According to China’s Ministry of Education, 11.93 million students registered for the 2022 national Gaokao — an increase of 1.15 million on the previous year. And that doesn’t even count mature-age and private candidates.
The Department of Home Affairs website has updated Subclass 143 contributory parent migration processing progress: as at 30 April 2022, processing has finally reached applications lodged in July 2016. The queue had remained at June 2016 for a very long time — the Department has now officially confirmed the move to July 2016.
Yesterday we published a post noting that the Immigration Minister had directed his department to prioritise the backlog of visa applications (read: It’s Finally Here! Immigration Minister Acknowledges: Directed Priority Processing of Visa Backlog, to Shorten Wait Times — Especially for Skilled Migration!).
After years of community frustration over visa processing delays, Australia’s new Minister for Immigration has made a direct public statement: resolving the visa backlog is now the Government’s priority, particularly for skilled migration.
Today we break down one of the most important elements of a VET skills assessment — work experience recognition. We cover the assessing authority overview, how to confirm your occupation’s requirements, how working time deductions are calculated, and the key challenges you’re likely to face.
NSW issued a new round of Subclass 190 invitations today, 6 June. As the financial year draws to a close, NSW 190 has continued to release invitations at a reasonably steady pace this year — commendably so. That said, the occupations in this round hold few surprises, continuing the trend of recent rounds.
This Wednesday, the Labor government’s new cabinet was sworn in. Everyone is eager to see positive change as quickly as possible. Many of you have been asking: Will the new government increase quotas? Speed up processing? Change the occupation lists? The truth is, we’re not the only ones anxious about this.
Recently, as the last batch of 2019 Subclass 489 visa holders reached their two-year mark and began lodging Subclass 887 PR visa applications, the question we hear most often is: is the 887 really slow right now? I heard my friend waited two years… and so on. Indeed, the slow processing of the Subclass 887 has long been an unsolved mystery — many people wonder whether there were really that many 489 holders back then. Today, we use fresh FOI data obtained through a migration request to give you the answer: yes, there were!
In late 2020, China imposed so-called ‘anti-dumping’ tariffs of up to 218% on Australian wine. Mr Tian said this forced many wine importers like himself to pivot their business and find alternative wine suppliers, such as those in Chile and the United States.
Shared by industry colleague iscah: in the next financial year, the Western Australian state government plans to apply to the federal government for 5,000 state nomination places. While the final number remains to be confirmed, the state government’s commitment to attracting international students and maximising nomination opportunities for every student studying in WA is commendable. Local study-abroad graduates will be the biggest beneficiaries of WA’s state nomination policy in the new financial year.
