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With Australia's borders closed for an extended period and international students unable to enter the country, competition among schools for student enrolments has intensified. Since the JobKeeper wage subsidy ended on 31 March this year, a steady stream of private colleges have run into financial trouble and been pushed to the brink of closure.
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At the start of the new financial year, policies from each state have been rolling out one after another, and the Department of Home Affairs has also updated its new priority list. Compared with last financial year — when COVID caused severe delays in skilled migration invitations and slower visa processing — this financial year the Department and state governments have been quite timely in announcing their policies. This also suggests that the Department and state governments are now actively working to attract new migrants.
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Right now, one of the hottest migration pathways in Australia is state nomination — small business migration. The most favourable small business migration policies are concentrated in Queensland and Canberra, drawing plenty of clients.
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The information on this page is for reference only,updated as at 31/07/2021; please refer to the official NSW information for the latest details. Website:NSW Skilled Occupation Lists Skilled Nominated visa (Permanent) visa (subclass 190) The NSW Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) occupation list is by ANZSCO unit group. To be considered during an invitation round you must have a skills assessment
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In enquiries about part-time study or skills courses, massage courses come up quite often. Anyone who's spent time in Australia will have picked up, to some extent, that massage therapists are in high demand across Australia, and that the barrier to entry doesn't feel especially high. But practising in Australia is very much about “having the certificate” — a certificate that proves you're qualified and that you've genuinely studied for it.
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As migration timelines keep stretching out, many students are finding that a single 2-year Subclass 485 visa after graduation simply isn't enough. Once the 485 ends, another visa is needed to keep pushing forward — student visas come with work-hour restrictions, and landing a second 485 as a secondary applicant is rare. So instead, we're recommending a different route: the Subclass 407 Training visa.
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This afternoon the Victorian State Government held its first state nomination briefing session for this financial year. Since last financial year, it's clear the Victorian Government has been working to make the invitation process more systematic and transparent — last financial year already saw a summary of invitation data compiled for each ROI round, and this year a briefing session has been added.
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Compared with investor migration programmes in major countries such as the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, Ireland's investor migration programme is the only one that grants approval before investment — making it especially suitable for applicants with no English requirement, no business background requirement, and no long-term residency requirement.
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Even throughout the pandemic, it never stopped — and you've probably heard at least a little about the Northern Territory MINT program, which is open to overseas applicants. This article covers this one-of-a-kind Northern Territory MINT program in full detail.
Read More →![[First Subclass 189 Invitation Round of the Financial Year] Engineering and medical occupations invited at 90 points minimum! An ICT occupation secures a Subclass 491 family-sponsored invitation!](https://www.newstarsec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/subclass-189-invitation-round-results.webp)
Although Subclass 189 has fallen out of the mainstream of Australia's skilled migration program, with its PR quota repeatedly cut over recent financial years — the 2021-22 financial year keeps the same underwhelming allocation of 6,500 places (which must also be shared with the New Zealand stream) — some students haven't given up hope, holding onto even the smallest chance, and we're still getting plenty of questions about 189 this new financial year.
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