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Multiple Ways to Migrate, With Preferential Treatment for Local Graduates! “Switching to” Canada — Here’s How to Choose Your School and Course! A Qualification and PR Are Both Within Reach!
News July 5, 2021 newstarsec

Multiple Ways to Migrate, With Preferential Treatment for Local Graduates! “Switching to” Canada — Here’s How to Choose Your School and Course! A Qualification and PR Are Both Within Reach!

Over the past year or so of the pandemic, more Chinese students wanting to study abroad have turned their attention to Canada. Today we're giving you a full rundown of studying in the Maple Leaf Country — if you're still torn on which country to choose, take a look at the advantages of studying in Canada~

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New Financial Year State Nomination Boost! NSW/ACT/VIC/SA/TAS All Raise Quotas! Victoria Eases Subclass 190 Requirements and Adds New Fields!
News July 1, 2021 newstarsec

New Financial Year State Nomination Boost! NSW/ACT/VIC/SA/TAS All Raise Quotas! Victoria Eases Subclass 190 Requirements and Adds New Fields!

Today, 1 July, marks the start of the 2021-22 financial year! At 9am this morning, the editor received big news! Every state's specific quotas for this financial year have now been officially published, and quotas for the popular state nomination streams have all gone up! Victoria will reopen applications on 7 July, having announced its requirements ahead of time — much friendlier than this financial year!

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Multiple Popular Migration Occupations Invited at Low Scores! Interstate Students Fast-Tracking Their Way In! Canberra State Nomination: This Year’s Wrap-Up + Next Year’s Forecast!
News June 29, 2021 newstarsec

Multiple Popular Migration Occupations Invited at Low Scores! Interstate Students Fast-Tracking Their Way In! Canberra State Nomination: This Year’s Wrap-Up + Next Year’s Forecast!

The 2021 financial year was a tough one for Australia too — hit by the pandemic, the economy was sluggish, and Melbourne went into lockdown four times. But it was also this year that the ACT Government's two-year-old Matrix system gave applicants a real shot in the arm.

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New Financial Year’s First Policy Details Released! 188A/B/C/E Reveal New Application Requirements! Changes to Turnover and Other Points Criteria!
News June 28, 2021 newstarsec

New Financial Year’s First Policy Details Released! 188A/B/C/E Reveal New Application Requirements! Changes to Turnover and Other Points Criteria!

Reforms to Australia's business and investor migration programme were first announced by the Minister for Immigration back in December 2020, but the detailed rules were a long time coming. With the financial year drawing to a close, the Department of Home Affairs has finally released the details — and however the specifics change, it all comes back to net assets, turnover and investment amounts.

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Latest for 2021! Has the paid stream turned into a queue? Subclass 143’s ultra-long COVID wait times! Parent migration financial-year wrap-up and new financial-year forecast.
News June 25, 2021 newstarsec

Latest for 2021! Has the paid stream turned into a queue? Subclass 143’s ultra-long COVID wait times! Parent migration financial-year wrap-up and new financial-year forecast.

It's that time of year again — the end-of-financial-year wrap-up and update on parent migration processing progress. Over the past year, COVID has kept many families separated from their parents, and this situation could well continue for at least another year. To make matters worse, parent migration quotas have also been slashed heavily both this past year and in the coming financial year — the paid parent migration allocation was cut from 6,096 places to 3,600 (a reduction of more than 40%), while the queue-based parent migration allocation was cut from 1,275 to just 900 (a 30% reduction). The direct result is that parent migration processing progress over the past year can only be described as snail's pace.

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