Now Is the Perfect Time to Apply for Your Parents’ Subclass 870 Long-Stay Temporary Visa! Second-Visa Tips and Common Q&A

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!

189/190/491: The Core Questions Asked a Million Times — and the Three Decision Factors You Can’t Avoid

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.

Will Invitation Scores Rise in the New Financial Year? With No 190/491 Quotas and No State-Nomination Policy Yet, Now Is the Time to Get Your Skills Assessment Ready!

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!)

Marketing Has Become a Hot New Migration Field!? Overseas Marketing, Advertising & PR Professionals Can Move to Australia With Ease — A Guide to Checking Whether You Qualify and Which Offshore Pathway to Take

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.