In Australia, the financial year runs from 1 July to 30 June the following year. With only three months of this financial year left, everyone is anxious about the invitation situation — but in fact the state-nomination programmes below still offer opportunities!
This Week’s Migration Update Migration Weekly 1. NSW Subclass 190 April round arrives on schedule — invitations at low scores …
On 4 April Victoria ran a small ROI pre-invitation round, and on 5 April NSW 190 followed — it seems the officers all want a quiet, long Easter break.
After lodging a visa application onshore (for example, a Subclass 189, 491 or 864, or even certain Subclass 143 applications) and being granted Bridging Visa A, an applicant may need to leave Australia and therefore applies for Bridging Visa B. Before the pandemic, Bridging Visa B was usually granted with a three-month “validity period”; more recently, most are granted with a one-year validity.
Victoria University is offering a 10% tuition reduction to new international students commencing Diploma, undergraduate and coursework postgraduate study in 2023!
IT has long been one of Australia’s most resilient and popular migration fields — whether you’re pursuing skilled independent, state-nominated or employer-sponsored migration, it always has a place, and its work and employment prospects in Australia are very strong.
On 29 March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released a dataset titled “Permanent migrants in Australia”, summarising the characteristics of those who became Australian permanent residents (PR) between 1 January 2000 and 10 August 2021.
Countless students cross the oceans, working through high school, an undergraduate degree, a first master’s and a second, grinding away at English, sitting translation exams, perhaps even uprooting from the city they’d lived in for years to find work, build experience and complete a skills assessment — all to lift their EOI score.
If you’re a Victorian student putting together your Easter holiday travel plans, this news couldn’t have come at a better time!
Last week brought some fresh news on skilled migration. As things stand, the outlook for skilled migration to Australia remains very positive. Today we’re reporting on the latest state-nomination situation, plus the skills assessment and migration pathways for some common occupations!
