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Migration Weekly Issue 284 | NSW “Quietly” Issues Invitations! After Canberra Lowers Requirements You Need Only 50–70 Points! New-Year PR Quotas Steady, Visa Fees Surge!

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1. 190,000 PR places for the new financial year — 189 and employer-sponsored up slightly, 190 and 491 held! 2. Visa fees rise sharply from 1 July — lodge while you can. 3. NSW quietly issued plenty of 491 invitations; Victoria ran a small round. 4. Canberra’s “first round” after lowering requirements — scores still low! 5. Weekly roundup of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress.

[Australian Migration Weekly #282] Major migration reform to be announced on 27 April?! These people can go straight to Australian citizenship! IT applicants get Victoria 190 on a raw 75! Canberra slashes its thresholds!

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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!

[Issue 281 Australian Migration Weekly] Home Affairs Minister: migration reform report to be released before 9 May! Engineering / IT and other common occupations invited to NSW on 50-65 points! March visa processing update!

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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

【Australian Study Abroad Weekly #280】UTS revises online-course diploma recognition rules! Turnitin launches a new feature to “counter” ChatGPT!? Free flu jabs at the University of Tasmania!

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This Week at a Glance
1. Victoria adds another 1,400 Subclass 190 state nomination places!
2. Turnitin launches AI-detection to crack down on cheating with ChatGPT and the like!
3. The University of Western Australia trials its self-developed driverless bus
4. UTS announcement on revised special-recognition rules for cross-border remote diplomas during the pandemic
5. 2023 free flu vaccination at the University of Tasmania is now open for applications!
6. The Australian National University Global Open Day (China leg)
7. Offer Show

[Migration Weekly #278] Offshore engineering, advertising, design and finance occupations win fast, direct invitations – NSW suddenly heats up! Victorian accountants invited at 85 points, with the 491 pathway widened!

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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

[Australian Study Weekly Issue 278] Victorian international students can claim several generous subsidies! 2023 QS World University Subject Rankings released — Australia still shines! NSW’s UAC system opens soon!

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Key highlights this week: -NSW’s UAC tertiary-admissions system opens in April – CDU finally launches English language course classes! -Victorian international students have several subsidies to claim, did you know? -The 2023 QS World University Subject Rankings are out – UQ to build a training centre for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics -Griffith University may lease the Myer Centre for campus use

[Migration Weekly No. 277] Offshore finance / marketing / engineering / management applicants are the biggest winners of this NSW Subclass 190 round! The Subclass 887 backlog halved in a single month!

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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

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