Australia Migration

Australia Migration News May 24, 2023 Arthur

University Lecturer: A Rising Migration Occupation — Teaching at an Overseas University Can Lead Straight to Australian PR! How Do You Migrate? How Do You Pass the Skills Assessment?

When you think of Australian migration occupations, do accounting, IT, engineering, nursing, early-childhood education and social work come to mind first — or perhaps Western cookery, motor mechanics and construction workers? There is one occupation that has often been overlooked, perhaps because it has no directly matching field of study, and perhaps because people in this line of work had no plans to migrate in the past.

Australia Migration News May 23, 2023 Arthur

New Zealand’s Migration Policy Is Looking Great This Year! A Genuine Springboard to Australian PR → New Zealand Citizens Can Convert Directly to Australian Citizenship

On 22 April this year, the New Zealand and Australian governments announced a plan: from 1 July, New Zealand citizens who have lived in Australia for four years or more and arrived after 2001 can apply for Australian citizenship directly. New Zealanders will no longer need to obtain Australian PR first before becoming eligible for Australian citizenship—a change that will directly affect roughly 350,000 New Zealanders living in Australia.

Australia Migration News Study in Australia May 19, 2023 Arthur

[Australian University Offer Show] This week’s migration-friendly, high-paying and job-ready fields!

This week's offers include migration-friendly, high-paying and job-ready fields! Apply now for this year's Semester 2 (July) intake or next year's February/March intake — both are open!

Australia Migration News May 19, 2023 Arthur

Why wait? At the end of the financial year there are still plenty of “bargain” migration pathways in Australia! Accountants granted in two weeks; invited at 65 points; hundreds of invitations still being issued!

With only a month and a half left in the 22-23 financial year, plenty of you have been asking during consultations: “Will invitations still be issued this financial year? Should I wait until the new financial year to start preparing?” “Aren’t the quotas all used up, so no more invitations? Should I just wait and see?” “We still don’t know what the new financial year’s policy will look like—is it better to wait a bit longer?”

Australia Migration News May 18, 2023 Arthur

Study, Work, Migrate — A New Approach! Ideal for 408 / WHV / Student Visa Holders Aiming for PR, and for Switching Lanes Out of “Overcrowded” Fields Like Accounting!

On 5 May, the Minister for Immigration officially announced an employer-sponsored Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement for the aged care sector, effective immediately

Australia Migration News May 15, 2023 Arthur

2023 Offshore State Migration Pathways for Australia! Both Subclass 190 and 491 Open! Opportunities Across Popular Occupations!

The new financial year brings excellent news for Australian migration. With a significant labour shortage across Australia, policy settings are tilting ever more favourably towards offshore applicants.

Australia Migration News Study in Australia May 11, 2023 Arthur

Diploma to Master’s in IT: Study, Migration and a High-Paying Career in One Leap

In recent years the rat race has only intensified. Most employers now hire from a bachelor's degree upwards, leaving many diploma-level students hemmed in by qualification requirements — unsure of their career direction, drawn to higher-paying roles yet unable to clear the entry bar, and repeatedly knocked back in the job market. With promotions and pay rises hitting a ceiling, why keep grinding away at home? Studying overseas and jumping from a diploma straight to a master's gets you there in a single step!

Australia Migration News May 11, 2023 Arthur

Australia’s New Migration Financial Year and Policy Direction Are Set! What Comes Next? We Trace the Clues Through the Entire Official Migration Reform Report

Over the past month, news on Australia's new migration policy has been arriving thick and fast! On 27 April, Australia's Minister for Immigration, Claire O'Neil MP, announced the future direction of the country's migration system. Then, in the new-financial-year Budget handed down on 9 May, the quotas for each migration visa category for the 2023-24 financial year were also released.

Australia Migration News April 28, 2023 Arthur

Tackling the parent migration backlog: switch to a lottery and raise sponsor requirements? What do the NZ and Canada policies look like?

The full migration-reform report is out. This article focuses on the parent migration section — in particular, how the so-called lottery proposal came about and its likely impact.

Australia Migration Migration Weekly News Newstarsec Weekly April 24, 2023 Arthur

[Australian Migration Weekly #282] Major migration reform to be announced on 27 April?! These people can go straight to Australian citizenship! IT applicants get Victoria 190 on a raw 75! Canberra slashes its thresholds!

New Zealand citizens can move easily to Australian citizenship — no need to convert to PR first! This Saturday Australia officially announced that, from 1 July 2023, New Zealand citizens settled in Australia will have a direct pathway to Australian citizenship!