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qin Many people have probably heard that “Australiahas noresidence requirement”, but an Australian PR does in fact require you to live in Australia for 2 years within every 5 years in order to renew the travel facility. So if you hold an Australian PR and over the past 5 years in Australia have not accrued 2 years of residence。 for
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Today we would like to introducestudying in New Zealand Today we are recommending that two groups of applicants give serious consideration to studying in New Zealand as a stepping stone to migration 1. Mid-career applicants who wish to migrate via study 2. Applicants with a history of Australian visa refusal Let us start with the first group: mid-career applicants pursuing
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Yesterday, after the Department of Home Affairs published the FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation for the Subclass 189 visa, see Home Affairs official: Subclass 189 FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation! Many people have asked us how much quota is left for their own occupation this financial year. Is there any quota left? We have calculated the figures using official data:
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Since the Department of Home Affairs released the calculation method for 189 invitations by occupation, the question everyone most wants answered — and asks most often — has been: how many places does occupation XX actually have? But with so much data missing, even a perfect algorithm couldn’t produce concrete numbers. Now, the occupation quotas — pulled directly from Department
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The 189, 491 and 190 data are back — we have obtained figures up to the end of January 2026 via FOI. As usual, we will start with the summarised figures: – 190 and 491 grants are climbing steadily – Final acceptance rate for the November 2025 Subclass 189 round was 56% – All three visa streams still have room
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Happy New Year to everyone Lunar New Year’s Day The Newstarsec Group sends you our warm New Year greetings! Yesterday we mentioned that the processing wait time for contributory Parent visas has been extended from 14 years to 15 years!Read the details here:Parent Visa Mid-Financial-Year Grant Data Released|How many places are left? Contributory wait time extended to 15 years! As
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Today we are back with another update on the ART appeals reform. The new bill was formally passed last week, and Student visa refusal appeals — everything changes! The ART reform bill has passed and appeal review times are shrinking!ART Student visa reviews and requests for further information have clearly sped up. On our side, we have already seen a
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The points-test reform has taken another step forward, with more than 200 submissions published on 29 January. Background The points-test reform opened for public consultation on 24 April 2024. When the discussion paper was released, we wrote a detailed article you can revisit:Australian points-test reform: full discussion paper released! Skilled work, occupation lists, partners and English all in focus! According
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The Department of Home Affairs has finally updated its visa processing time guide after nearly two months — the last update was in mid-December, with no update in January. Skilled Migration 189 50% now takes 3 months — 7 months slower; 90% takes 12 months — 1 month slower. Subclass 189 is processed in lodgement order. The December 2024 and
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Here we are at the start of another month, and once again we’re bringing you an update on the Subclass 189 EOI backlog. This time we’re focusing on secondary school teachers, early-childhood teachers, social workers and nurses. February should see another invitation round, so the data up to the end of January is particularly meaningful.We’ll also touch on early-childhood teacher
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