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189 / 190 / 491 / Employer-Sponsored Processing Times [Official] Updated — Most Get Faster! Was the First 191 Grant Lodged in March This Year?
First, an update on yesterday's news of the very first Subclass 191 grant
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First-Ever Subclass 191 Grant Shared Online Today!? Plus Subclass 491 Invitations and Grants for ICT, Engineering, Accounting and More at 60-70 Base Points!
Someone shared their Subclass 491-to-191 visa grant on Facebook today
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Through Canberra’s Four Seasons: a Photographer Spends a Year Capturing a Hyperlapse of the Century-Old Trail
After a full year of hiking and driving, a local Canberra photographer has produced a seven-minute hyperlapse showcasing the city across its different seasons and festivals.
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New Financial Year: What Should You Study for Migration? Where Is the Safe Bet? Low Tuition, Low Points Pressure, Stable Jobs — WA’s Most Popular VET Courses Take You Straight to PR!
Many people already in Australia find that their qualifications and work history aren't enough to obtain a skills assessment, so they need to complete another Australian qualification with strong migration prospects. Compared with the costly, lengthy undergraduate and postgraduate route, many prefer a shorter, lower-cost Vocational Education and Training Sector (VET) provider — which makes where you study and which course you choose absolutely critical.
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[Statement] Our formal response to the news coverage of a student visa application we previously handled.
Regarding the report published over the weekend by SMH/AGE and 60 Minutes — concerning Yongge (Henry) Qi, an international student connected to our firm, who was said to have been exploited by an employer — the following is our firm's formal response.
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Accounting / QS / Software Engineering / Civil / Telecommunications / Copywriting / TESOL and more — visas granted and skills assessments approved across the board! Subclass 189 backlog tops 26,000!
Today we received the latest FOI data: as at 30 June 2023 — the end of the 2022–23 financial year — the Subclass 189 application backlog stood at 26,781.
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Australian University Offer Show | Migration-Friendly Fields: Early Childhood GD, Marketing, Management, OT and More
This week's Australian University Offer Show
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From Invitation to Grant in About Six Months! With Subclass 491, Even 50–70 Points Now Has a Real Shot — and Processing Has Sped Up Too!
As a pathway to an invitation on lower points, Subclass 491 has rescued many applicants — both purely offshore and onshore candidates who would rather not chase a higher score. Processing has recently accelerated, catching up with Subclass 189 and 190: many applicants invited late last year or early this year were granted in roughly six months.
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