent closure of applications for this financial year!
*All times below are Australian Central Time
Skilled migration —
– Offshore applicant ROI submissions close at 4:00 pm on 9 June 2022
– Talent and Innovators Programme ROI submissions close at 4:00 pm on 9 June 2022
– Formal applications (applications) for skilled migration close at 4:00 pm on 23 June 2022
Business and investor migration —
-Subclass 188A applications close at 4:00 pm on 9 June 2022
-Subclass 188B/C/E applications close at 4:00 pm on 20 June 2022
All applications (applications) submitted before the closing deadline will be processed by the State Government before 30 June.Updates for the 2022–23 new financial year will be announced soon.
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Last week we discussed how the labour shortage across all industries throughout Australia has reached a very serious level. The newly elected immigration minister and the new government have only just taken office,and industries, employers, and businesses have been calling on the government to make attracting migrants one of its top priorities.Some are calling foran increase in migration quotas, others for system reform. The NSW and Victorian premiers have reached out directly to the Prime Minister, saying that both states are willing to work with the federal government to addressthe problem of offshore skilled visas taking too long to process. The pace of processing has become genuinely unbearable for many employers within those states… For details, see:Skilled visa grants delayed again — NSW and Vic Premiers frustrated! Committed to working with the federal government to speed up grant processing! ‘Migration must be a priority!’ Calls from multiple industries!
Then, after the premiers came to the table,it’s the ministers’ turn,new Immigration Minister Andrew Gileshas plenty of work ahead.
New Aged Care Minister: will discuss policy with the Immigration Minister to attract migrant workers
New Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said that after hearing from unions and providers who arecalling for permanent residency to be offered to overseas workers as an incentive to fill vacancies,she will begin considering the use of migration to help fill the tens of thousands of positions across the entire sector.
She said that, with the borders reopening,she will work with Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to develop policiesthat allow (the aged care sector) to recruit overseas workers ‘to meet the anticipated increase in demand for workers and address the genuine and ongoing skills shortage in the sector.’
The CEO of CHA, Australia’s largest aged care organisation, Pat Garcia, directly recommendedproviding a pathway to permanent residency for overseas workers willing to come and work.
The Aged & Community Care Providers Association’s current leader Paul Sadler expressed the view thatthe occupation of personal care worker should be added to the skilled migration list.’‘We hope to develop a plan that would allow foreign workers to fill vacancies on a short-term and long-term basis where local workers are in short supply.’
New Aged Care Minister Anika Wells indicated she is aware that certain skilled visa options already exist for health and aged care workers, and that she will subsequently consult with the industry and unions to develop further policy.
The aged care sector recently stated that there are currently nearly 60,000 vacancies across Australia,and the ideas they have in mind include offering incentives to overseas workers who are willing to enter the sector — such as benefits in childcare and migration to help settle their children in school or find accommodation.
CHA, mentioned above, alsorecommended waiving visa fees and cutting red tape around related visa processes.
We all know that aged care, healthcare, and teaching are already among the highest-priority occupations in state nomination programmes and federal visa processing — but according to the industry, this is far from sufficient, so more direct and compelling incentives are needed.
Furthermore, regional employers are also anxiously looking to the Immigration Minister and the Department for action:
Regional employers: hoping the government helps accelerate the return of WHV holders
They are hoping the government will help more working holiday visa holders return to Australia more quickly.
It is said that as of mid-May there were fewer than 33,000 working holiday visa holders in Australia (though this figure is already up 40% from when the borders began reopening in November 2021),yet more than 46,000 working holiday visa holders are currently outside Australia —meaning it appears thatmany people are undecided about whether to return to Australia, or are encountering difficulties with travel arrangements — and this does not even account for those awaiting a grant or intending to apply.
For example,EOI applications for the working holiday visa targeting mainland Chinese applicants opened several months agobut the window for this round only just closed last week, with no first-round invitations having been issued yet —the overall progress has been slower than expected.
To be honest, aged care, nursing, agriculture, regional areas, and hospitality have all been reporting serious staff shortages ever since the start of the pandemic. The previous Coalition government gave them priority in policy and processing — and they were consistently at the top of the queue. If there has been no fundamental improvement despite all of this, it on one hand reflects the sheer size of the gap, and on the other shows that the old patchwork, stop-gap policies were never going to solve it.
Waiving a few hundred dollars in visa fees provides little incentive — so does this call for genuine PR pathways and settlement benefits as real incentives?
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Previous recommendations
NSW/Vic Premiers commit to working with the federal government to speed up visa grants! Migration must be a priority!
The new Immigration Minister and the new Home Affairs Minister — do they support migration?
New parent visa form makes it easier to check progress and submit additional documents! ‘Migration prioritised’
Purely offshore applicants can get a one-step Subclass 190 PR — an even more attractive option!
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