This week we have education, IT, marketing, nursing and other programmes from world-class universities including the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, the University of Technology Sydney, Monash University, the University of Adelaide and the University of Newcastle!
Not long ago we warned that having a PR holder renew a parent’s visitor visa onshore had become a fairly risky option. Some time has passed and the situation hasn’t “improved” — we’re seeing more and more requests for help after onshore parent visitor-visa renewals were refused: some who had been onshore in Australia since the pandemic, and some who entered only last year and are now on just their second renewal — refusals across the board. For more, see: Heads up! Onshore PR parent visitor-visa renewals are tightening again?! Refused after only 12 months!
On 13 July, Canberra (the ACT) released the first round of Matrix invitations for the 2023–24 financial year. At a glance the numbers are modest, and everything seen has gone to offshore applicants.
From the start of FY22-23, Australia’s skilled migration has been on the rise, drawing more attention from people overseas. With more favourable policy, more international students want to stay on after graduating — and Subclass 189, 190 and 491 attract the most interest of all. In reality, a consultation and assessment always comes back to three core questions: skills assessment – EOI points – securing an invitation.
Today the Department of Home Affairs released usage figures for the 190 and 491 state-nomination quotas through to the end of June for the 2022-23 financial year — the 2022-23 state-nomination report card is in!
Because the federal government has not yet allocated formal quotas, the 23-24 financial-year state-nomination invitations remain on hold across every state except Tasmania (for the latest full roundup, see: Update! Some state nominations reopening? Some still under assessment? A roundup of every state’s official 23-24 new financial-year updates!)
Today’s topic: if you have studied and worked in your home country with no Australian study experience, how do you apply for Australian skilled migration?
A week into the 2023–24 financial year, the federal government still hasn’t decided the final state nomination quotas (the long wait continues).
Among the skilled-migration occupations that received 190/491 state nominations from offshore on low scores in the past 2022-23 financial year, marketing occupations made up a sizeable share. As everyone knows, the first step in skilled migration is a valid skills assessment, and a skills assessment for a marketing occupation only requires a bachelor’s degree or above plus relevant work experience.
