Employer Sponsorship Is on a Roll: As an Employer, Can I Sponsor My Staff for PR? Free Self-Check, Worth Saving
A migration reform meeting in May opened the curtain on a golden era for employer sponsorship.
Employer Sponsorship
New-FY PR Quota Allocation Is Here! 189 Points-Tested Actually Gains 4,500 More! 190 and 491 Each Around 30,000! Employer Sponsorship Quota Rises Again!
When last night’s 2023-24 Budget was handed down, all we knew was that there would be 190,000 PR places (missed it? see: Australia’s 2023-24 Budget | 190,000 PR places, 70% to the skilled stream! Visa fees rise sharply after 1 July!), and that 70% would go to the skilled stream. First thing this morning the Department of Home Affairs website updated the detailed allocation of these 190,000 places!
Over 200 occupations — marketing, IT, finance and more — to get a direct pathway to PR! Permanent-residency transition wait cut by a third! The biggest employer-sponsorship boost in years!
On 27 April, the Minister for Home Affairs mentioned at the NPC that by the end of 2023 all temporary skilled visa holders would have a clear pathway to PR. At the press conference, however, the Minister only touched on this briefly, with no detail whatsoever — not even clarifying exactly which visas the term “temporary skilled visa” covers.
