State nominations erupt across the board this week — NSW / Victoria / Queensland / Canberra / Tasmania! Good news pouring in on GTI and skills assessments! 491 grants advance to September!

Another week packed with good news to report! State-nomination pre-invitations, formal nominations approved, and grants across every skilled-migration category have all come thick and fast — state-nomination invitations especially! This week the Department of Home Affairs has also been concentrating on processing GTI, and several clients who lodged in 2022 have received their own good news!

Migration reform proposals for international students | “more PR pathways”, “scrap the GTE”, “pay the visa fee only once approved”!

This week everyone’s attention has been on Australia’s migration reforms – [Issue 281 – Australia Migration Weekly] Minister for Home Affairs: the migration reform report will be released before 9 May! The review began last September; more than half a year on, we’ll finally see some results before 9 May.

April Tasmania Seminar I State Officials Say They’ll Try to Issue More Invitations — A Hint at Loosening? The Orange Channel Will Be Progressively Relaxed! Ample Quota Remains for the Rest — Processing Will Speed Up!

On the morning of 19 April, the Tasmanian Government held its scheduled online seminar as planned, covering state-nomination processing speed, remaining quota, invitation rates, invitation-release timing, ROI application tips and more. A recap of the key points follows: