Month: April 2022

That healthcare occupations — led by nursing — are excellent migration pathways is beyond question; employment is easy to find and salaries are high. Most healthcare occupations are on all Australian state nomination lists, eligible for Subclass 189/190/491. In states that don’t require a competitive points score, the requirements are typically straightforward — often just a month or so of work experience.

Nearly three years of pandemic restrictions severely disrupted our ability to return home and be reunited with family. Many PR holders living in Australia have built stable careers — some have even started families of their own — and while they had hoped to visit their parents regularly, the pandemic blocked the path home. Recently, we have been receiving a growing number of enquiries about parent migration, particularly the Contributory Parent visa. This article outlines the current status of contributory parent migration and the requirements for applying.

Work and study — as the name suggests — means pursuing your education in Australia while working part-time outside study hours. Alongside improving your professional skills and English proficiency, you can also use your spare time to earn an income. For those considering a work-and-study programme, Australia is an outstanding choice.

Approvals for the Subclass 491 are currently very slow, and the Subclass 489 is in an even more difficult position (as of the end of January 2022, there were 21,934 pending applications in the 491 state-nominated category, with 4,632 Subclass 491 visas granted in the first seven months of the 2021–22 financial year, against an original 491+494 annual quota of 11,200) — but that has not stopped this pathway from becoming an increasingly dominant trend; the number of people taking this route, whether already visa holders or still waiting for a grant, will only continue to grow.

As skilled migration to Australia becomes increasingly competitive and previously niche fields grow in popularity, more and more students are focusing on allied health migration pathways. These fields typically offer high specialisation and attractive salaries, with far less competition along the migration pathway — and they receive the highest priority from the Department of Home Affairs and state nomination programmes.

I work at an internet company, I’m 36, and I want to migrate to Australia with my whole family — what do I do? I’m in engineering and my English isn’t great — how do I migrate? I’m currently in China and studied in Australia a few years ago — does that help with migrating to Australia? …

With the pandemic now more than two and a half years behind us, many in the post-COVID era have grown somewhat numb and perhaps a little disheartened about Australia’s current migration landscape.

In the 2022-23 financial year new budget, the Global Talent (GTI) visa quota was reduced to 8,448. GTI applicants need not be overly concerned — the issue is not a shortage of quota, but whether the Department of Home Affairs chooses to issue invitations. Regardless of the quota size, the GTI team has made clear it will not relax its assessment standards simply because quota remains. Australia’s Department of Home Affairs is focused solely on selecting the global talent it wants, so all we can do is study successful applications, prepare thorough documentation, and approach the process with confidence.

Tasmania’s state nomination programme has seen quite a few updates recently — this is the second article we have written on the topic in one week. Before getting into today’s main theme, allow us to take a moment to reflect: Tasmania, this picturesque haven, has attracted tens of thousands of international students to the island since 2016, drawn by its favourable migration policies. Years have passed in the blink of an eye, and many students are still on the journey towards permanent residency. On 6 April, the Tasmanian state government released the first draft of the state nomination reform proposal (for a full breakdown and analysis of the new financial year draft, please see: [Tasmania State Nomination — Major Changes Possible for New Financial Year, Public Submissions Now Open] Long-Term Residents May Be Eligible for a Subclass 190, Employment Pathway Broadened! System Upgrades to Improve Invitation Certainty!