[Issue 272 Australia Migration Weekly Bulletin] Accounting, IT & Engineering Occupations Secure WA Subclass 190 with 70 Points! Subclass 887 — Latest Grants Reach July 2021 Applications! Paid Parent Migration — 12-Year Wait!

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This Week’s Migration News Summary

Weekly Migration Bulletin

I. WA’s First 2023 Pre-Invitation Round — Accounting, Engineering & IT Occupations Securing Subclass 190 with 70 Points!
II. Subclass 489→887 Finally Sees a Wave of Grants!
III. Department of Home Affairs: Contributory Parent Migration — 12-Year Wait? Sufficient Quota This Financial Year
IV. Latest Data: Surge in Temporary Visas, Processing Improves — Bridging Visas Down. Subclass 491 Still Favoured?
V. Weekly Roundup: Visa Grants, State Nominations, Skills Assessments & Citizenship Processing

I. WA’s First 2023 Pre-Invitation Round — Popular Occupations Securing Subclass 190 with 70 Points!

Western Australia, holding the third-largest state nomination quota with a notably low utilisation rate past mid-financial year, finally issued its first 2023 pre-invitation round last Friday. Recipients we are aware of include:
-ICT BA 85+5 General stream — applicant residing in WA
-261311 Analyst Programmer 80+5 General stream — applicant residing in WA
-261312 Developer Programmer 75+5 General stream — applicant residing in WA
-Civil Engineer  70+5  applicant in WA
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The state government shortly after released the complete invitation data for this round.All invitations issued in this round were for Subclass 190。General stream  schedule 2 issued 1,500 Subclass 190 invitations,the highest of any category. Local graduates in higher education received 185 invitations and VET courses received 54. General stream  schedule 1 (mostly healthcare occupations) also invited applicants residing interstate.
Key focus: General stream  schedule 2.A minimum base score of just 70 points is sufficient to secure Subclass 190,with eligible occupations including:
Management Accountant (221112)
Taxation Accountant (221113)
Analyst Programmer (261311)
Architectural Draftsperson (312111)
Cafe or Restaurant Manager (141111)
Chef (351311)/Cook (351411)
Civil Engineer (233211)/Draftsperson
Mechanical Engineer (233512)
Quantity Surveyor (233213)
Computer Network and Systems Engineer
(263111)
Developer Programmer (261312)
Electrical Engineer (233311)/Draftsperson/Technician
ICT Business Analyst (261111)
ICT Support Engineer (263212)
Software Engineer (261313)
Web Developer (261212)
The vast majority of occupations invited in this round require only 70+5 points for Subclass 190; a small number require 75+5 points.
In addition, this round issued no Subclass 491 invitations and did not include the ever-popular Accountant (General). We have contacted the state government to understand the reasons — we will share updates once available.

From a quota perspective, Western Australia still holds considerable opportunity, and the state government has indicated it will endeavour to accelerate processing to avoid wasting quota.If you are in a popular occupation with a mid-to-lower points score — even as a non-local graduate — relocating to WA remains an excellent pathway to securing an invitation quickly. Contact our advisers below to learn more:


II. Subclass 489→887 Finally Sees a Grant Wave — Now Reaching July 2021 Applications!

This week, Subclass 491, 190 and 189 continued the grant momentum of recent weeks. The standout news came from Subclass 887 — a long-awaited surge in grants has finally arrived.The grant wave ran from Thursday to Friday, with the main backlog that had been stalled at September 2020 making a significant leap forward — we have now seen some April, May, June, and July grants. Those who submitted in September–December 2020 and did not receive a grant on Thursday began receiving good news on Friday.Overall, the majority of grants went to applications submitted in late 2020 and early 2021, including both single applicants and those with spouse/dependants.

For more details on the Subclass 887 grant wave, see:887 Finally Sees Grant Wave — Now Reaching May 2021!

We also noted from the grant letters thata significant number of new case officers have joined the Subclass 887 team,at least 6 new officers — though it is unclear whether they will be dedicated to Subclass 887 going forward or providing short-term support.Subclass 887 has no grant quota cap,so more case officers will certainly mean more grants. We hope this momentum continues.

For enquiries about lodging Subclass 887 applications or the increasingly available Subclass 191 applications, please contact our advisers below:

III. Department of Home Affairs: Contributory Parent Migration — 12-Year Wait? Sufficient Quota This Financial Year

Some readers noticed that the Department of Home Affairs websitenow shows a 12-year wait time for contributory parent migration,up from the previous 6-year estimate. Does this sudden increase mean there is an error? In fact, it does not.

The original 6-year figure was calculated as follows: as of 2023, the Department was processing applications lodged in 2017, giving an approximate 6-year wait. However, in practice the waiting time is projected from the number of applications in the backlog and annual quota allocations.Because the quota is dynamic — it may increase or decrease in future — the projected wait time can change accordingly. So when answering client questions, we can only provide an approximate figure based on current quota settings.

So what does the current financial year’s quota position look like? Based on the current annual allocation of 6,800 contributory places and 1,700 queue places, together with our recent review of monthly parent visa lodgement and backlog data:our current projection shows the contributory parent visa waiting period is approximately 12 years — broadly consistent with the figure now displayed on the official website.

For the full projected wait-time table for contributory parent migration, see:Department of Home Affairs Says: Parent Migration Wait — At Least 12 Years! Subclass 143 Latest Projected Wait-Time Table & Options to Reunite Parents Sooner!
Therefore, for those who have recently obtained PR, we strongly recommend lodging a Subclass 103 or 143 application now to join the queue — you can make final decisions later, as the wait could be very long. If you want to bring your parents over sooner, visitor visas and the Subclass 870 Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa — which allows parents to stay in Australia for up to 3 or 5 years — are both currently processing normally and being expedited. Contact our advisers below to find out more.

IV. Latest Data: Temporary Visa Surge, Stronger Processing — Bridging Visas Down!

The Department of Home Affairs’ official report, covering data to 31 December 2022, focuses primarily on temporary visas, with migration data mainly covering Subclass 491 and Subclass 494. Comparing the first half of the 2022–23 financial year with the same period in 2021–22, several clear trends emerge:
-Temporary visas have made a strong recovery in both new lodgements and total holders, with visitor visas, student visas, and working holiday visa holders (WHVers) being the main growth drivers.In the first half of the financial year,student visassaw 247,000 new lodgements; those currently holding student visas onshore number in the hundreds of thousands, with approximately 230,000 enrolled in higher education courses and over 150,000 in VET training
–Subclass 482 TSS (employer-sponsored)in the first half of the financial yearalso recorded more than 22,000 new lodgements — on track to exceed 40,000 for the full year,a new record in recent years. Nominated occupations are primarilyICT roles, followed by accounting and auditing, with significant numbers as well,marketing specialists also featuring prominently,followed bychefs/cooks and automotive trades。
-Before the Labor government took office last May, inaction by the previous government led to a large number of applicants holdingBridging Visasonshore awaiting a visa grant.More than half a year on, this figure has fallen to approximately 200,000, a 39% reduction compared to the end of 2021
-Turning now toSubclass 491— due to the availability of more options, a number of applicants chose to withdraw their pending Subclass 491 applications in the 2022–23 financial year.As a result, 8,477 Subclass 491 visas were granted in the first half of the financial year, while 2,235 were refused or withdrawn。However, net new valid lodgements still reached approximately 15,000,and if this pace is maintained,the full-year total is still on track to exceed last financial year’s figure.



V. Weekly Roundup: Visa Grants, State Nominations, Skills Assessments & Citizenship Processing
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State Nomination & GTI Invitation Data
ACT State Nomination

None this week


VIC State Nomination

Formal nomination


TAS State Nomination

ROI lodged 9 Feb 2023; Nomination invitation received 10 Feb 2023; Auditor, 70 points, with spouse, unrelated work experience

ROI lodged 8 Feb 2023; Nomination invitation received 10 Feb 2023; Accountant, single, 80 points, unrelated work experience


NSW State Nomination
Formal nomination

Nomination lodged 18 Jan 2023; formal invitation received 6 Feb 2023

Invitation received 24 Jan; lodged 1 Feb; approved 10 Feb;3. NSW Subclass 190 state nomination approved; applicant offshore  graphic designer 60+5 

Invitation received 24 Jan; lodged 28 Jan; approved 9 Feb;4.NSW Subclass 190 state nomination approved; applicant offshore  investment manager 75+5 

[491] Lodgement date:03/02/2023   Invitation date:09/02/2023，Occupation: 611211 Insurance Agent  Points: 65   applicant offshore     


SA State Nomination

Lodged 31 Jan 2023; Subclass 190 invitation received 4 Feb 2023; occupation: Accountant; onshore; high talent stream


QLD State Nomination

Lodged 16 Aug 2022; pre-invitation received 3 Feb 2023;food Technologist  

Lodged 24 Jan 2023; pre-invitation received 9 Feb 2023;Food Technologist  


WA State Nomination

See pre-invitations in Section I above


NT State Nomination
None this week

Business & Investor Migration Invitations
None this week

This Week’s Grant Progress & Analysis

Subclass 189 Skilled Independent

Lodged Oct 2022; granted mid-Feb 2023

Lodged Jan 2023; granted mid-Feb 2023

(all priority occupations)


Subclass 190 State Nominated Skilled

Lodged 22 Nov 2022; granted 7 Feb 2023; 190 Registered Nurses nec

Lodged 23 May 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023; 190 Accountant (General)

Lodged 15 Oct 2021; granted 9 Feb 2023; occupation: Community Worker; onshore

Lodged 25 May 2022; granted 10 Feb 2023; TAS 190 ICT Business Analyst; onshore with spouse

Lodged 17 Jan 2023; granted 6 Feb 2023; VIC 190 Secondary School Teacher; onshore with spouse

Lodged 2 Dec 2021; granted 7 Feb 2023; TAS 190 Accountant; onshore with spouse

Lodged 27 Jan 2023; granted 7 Feb 2023;    VIC 190 Physiotherapist; onshore

Lodged 06 Jan 2022; granted 09 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 28 Mar 2022; granted 09 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 21 Oct 2021; granted 09 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 25 Oct 2021; granted 09 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 18 Nov 2021; granted 10 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 14 Oct 2021; granted 10 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 24 May 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023


Subclass 491 (New Regional) / Subclass 489 (Old Regional) Sponsored

Lodged 19 Oct 2021; granted 07 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 23 Jun 2021; granted 09 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 16 Dec 2021; granted 7 Feb 2023; 491 Civil Engineer

Lodged 27 Apr 2021; granted 9 Feb 2023; 491 Accountant (General)

 Lodged 4 Aug 2020; granted 7 Feb 2023; occupation: Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher; offshore, with spouse and children

Applied 30 Jun 2021; granted 10 Feb 2023; occupation: Software Engineer; onshore

Lodged 4 Mar 2022; granted 7 Feb 2023;     QLD 491 Developer Programmer

Visa lodged 2 Mar 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023 (offshore)


Subclass 887 Skilled Regional (Permanent)

Lodged 2 Apr 2021; granted 10 Feb 2023

Lodged 4 Nov 2020; granted 10 Feb 2023

Lodged 23 Oct 2020; granted 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 12 Jan 2021; granted 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 7 Dec 2020; granted 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 4 Nov 2020; granted 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 16 Jan 2021; granted 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 14 Sep 2021; granted 6 Feb 2023

See the more complete summary above


Employer-sponsored 

None this week


Business & Investor Migration / GTI
None this week

Subclass 600 Visitor Visa

Lodged 9 Jan 2023; granted 9 Feb 2023; Subclass 600

Lodged 13 Jan 2023; granted 10 Feb 2023; offshore application

Lodged 9 Jan 2023; granted 9 Feb 2023; offshore application

Lodged 30 Jan 2023; granted 06 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 23 Dec 2022; granted 06 Feb 2023 (offshore)

Lodged 30 Jan 2023; granted 08 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 11 Jan 2023; granted 10 Feb 2023 (offshore)

Lodged 12 Jan 2023; approved 8 Feb; parents

Lodged 7 Feb 2023; approved 8 Feb; parents


Subclass 500 Student Visa

Lodged 30 Jan 2023; granted 7 Feb 2023; Subclass 500

Lodged 25 Jan 2023; granted 9 Feb 2023; offshore application

Lodged 17 Jan 2023; granted 7 Feb 2023; onshore application

Lodged 30 Jun 2022; granted 06 Feb 2023 (onshore)

Lodged 30 Jan 2023; granted 10 Feb 2023 (onshore)


Subclass 485 Graduate Work Visa

Lodged 19 Jan 2023; granted 6 Feb 2023; Subclass 485

Lodged 15 Dec 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023; Subclass 485

Lodged 7 Jan 2022; granted 7 Feb 2023; Subclass 485

Lodged 14 Apr 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023; Subclass 485

Applied 15 Sep 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023; offshore, with spouse and children

Applied 19 Aug 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023; offshore

Applied 10 Mar 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023; onshore

Lodged 21 Jan 2023; granted 6 Feb 2023; onshore, with spouse and children

Lodged 10 Jan 2023; granted 6 Feb 2023; onshore

Lodged 6 Jan 2023; granted 6 Feb 2023; offshore

Lodged 29 Nov 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023; onshore

Lodged 19 May 2022; granted 9 Feb 2023; onshore

Lodged 9 Aug 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023


Partner Migration

Lodged 17 Dec 2022; granted 10 Feb 2023

Lodged 7 Dec 2022; granted 7 Feb 2023

Lodged 820/801 12 Aug 2022; Subclass 820 granted 06 Feb 2023

Lodged 820/801 15 Jun 2022; Subclass 820 granted 08 Feb 2023

Lodged 309/100 14 Nov 2022; both Subclass 309 and 100 granted simultaneously 08 Feb 2023 (long-term relationship)


Parent Migration / Visa

Subclass 870 lodged 24 Dec 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023

Subclass 870 lodged 21 Oct 2022; granted 8 Feb 2023

Subclass 870 lodged 21 Nov 2022; granted 6 Feb 2023

Subclass 143 lodged 17 Jan 2017; granted 07 Feb 2023

Subclass 173 lodged 29 Nov 2016; granted 09 Feb 2023


Subclass 408 Visa

Lodged 7 Feb 2023; granted 9 Feb 2023


Subclass 155 Resident Return Visa

Lodged 10 Feb 2023; granted 10 Feb 2023

Lodged 7 Feb 2023; granted 7 Feb 2023


Citizenship Applications
None this week

This Week’s Skills Assessment Processing Progress

CPA (Accounting-related)

None this week


CA ANZ (Accounting-related)

2023 01 16lodged,2023 02 06completed ((expedited))

2023 01 18lodged,2023 02 08completed ((expedited))

2022 12 22lodged,2023 02 09completed


ACS (IT-related)

Lodged 07 Nov 2022; completed 06 Feb 2023

Lodged 3 Nov 2022; passed 9 Feb 2023;ACS skills assessment; occupation: 261211 Multimedia Specialist


Engineers Australia (Engineering)

Lodged 20 Jan 2023; result issued 8 Feb 2023 (expedited)

Lodged 20 Dec 2022; completed 10 Feb 2023


VETASSESS

Lodged 28 Nov 2022; result issued 6 Feb 2023

Lodged 01 Feb 2023; completed 09 Feb 2023 (expedited)

Lodged 28 Jan 2023; completed 09 Feb 2023 (expedited)

Lodged 19 Jan 2023; passed 6 Feb 2023;VETASSESS skills assessment; occupation: 225113 Marketing Specialist,

Lodgement date: 31/01/2023  Approval date:09/02/2023，VETASSESS assessment   occupation: 225113 Marketing Specialist      

Lodgement date: 19/01/2023  Approval date:09/02/2023，VETASSESS assessment   occupation: 222299 Financial Analyst 


ANMAC Skills Assessment – Nursing-related

Lodged 11 Jan 2023; result issued 9 Feb 2023

Lodged 11 Jan 2023; result issued 7 Feb 2023

Lodged 12 Jan 2023; completed 09 Feb 2023


AITSL (Early Childhood Education)

2023 1 10lodged,2023 2 7result issued


IML (Senior Management occupations)

Lodged 07 Nov 2022; completed 07 Feb 2023 (HR Manager)

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