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News December 10, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

The closest thing to an investor visa is finally here! QLD NIV Entrepreneur and Innovation Investor stream requirements announced — and compared with other states, there are some pleasant surprises!

Queensland’s NIV state-nomination requirements were officially announced last Friday, 5 December. As a long-time favourite state for investor migrants, everyone has been watching closely to see whether QLD’s NIV would include an investment-focused stream, and what the requirements would be. After much anticipation, they are finally here! The QLD NIV state-nomination program is divided into the following five streams: –Global

News December 8, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Home Affairs reveals the Subclass 189 invitation algorithm! Occupations grouped into four priority tiers, and tied to employer-sponsored numbers

In May this year, the Department of Home Affairs held internal discussions on the reform of the Subclass 189 invitation strategy. We obtained the most recent meeting-minute document through FOI, and These reform discussions were approved before May and have applied to invitations from the 2025–26 financial year onwards; the first two rounds of this financial year have already been

News December 8, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Invitations Imminent! Canberra Confirms All This Financial Year’s Invitation Rounds! New Guidelines Released: One Pathway Removed, Salary Thresholds Raised, Small-Business Pathway Fine-Tuned!

Canberra announced today that the next Matrix invitation round will be held this Thursday, 10 December，The schedule for subsequent rounds was also released — April is planned to be the final round of this financial year. Canberra is arguably the first state to publish specific state-nomination invitation dates. This provides strong certainty, so that applicants/agents/and even the state government itself

News December 4, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

189 Issues 10,000 Invitations | Round-by-Round Invitation Counts for the Big Four + Other Common Occupations, with Our Projection Table! Nursing Alone Received Nearly 2,500…

189 has today releasedthe official report for the 13 November invitation round, and by coincidence we have just completed our analysis of the November 189 EOI SkillSelect data up to end-of-month — let’s look at them together. 189 issued 10,000 invitations, and the 491 Family-Sponsored stream issued 300. The official report confirmed several points; combined with the SkillSelect data –Accounting,

News December 3, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

State nominations open invitations! SA issues first round; VIC invites offshore and onshore — non-priority occupations are landing! NSW has used 25% of its 190 quota!

The various state nominations that received their official quotas in November will now progressively enter a steady invitation cycle. Some states are issuing a first round as early as December, while others are only planning to start work in January. On the third day of December two states have already issued pre-invitations — South Australia on the evening of 1

News December 2, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Arts & Business Applicants’ Fast-Track to PR: the Subclass 186 Employer-Sponsored Visa — Secure Australian PR for the Whole Family in One Step, with Short Processing Times!

Recently, many applicants have messaged us through our channels — they have waited years on the points-tested skilled migration pathway without ever getting the nod. The truth is, sometimes choosing the right path matters more than working harder. Pick the wrong direction or the wrong road and you may miss your chance to settle in Australia altogether! This is especially

News December 1, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

State 190/491 programs are entering a stable invitation cycle! What should you do right now to secure an invitation?

Subclass 190 / 491 status now Policies confirmed + applications open + invitations imminent As of the 24th, with South Australia opening its onshore ROI channel, the main streams of every state-nomination program are essentially open for lodgement, and NSW Subclass 491 Streams 1 and 3 will also open in mid-January. At last week’s MIA state nomination briefing, each state

News November 26, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

State-Nomination Briefing Day 2 | Canberra expected to issue invitations in December, one round per month! Tasmania issued today, 190 minimum score 36 — orange!

Today is Day 2 of the MIA state-nomination invitation briefing, which runs for four consecutive days. Yesterday covered Queensland and Victoria — see here:State-Nomination Briefing | Queensland ramps up invitations from January; Victoria’s top three offshore 491 priorities; NSW issues invitations again! Today it is Canberra’s and Tasmania’s turn. This article focuses on the allocations and the schedule of upcoming

News November 25, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

State Nomination Info Sessions | QLD Ramps Up Invitations from January; VIC Overseas 491 Prioritises the “Big Three”; NSW Issues Another Round!

Starting today, across four consecutive days the MIA (Migration Institute of Australia — MARA-registered migration agents’ body) has organised info sessions with each state government, and the heads of the skilled-migration programs from every state will be attending. Tuesday — QLD and VIC Wednesday — Canberra (ACT) and TAS Thursday — SA and NT Friday — WA and NSW First,

News November 24, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

South Australia State Nomination Opens ROI on the 24th — Onshore Selection Rules Clarified, Accounting and Other Popular Occupations Restricted to 491, Four Channels Fine-Tune Prerequisites!

Today, November 24, South Australia officially released the 2025–26 financial-year state-nomination policy, with the ROI channel for onshore applicants opening immediately for lodgement; offshore applicants will continue to use the EOI system. Let’s first pull out the key points of this year’s policy What stays the same 1.Still divided into Graduate, Worker, Outer Regional Resident and Offshore channels — three