Every setback is an opportunity. The pandemic cast a shadow over Australian migration, but there’s a light shining through that shadow too — and nursing and IT are the two standout occupations, together accounting for almost half of all priority shortage occupations, with invitation numbers that are hard to ignore.
The pandemic has flared up again across Australia in full force — Victoria and Canberra have both announced a 2-week lockdown extension, the Northern Territory has also entered a brief 3-day lockdown, and NSW goes without saying…
This financial year South Australia increased its state nomination allocation to 2,600 for Subclass 491 and 2,600 for Subclass 190 — the largest total after New South Wales. Hundreds of occupations remain open for application, and South Australia is also one of the few states still open to offshore applicants.
With the June/July graduating cohort’s visas coming up for renewal, many students have been studying online from within China, making it easy to overlook one crucial point: if you’re studying online from overseas and plan to apply for a Subclass 485 visa after graduating, you must hold a valid student visa throughout your period of study.
As soon as the new financial year began on 1 July, the ACT government was the first to officially announce the launch of the ACT Small Business Owner (SBO) stream. I’ve taken a close look at the requirements and conditions, and it really is a solid option.
The 2021–2022 financial year has begun (Australia’s financial year runs from 1 July this year to 31 June the following year), and the Department of Home Affairs has also announced the investor migration quota for the new financial year, which remains at the same level as last financial year — a total of 13,500 places.
For students who want to study abroad while also considering migration, a short course duration and low tuition fees matter even more. Today we’re rounding up schools and courses that offer both a pathway to migration and affordable tuition fees after graduation.
Compared with other countries’ policies, Australia’s business and investor migration program has always been known for being cost-effective, simple to operate, and stable and efficient — it has been highly sought-after throughout. In recent years, application numbers have grown explosively.
With Australia’s borders closed for an extended period and international students unable to enter the country, competition among schools for student enrolments has intensified. Since the JobKeeper wage subsidy ended on 31 March this year, a steady stream of private colleges have run into financial trouble and been pushed to the brink of closure.
At the start of the new financial year, policies from each state have been rolling out one after another, and the Department of Home Affairs has also updated its new priority list. Compared with last financial year — when COVID caused severe delays in skilled migration invitations and slower visa processing — this financial year the Department and state governments have been quite timely in announcing their policies. This also suggests that the Department and state governments are now actively working to attract new migrants.
