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Plenty of good news has been rolling in from the study-abroad space this week~
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Civil / Building / QS / Landscape 65-85 Points Land WA 190! Minor Changes Again for Subclass 408 and the Old 485 TR!
Day one of September: a platter of three updates
Subclass 482 Employer Sponsorship Needs No Skills Assessment! Really? Some Occupations and Applicants Still Do — Can You Get an Exemption?
After the state-nomination quotas were released, many people began asking about employer sponsorship. We’ll spare you the lengthy explanation as to why.
Hong Kong, China’s University Entrance Exam (DSE) Can Be Sat in Mainland China from 2024 — Are You Eligible?
Just a few days ago, the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority issued its latest examination rules, announcing that from 2024 it will admit eligible Mainland schools to sit the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examination.
Confirmed: the Subclass 408 COVID stream is cancelled this Friday! Some can still apply — but with a shorter period and a visa fee
The Home Affairs Minister’s media release confirms the Subclass 408 visa will be cancelled from midnight (12am) Australian Eastern Time this Friday, 1 September
Tasmania’s First Seminar of the New Financial Year | 20% of the Allocation Already Used! Invitation Priorities Updated Again – Are the “Gold” and “Green” Streams About to Heat Up? The State Government Is Also Encouraging Employer Sponsorship…
On the morning of 30 August, the Tasmanian Government held its online seminar as scheduled. The session covered the total allocation for the financial year, how the allocation has been used, processing progress, the arrangements for the year ahead and the order of priority for invitations. The key takeaways are recapped below:
WA Issues Its First Invitation Round This Week — Policy Unchanged for Now! Fewer Places This Year Doesn’t Mean WA Is Off the Table for the Study-then-Migration Route! Want a Safer Bet? Take a Look at These Fields!
On the afternoon of 30 August, Victor, Newstarsec’s WA manager, made contact with the state government and received the following updates:
Employer-Sponsored Success Stories | Fast Approvals Across Many Occupations — Just 2 Years of Work Experience!
Recent employer-sponsored success stories
Where there’s risk, there’s opportunity — and opportunity only goes to the prepared applicant! See how, after three years of “quietly getting ready”, she landed an invitation and secured her future overnight.
The FY23-24 state-nomination allocations are in, and state governments have now received their new official quotas. Every state’s allocation has been slashed dramatically — down to roughly 30% of previous levels.
NSW to release a new occupation list! Victoria responds on this year’s state nomination! WA still pushing for more places!
Last Friday, every state except Victoria and Western Australia responded to the allocation figures released on Thursday — most along the lines of “noted, under review”. Only the Northern Territory took a more drastic line, quickly suspending new applications.
