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Planning to renew your student visa in Australia? Watch the proposed EOI invitation system. Asylum visas may also face an application deadline after arrival, potentially as short as 30 days. Both rules still require parliamentary passage, with clear differences between Labor and the Liberals.
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Already working in Australia and exploring employer sponsorship? August approvals include 482 nominations, 186 permanent residency and successful appeals. There are also success stories involving small employers, older applicants and previous refusals, with the focus on whether the role is genuine and indispensable.
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Australia's impending NOM reduction reforms may tighten Student visa dependant, onshore Partner visa and Visitor visa pathways. This Q&A addresses the scope for Subclasses 500 and 590, early lodgement, Subclass 820 relationship evidence, parent visa options, condition 8503 and Visitor visa validity.
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A student visa applicant faced two refusals—first on language grounds and then over financial evidence—but succeeded at ART without a hearing after providing enrolment and detailed source-of-funds evidence.
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Australia's NOM reforms may be delayed by at least two weeks. The article also covers the Department of Home Affairs' processing priorities, the reduced BVB backlog and Queensland's confirmed Subclass 190 and 491 allocations.
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A 26-week Fast Track tiling course can lead to a TRA provisional assessment and the JRP. This case outlines the required 1,725 paid-work hours, a path to a full skills assessment, EOI points and timing considerations for Subclass 485 holders.
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Tasmania expects to invite about 37 Subclass 190 and 26 Subclass 491 ROIs each week from 20 August 2026. From 1 December, stricter work and employer criteria apply to Massage Therapists and Motor Mechanics.
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Tony Burke's migration policy announcement has been delayed until at least next week after Cabinet considered the original plan too weak. The discussion focuses on overstayers, net overseas migration and possible changes affecting temporary, family and working holiday visas.
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The 2026 Australian Census is compulsory regardless of PR status. This guide addresses de facto marital-status choices, five-year address questions and whether ABS Census information is shared with the Department of Home Affairs.
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Australian skilled migration data to the end of May 2026 shows the Subclass 189 allocation exceeded, only 369 Subclass 190 places remaining, more than 5,000 Subclass 491 places available and a May surge in Subclass 191 grants.
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