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The latest Subclass 189 official invitation report is here (cover image). EOIdata (ED) figures are updated through end of November — a good chance to analyse this round of invitations alongside them. Because the official report only publishes the invitation scores for each occupation and not the actual number of invitations issued, we estimate the per-occupation invitation volume by combining
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We recently helped several partner-visa clients successfully obtain a Schedule 3 (Sch3) waiver — lodging their Subclass 820 applications onshore, securing Bridging Visa C with full work rights, and ultimately having the 820 visa granted. The clients all shared a similar background:holding no substantive visa in Australia (or only a BVE), yet with a long-term partner, many years of life
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Victoria has issued December invitations today — best of luck to everyone Community Worker — 85+5, local employment, $81k Hotel Motel Manager — 50+15, regional Victoria employment ECT — 75+5, local Victoria employment, $90k annual salary ECT — 60+15, regional Victoria, ECT employment Architectural Draftsperson — 80+5, local employment, $100k annual salary ECT — 75+5, overseas, but the applicant had
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We wrapped up the MIA–NSW meeting last Friday, and today NSW wrote back Stream 1 and Stream 3 of the 491 will open on 19 January A reminder to have your documentation complete and ready — the average processing wait for both streams is expected to exceed 6 weeks. If your visa or points-claim items are about to expire, or
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Today we bring you the news from NSW and WA — two of the states with the largest allocations this year. For a recap of Day 1-3, see below Day 1 VIC & QLDState Nomination Briefing | QLD to ramp up invitations from January; VIC unveils three overseas 491 priorities; NSW issues more invitations! Day 2 TAS & ACTState Nomination
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Today’s session covers South Australia and the Northern Territory Day one coveredQueensland and Victoria:State Nomination Briefing | Queensland to ramp up invitations from January; Victoria’s top three offshore 491 priorities; NSW issues more invitations! Day two coveredTasmania and Canberra：State Nomination Briefing Day 2 | Canberra expected to invite in December, one round per month! Tasmania invites today, 190 minimum score
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Many applicants had been refreshing the NT system from midnight; applications finally opened at 11 am. Compared with last year, when the program took almost a week to close, this year it was open for less than three hours before the occupation list was updated. A large number of popular occupations were removed from the list (see image 2) —
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The Northern Territory’s Offshore General Stream has just updated its list, with no major changes. From what I can see, the occupation that was lodged most often last year but has been removed this year is FIA. Contract Administrator, Project Administrator, and Marketing Specialist are all still on the list — though there are no additional additions either. In image
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Victoria flagged first thing this morning that invitations were on the way. You can tell the overall scale of this round isn’t large — it is Victoria’s second invitation round of the current financial year, with scores shown in the header image. Every state also officially announced their quotas this morning, and Victoria’s allocation was hit hard too, with overall
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After a long wait, the Department of Home Affairs has finally updated the full state nomination quotas on its official website, covering every state. Although WA and other states have been lobbying for more places, it appears Home Affairs has firmly stuck with the state-by-state allocations set in September. The total state nomination quota this year sits at just 20,350
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