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Australian Migration Weekly Issue 406 | 189 Per-Occupation Invitation Formula Revealed; Canberra Releases New Round With Full Year Schedule; State-Nomination Processing Speeds Up!
Migration Weekly December 14, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Australian Migration Weekly Issue 406 | 189 Per-Occupation Invitation Formula Revealed; Canberra Releases New Round With Full Year Schedule; State-Nomination Processing Speeds Up!

This Week’s Highlights Australian Migration News 1. Subclass 189 per-occupation invitation formula revealed — occupations ranked in four priority tiers 2. End-of-October visa stats: state-nomination processing speeds up; 191 total grants high but decelerating 3. Canberra confirms the full FY invitation schedule and releases a fresh round 4. Queensland publishes its NIV criteria — pleasant surprises for the entrepreneur and

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Issue 405 Australia Migration Weekly | WA Issues 1,800 Invitations, 80-Point Entries; 189 Round Issues 10,000 — Occupation Counts Estimated; VIC / SA / TAS All Invite!
Migration Weekly December 7, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 405 Australia Migration Weekly | WA Issues 1,800 Invitations, 80-Point Entries; 189 Round Issues 10,000 — Occupation Counts Estimated; VIC / SA / TAS All Invite!

This Week Highlights Australia Migration News 1. WA issues 1,800 invitations in one round; popular priority occupations invited at as low as 80 points 2. 189 round issues 10,000; estimated per-occupation invitation counts for popular occupations 3. VIC requires onshore + work; SA holds first invitation round of the financial year; TAS runs its regular weekly round 4. State nomination

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Issue 404 Australian Migration Weekly | State officials speak directly — invitation schedules and selection rules for all eight state nominations, a full key-information roundup!
Migration Weekly November 30, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 404 Australian Migration Weekly | State officials speak directly — invitation schedules and selection rules for all eight state nominations, a full key-information roundup!

This Week’s Highlights Australian Migration News This week we combine the MIA state-government invitation-briefing updates into a roundup of the latest state-nomination news from every state This week’s successful visa grant, invitation and skills-assessment case roundup — as usual NSW — announced that 491 Pathway 1 and Pathway 3 open on 19 January; Pathway 2 invitations will not be issued

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Issue 403 — Australia Migration Weekly | QLD, VIC and TAS all issue invitations! Offshore low-score golden window — applications open the 24th!
Migration Weekly November 23, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Issue 403 — Australia Migration Weekly | QLD, VIC and TAS all issue invitations! Offshore low-score golden window — applications open the 24th!

Key This Week Australian Migration News 1. QLD lifts allocation + first invitation round, keyword: working in state 2. NT offshore 491 list released, race opens on the 24th 3. VIC issues another ROI invitation round, priority occupations only 5. 2025–26 state-nomination allocations finally revealed — VIC and SA also cut 4. Grants, invitations and skills-assessment success stories this week

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Australian Migration Weekly #402 | 191 grants over 10,000 in two months! NT increases quota, all channels open on the 24th! Other states lifting too?
Migration Weekly November 16, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Australian Migration Weekly #402 | 191 grants over 10,000 in two months! NT increases quota, all channels open on the 24th! Other states lifting too?

This week — key Australian migration news 1. 189 invitations arrive as expected — Nursing / Secondary-teaching / Social workers at 75; Early-childhood teachers at 85 still not cleared 2. Latest 191 grant data — over 10,000 granted in two months 3. NT increases its quota — all channels open from 24 November 5. Home Affairs updates visa processing times

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Australia Migration Weekly Issue 401 | Subclass 189 Invitations on the 13th! Full NSW/ACT/TAS Allocations Revealed, QLD/WA Signal Upcoming Invitations, SA Opening Soon!
Migration Weekly November 9, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Australia Migration Weekly Issue 401 | Subclass 189 Invitations on the 13th! Full NSW/ACT/TAS Allocations Revealed, QLD/WA Signal Upcoming Invitations, SA Opening Soon!

This Week’s Key Updates Australia Migration News Part 1: Three states confirm full quotas — all reduced to varying degrees Part 2: Subclass 189 invitations next Thursday; EOI backlog updated through October Part 3: QLD and WA to issue invitations; SA opening soon Part 4: September skilled visa grant figures; state nominations processing on “three parallel tracks” Part 5: This

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Australian Migration Weekly #400 | Two states have exhausted their transitional quota — how many are left in NSW/VIC/QLD/WA? WA’s first round went entirely to construction tradies!
Migration Weekly November 2, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Australian Migration Weekly #400 | Two states have exhausted their transitional quota — how many are left in NSW/VIC/QLD/WA? WA’s first round went entirely to construction tradies!

This week’s highlights Australian migration news 1. WA’s first round issued 420 invitations — all taken by construction tradies 2. Official data: how many places each state has used so far 3. The Northern Territory has exhausted all its transitional places 4. State-by-state summary as at 31 October 5. This week’s visa grants, invitations and successful skills-assessment cases 1. WA’s

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Issue #399 Australia Migration Weekly | WA adds a three-month in-state residency requirement and fine-tunes the graduate stream! NSW 190 invitation round-up updated!
Migration Weekly October 26, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Issue #399 Australia Migration Weekly | WA adds a three-month in-state residency requirement and fine-tunes the graduate stream! NSW 190 invitation round-up updated!

This Week Australia Migration Update 1. NSW issues first 190 round — many construction occupations invited 2. WA updates policy — minimum three months of in-state residence required 3. JSA updates 2025 national and state-by-state occupation shortage data 4. Weekly visa grants, invitations and skills assessment success stories 1. NSW issues first 190 invitation round for FY 25-26, many construction/engineering

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Australia Migration Weekly Issue 397 | Analysis: Minister says “state nomination quotas may be cut due to visa backlog”? Victoria issues invitations, NSW eases requirements, Canberra updates list, Tasmania opens applications!
Migration Weekly October 12, 2025 Qiqi CHEN

Australia Migration Weekly Issue 397 | Analysis: Minister says “state nomination quotas may be cut due to visa backlog”? Victoria issues invitations, NSW eases requirements, Canberra updates list, Tasmania opens applications!

This week’s highlights Australia Migration News 1. Analysis: “State-nomination quotas to be cut due to visa backlog”? 2. Victoria issues invitations, prioritising onshore applicants with relevant employment and high salaries 3. NSW quietly eases residency requirements and adds several occupations 4. Tasmania debuts a points-based system and opens applications; Canberra revises its list 5. Summary of successful cases this week:

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