Applying for Australian migration and want to succeed? This one thing is essential! Everything you need to know about 190/189/491 and popular employer sponsorship!
Ethan, MARA-registered migration agent and senior migration consultant
Over the past year, migration’s “three big questions”
Will the border reopen?
Answer: Yes — last night’s Budget already flagged a plan for mid-2022.
Will Australia still accept offshore migration applications?
Answer: Yes — in fact it’s never really stopped, only certain streams were temporarily reduced. The latest good news this morning: South Australia’s state nomination programme has announced it will start inviting offshore applicants again, and after 1 July next financial year it will open up further, with more occupations added at that time. Other states are expected to gradually and modestly restore offshore applicant intakes too.
Will net overseas migration return to pre-pandemic levels?
Answer: Yes — Treasury already has an official forecast for this; it’s just a matter of timing.
These are probably the three questions I’ve been asked most often over the past year
Current Australian migration landscape
Australia has traditionally been a major migration destination — its economic, cultural and technological development all depend heavily on migrants’ contributions. In the post-pandemic era, migration matters more than ever.In urgent circumstances, the government prioritises occupations in critical shortage,such as registered nurses and diagnostic radiographers, which is entirely reasonable. The government has also said thatthe skills-shortage occupation list will keep being adjusted based on ongoing feedback.
For many years, Australia has continued to push hard on infrastructure and technological development, so civil engineering and IT have also remained consistently strong.
After the pandemic, Australia’s government finally recognised that, to achieve the most efficient economic recovery, and to lift productivity, the way to do it is to draw offshore capital into Australia to invest, creating jobs,so the Department of Home Affairs increased the quota for business and investor migration.Similarly, to stimulate scientific and technological development as fast as possible is to bring in high-end, established talent,so the quota for the GTI Global Talent visa was also doubled.
There‘s another visa whose quota rose sharply — partner migration.What’s the reason for this?I think the answer is that the pandemic sharply increased unemployment and dealt a blow to the economy, and on top of various kinds of pandemic restrictions, people’s day-to-day pressures kept growing.Looking globally, birth rates in many countries have fallen even further.Australia is no exception, so I believe the main purpose behind expanding the partner migration visa is to help lift the birth rate, as well as using companionship to ease psychological and emotional stress.
As the saying goes, you can’t gain without giving something up — to strike an overall balance, the Australian government has had to temporarily sacrifice some interests, namely the most traditional category: skilled migration.
But as pandemic control keeps improving, a return to normal migration quotas is also just around the corner. Having covered the broader Australian migration landscape, let’s move on to the focus of this article:skills assessment.
Skills assessment has always been a prerequisite for migration
A skills assessment is a prerequisite for traditional skilled migration.
Which visas fall under skilled migration? Skilled independent migration189, state government nomination190, regional state government nomination491, employer sponsorship186,regional employer sponsorship494, these visas all require a skills assessment.
Even if you have an IELTS score of 9/PTE 90, 10 years of work experience, NAATI/CCL and every other bonus-points item, or even a Fortune Global 500 company willing to offer you employer sponsorship,if you can’t get a skills assessment — or can’t get the right skills assessment — then it’s all for nothing…
The purpose of this article is to give everyone a basic understanding of skills assessments, and some pointers on how to go about getting one.Australia’s skilled migration occupation list contains several hundred eligible occupations,and going through all of them would probably wear my fingers to the bone.so I’ll pick out a few common and distinctive ones to talk about. Read on below ↓
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Technical/profession category
If you’ve previously applied for a skills assessment,please check whether your skills assessment is still within its validity period.A skills assessment is generally valid for 2-3 years from its date of issue. To avoid affecting your place in the EOI queue, be sure to submit a new application before it expires.
A skills assessment is a prerequisite for migration, and it’s the top priority. You can’t skip it, and you definitely shouldn’t rush it either. As vaccination rollout continues, the pandemic is bound to gradually recede. I believe Australia’s migration spring will arrive.If you want to keep pace with that spring, I’d recommend applying early and avoiding the rush.
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