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Medicine in Australia is highly competitive to get into and challenging to complete — but healthcare is one of the top migration-pathway fields of study. Nursing, in particular, is Australia's second most popular migration-focused programme. After graduation, nurses enjoy strong employment prospects and clear pathways to permanent residency.
Read More →The Australian Government has recently opened up migration significantly, and many of you have already secured your visa. Read on for a complete guide to Australian parent visa options, eligibility, and why you should apply sooner rather than later.
Read More →After the Australian Christmas break, the GTO team returned to work with good news flowing in for 2023. The GTI visa EOI processing progress has also been updated.
Read More →It started with Victoria and Western Australia actively lowering their bar and taking the lead. Then the federal Subclass 189 issued round after round of invitations. December saw a record-breaking 35,000-invitation round. By late December, with NSW announcing the removal of all occupation pre-requirements, every state/territory nomination programme has since ramped up recruitment.
Read More →Admittedly, visa processing speeds have improved considerably, with the government periodically releasing its scorecards. But the vast majority of those millions of grants are temporary visas. For migration pathways, the feeling among most people from around August/September last year until now is that progress still isn't sufficient — or that the speed improvements haven't benefited most applicants.
Read More →When it comes to skilled migration, the single most important issue is the skills assessment (Skills Assessment). Without a skills assessment, even an IELTS score of 9 in every band is useless.
Read More →Late last year, Subclass 189 opened the skilled migration "talent race", issuing 35,000 invitations in a single round — with large numbers of occupations qualifying at just 65 points, whether onshore or offshore. Read more: After years of high thresholds, Australia's skilled migration finally hits 65 points! If you're overseas, prepare now to seize this opportunity!
Read More →Over the past six months, with more invitation rounds and faster visa processing, many applicants have received the PR they have long dreamed of. Once they have their own PR, many begin to think about lodging parent migration applications. With current wait times being very long — lodging Subclass 143 now could mean waiting over 10 years — there is no time to waste. Accordingly, enquiries about parent migration have been on the rise.
Read More →The Department of Home Affairs has released actual state-nomination usage figures up to 31 December. Spurred by 35,000 Subclass 189 invitations in December, state-nominated programmes have been joining the race to attract skilled migrants.
Read More →Western Australia has expanded its occupation list again. In just half a financial year, the state has been remarkably active, with expansions concentrated in the WASMOL Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 under the General Stream. Of the two, Schedule 2 is the more widely applicable option, covering mainly common and in-demand occupations available to applicants who did not graduate in WA.
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