New Zealand citizens can move easily to Australian citizenship — no need to convert to PR first! This Saturday Australia officially announced that, from 1 July 2023, New Zealand citizens settled in Australia will have a direct pathway to Australian citizenship!
This week’s migration update
1. State nomination quota usage to the end of March — opportunities in NSW 491 / Canberra / WA
2. A flood of NSW 491 invitations — engineering / IT / common occupations invited on raw scores of 50-65
3. Canberra keeps issuing invitations across every stream — more places, lower scores
4. March visa processing update — points-based categories moving at full speed
5. The week’s grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing update
This Week’s Migration Update Migration Weekly 1. NSW Subclass 190 April round arrives on schedule — invitations at low scores …
This week in migration:
Migration Weekly: Victoria steals the headlines with three pieces of good news in one day, and the 491 and 190 are full of opportunities
Tasmania has ample quota and a high approval rate, with even more places likely next financial year!?
NSW 491 RDA pathway: the Illawarra region is nearly out of quota and has closed to new applications
Queensland reopens its priority processing pathway for a limited window in April!
Weekly wrap-up of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress
This week’s migration news round-up:
NSW’s March Subclass 190 round arrives on schedule, with offshore finance, marketing, engineering and management applicants the big winners
Productivity Commission report: scrap business migration, no occupation list for employer sponsorship, and reform the Subclass 189 points system
The Immigration Minister shows off the Subclass 887 grant scorecard — the backlog is halved in a single month, and grants won’t stop!
Tasmania’s quota usage, and Canberra issues its latest round of invitations
A wrap-up of the week’s grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress
This week’s migration roundup Migration Weekly 1. Victoria’s February invitation round was only a light drizzle, but plenty of 190 quota remains! 2. State nomination usage as at the end of February — NSW is generous, and most states have at least ample quota 3. A summary of recent visa processing progress — skilled migration advancing across the board! 4. Australia’s twenty most in-demand occupations right now, with plenty of IT/engineering 5. A weekly roundup of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress
