New Zealand’s Migration Policy Is Looking Great This Year! A Genuine Springboard to Australian PR → New Zealand Citizens Can Convert Directly to Australian Citizenship

On 22 April this year, the New Zealand and Australian governments announced a plan: from 1 July, New Zealand citizens who have lived in Australia for four years or more and arrived after 2001 can apply for Australian citizenship directly. New Zealanders will no longer need to obtain Australian PR first before becoming eligible for Australian citizenship—a change that will directly affect roughly 350,000 New Zealanders living in Australia.

[Migration Weekly Issue 285] Lodge before 1 July and the $70k salary rise won’t apply! Subclass 190/189/491 still being granted! A fresh study-work-migrate pathway

This week’s migration news round-up Migration Weekly 1. Lodge your nomination before 1 July and the $70k salary rise won’t apply! 2. Study-work-migrate: a fresh pathway, the employer-sponsored aged care agreement 3. Northern Territory MINT investment amount increase takes effect immediately! 4. Subclass 190, 189 and 491 still being granted sporadically: processing status to the end of March 5. Weekly round-up of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing

[Issue 285 Australia Study Weekly] They really are coming back — several Australian schools issue return-to-campus notices! UQ Global Chinese Alumni Association established!

This week’s highlights — -Australia’s new financial-year Budget is out; more changes to note -UNSW Global rebrands as UNSW College, setting off on a fresh start -The Dean of UWA’s Institute of Agriculture wins Shaanxi Province’s “Sanqin Friendship Award” -UTS joins the world-famous South by Southwest festival as an education partner -The University of Queensland Global Chinese Alumni Association is officially established -Several Australian schools issue return-to-campus notices -Offer show

Why wait? At the end of the financial year there are still plenty of “bargain” migration pathways in Australia! Accountants granted in two weeks; invited at 65 points; hundreds of invitations still being issued!

With only a month and a half left in the 22-23 financial year, plenty of you have been asking during consultations: “Will invitations still be issued this financial year? Should I wait until the new financial year to start preparing?” “Aren’t the quotas all used up, so no more invitations? Should I just wait and see?” “We still don’t know what the new financial year’s policy will look like—is it better to wait a bit longer?”

Benefits for onshore and offshore workers! 200+ new occupations with a direct PR pathway! Older applicants, weaker English, non-traditional migration fields — a chance at a green card in just 2 years!

The upcoming 2023-2024 financial year will be a golden moment for working people. To address Australia’s long-term skills shortage in the labour market, Australia has fully opened up the employer-sponsored pathway to permanent residency, waiving many of the special requirements and restrictions on employer sponsorship — a particularly favourable development for employer-sponsored applicants.