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Recently, we have received several offshore-child Subclass 101 migration DIY applications that finally reached assessment, only to be hit with an s57 notice asking the applicant to explain why the sponsor is not eligible — or face refusal (hero image) Today we want to flag this! It’s not only Subclass 101 child visas — Subclass 309 partner visas, Subclass 103/143
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NT has just released a press statement confirming it has received its full allocation for this year — a total of 1,650 places, comprising 850 for the Subclass 190 and 800 for the Subclass 491. NT is the first of all states and territories to announce an increase on its full allocation to date. The 190 has been increased by
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A dedicated post with the full summary and analysis Getting straight to the point — this round clearly issued more invitations than the previous one. Nursing, the big winner, continued to receive a large volume of invitations, and there were also quite a few occupations that hadn’t seen any invitations in about a year finally getting some this time around.
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The second round of Subclass 189 invitations has arrived as expected, starting 10 minutes ago. A wide range of occupations are receiving invitations, and the round is still in progress — best of luck to everyone! Statistician — 85 points Early Childhood Teacher — 85 points PT — 80 points Solicitor — 85 points Secondary School Teacher — 75 points
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As most people know, Australia’s partner migration program has always included a family violence provision In short, if the relationship breaks down during a partner visa application because of family violence, the sponsored applicant can continue applying for permanent residence through this special provision. In other words, even after separation or divorce, the applicant will not lose their status simply
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Today we are sharing a recent Student visa dependant (partner) case that was successfully overturned. We have handled many tricky cases where DIY visa applications were refused, and we have run countless Student visa ART appeals. But today’s case is different. The client lodged a Student visa secondary application DIY from offshore, with no appeal rights. On top of that,
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The Department of Home Affairs has just announced on its Facebook page that the next round of Subclass 189 invitations will be issued on 13 November, and it has clearly confirmed that invitations will be released every quarter this year. We wish everyone good news. For those who haven’t submitted yet or whose documents have expired, hurry up and update
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Official quotas released — Tasmania first to publish The full quotas for this year are out. Subclass 190 gets 1,200 places, Subclass 491 gets 650, for a total of 1,850 — down 1,010 (a 35% reduction) on last financial year. Of that, Subclass 190 is down 900 (from 2,100) and Subclass 491 is down 110 (from 760). It looks like
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NSW and TAS started issuing invitations first thing this morning, and WA has also announced that it has received an additional interim allocation, with a round of invitations coming in November (exact date not yet released). At the same time, the Department has updated the state-nomination (interim) allocation usage figures as at end of October. Below is a quick rundown.
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The October 189 EOI figures are out. Below is a breakdown of several representative occupations, plus a brief analysis of yesterday’s state-nomination update. Early Childhood Teaching — 85-pointers surging (Figure 1) October added 667 valid EOIs, with nearly half at 85 points and 85+80 points together accounting for over 60% 85-pointers doubled: September added 150, October added 317, bringing the
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