This week brought a flood of grants, nomination approvals and skills assessments! We’ve gathered them all in one place — from skills assessment to invitation to grant. There have been plenty of opportunities so far this financial year, but they aren’t waiting for you alone, so act quickly!
Two new pieces of news on NSW state nomination today: NSW 190 has added interpreter back onto its list, and the popular NSW regional area of Hunter has announced that its allocated 491 quota for this financial year is almost used up and it will no longer accept new applications.
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Yesterday, we saw yet another state nomination programme lower its bar for offshore applicants! This time it’s the less familiar Northern Territory (NT). Eight months into this financial year, NT still has 938 Subclass 491 places remaining, with a usage rate of only 33%, and 412 Subclass 190 places remaining.
• Australian MARA-registered migration agent, CTO of the NewStars Group, and gold-medal study and migration consultant at the Melbourne office; writing under the pen name “Mitu Weiyuan”.
Australia’s skilled migration has rebounded this financial year, yet competition for some popular study majors remains fierce — accounting still sits at 100+ points, and in-demand IT occupations start from 90. It leaves many international students sighing at the odds of staying. But there is one lesser-known major where Subclass 189 invitations have come through at just 65 points, and which is open to 190/491 state nomination in every state — submit your application and an invitation is practically guaranteed. So what exactly is this golden major?
In Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem there is a famous line: “Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” Indeed, faced with an unknown country and an unknown life, we may have no reason to think ourselves strong enough — yet equally no reason to think ourselves unable to cope.
Today we obtained the Department of Home Affairs’ internal communication email about the Subclass 189 invitation rounds for FY22-23 (with special thanks to Michael for sharing).
This week’s migration roundup Migration Weekly 1. Victoria’s February invitation round was only a light drizzle, but plenty of 190 quota remains! 2. State nomination usage as at the end of February — NSW is generous, and most states have at least ample quota 3. A summary of recent visa processing progress — skilled migration advancing across the board! 4. Australia’s twenty most in-demand occupations right now, with plenty of IT/engineering 5. A weekly roundup of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress
Highlights in this week’s Study Weekly: -Up to 50% off tuition fees! The University of Adelaide’s 2023 international student scholarships are out -Victoria University Law School’s Parliament programme wins a national award -The University of Sydney runs foundation programme information sessions in China -ChatGPT is taking off – could artificial intelligence become the next study-abroad trend? -ANU and Macquarie University reach an alumni agreement -Australia’s top-university offer show is back as usual
