Migration Weekly

Migration Weekly March 15, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Australia Migration Weekly No. 417 | WA Invites at 65–80 Points; 189/190/491 Processing Sped Up

qin This Week’s Key Immigration News 1. WA — Teachers, Restaurant Managers etc. Invited at 65–80 Points 2. Department of Home Affairs Tightens the Screws: 485 Post-visa Pathway Gets Much Harder 3. Official Processing Times Updated — 189/190/491 All Sped Up 4. TAS 190 Temporarily Only Issuing Gold Pass; ACT Small-scale This Round? QLD Also Sending Invitations 5. Grants, Invitations,

Migration Weekly March 1, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Weekly Australian Migration Update Issue 415 | Subclass 485 visa fee jumps! Full subclass 189 occupation quotas revealed!

Key Immigration News for the Week 1. Full subclass 189 annual quotas for every occupation this program year released 2. WA issues 2,400 invitations in a single round; Early Childhood Teacher secures subclass 190 at 75 points 3. NSW signals the next subclass 190 round; Tasmania keeps inviting; employer-sponsored salary threshold set to rise 4. Subclass 190 / 491 grants

Migration Weekly February 22, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Australia Migration Weekly No. 414 | Subclass 143 wait stretches to 15 years! Victoria issues invitations? State-nomination places still ample!

Key migration news of the week 1. Parent visa places still available this financial year — Subclass 143 now a 15-year wait 2. State allocations still lagging behind schedule — some states have more than 80% remaining 3. Partner visa backlog severe; child visa waiting periods extended 4. Victoria issues a round? Tasmania invites every week 5. Summary of this

Migration Weekly February 15, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 413 Australia Migration Weekly | Which points items are unanimously agreed for reform? Data estimates 3-5k more 189 invitations this year? 189/190/Partner PR speed up

Key Migration News of the Week 1. Can we still expect 189 invitations this year? Data estimates another 3-5k possible? 2. Points-test reform consultation papers released: which scoring items are unanimously agreed to be changed 3. 190 and 491 visa backlogs further reduced 4. DoHA official update: 189/190/Partner PR processing speeds up 5. Weekly roundup of grants, invitations and skills

Migration Weekly February 8, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Weekly Australian Migration Report No.412 | Student-visa ART appeals start to speed up, Canberra Small Business drops its cut-off, Early Childhood 85-point EOIs surge!

This Week Australian Migration News 1. Latest 189 EOI backlog for Early Childhood, Social Workers, Secondary Teachers and Nursing 2. Major changes to temporary-visa ART appeal procedures finally pass into law 3. Canberra’s latest official report released — Small Business stream drops its cut-off 4. Tasmania’s weekly invitations arrive on schedule 5. This week’s visa grants, invitations and skills-assessment success

Migration Weekly February 1, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 411 — Australian Migration Weekly | Canberra issues invitations (Accounting, Auditing, Engineering and more); a state nomination closes all new applications; 2023-lodged Parent-visa queue letters arrive!

This week’s highlights Australian migration news 1. Northern Territory abruptly closes all state-nomination application channels 2. Canberra issues a new round of invitations — our clients invited in Accounting, Auditing, Engineering and more 3. Department of Home Affairs issues Parent-visa queue letters in bulk over the weekend 4. This week’s grants, invitations and skills-assessment success stories — as usual 1.

Migration Weekly January 25, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Australian Migration Weekly Issue #410 | NT processing speed update, latest Skilled Migration grant data, NSW 491 Pathway 2 still open for lodgement!

This Week’s Highlights Australian Migration News 1. Latest Skilled Migration grant data — 190 and 491 grants continue to spread across periods 2. NSW 491 P1&3 closed less than a day after opening 3. Tasmania continues to issue invitations; Northern Territory processing speed update 4. Perth is being discussed for removal from the regional list — the full story 5.

Migration Weekly January 18, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Australia Migration Weekly No. 409 | Nearly 16,000 state-nomination places still unused at year-end! Large-scale invitations from WA and VIC, plus a new round from NSW!

This week’s highlights Australian migration news 1. Half the financial year gone, with nearly 16,000 state-nomination places still unused 2. Western Australia issues 1,100+ invitations to construction trades 3. Victoria’s first round of 2026 — large-scale invitations for non-priority occupations 4. NSW runs a small 190 round — IT occupations included, but cut-off scores high 5. Our weekly wrap-up of

Migration Weekly January 11, 2026 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 408 | Australia Migration Weekly: Net Overseas Migration Finally Drops! Mainland China Tops Family Migration! Tasmania and SA Issue New Invitations!

Key Highlights Australian Migration News 1. South Australia resumes, issues new state-nomination invitations 2. Tasmania follows with Orange Plus invitations 3. FY24-25 Migration Program Report: Mainland China tops family migration 4. Australian net overseas migration finally drops, population growth slows 5. This week’s visa grants, invitations, and skills-assessment successes — as always I. South Australia resumes, issues new state-nomination invitations

Migration Weekly December 21, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 407 Australia Migration Weekly | QLD and TAS Still Issuing Pre-Invitations! Points-Test Reform Taking Shape Early Next Year? Canberra’s Small-Business Stream Opens the Gates!

This Week’s Highlights Australia Migration News 1. Department of Home Affairs internal processing arrangements — points-test reform taking shape? 2. December visa processing-time update — broadly stable 3. Canberra releases its latest invitation round — Small Business stream opens the gates 4. TAS and QLD “hold the line to the end”, continuing to issue pre-invitations 5. This week’s visa grants,