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For 2026 graduates, this guide explains Subclass 485 streams, study, age and English requirements, visitor-visa and s48 risks, early-completion questions and migration-planning options.
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Canada has suspended new parent migration applications. This article compares its invitation model with Australia’s Subclass 143/864 queue, fees and waiting periods, then offers planning observations.
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Australia is prioritising onshore processing in the new financial year. This update compares Subclass 864 and 143 progress, recent requests for further information, backlog scenarios and parent-visa planning.
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This update estimates Subclass 189 invitation volumes, acceptance rates and EOI backlogs, including 6,377+ early childhood teaching EOIs at 75 points or above.
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Word from Canberra: new system launching, occupation list to be fine-tuned The ACT Government has just issued a letter briefly reviewing last financial year’s state nomination and updating the outlook for this financial year’s nomination programme: Canberra ACT: Key New-Financial-Year State Nomination Policies Announced First, the news for the new financial year: 1. The federal allocation has not yet been
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Key migration news of the week 1. First state-nomination approval? The Northern Territory is already at work 2. After the steep visa-fee hike, the Department gets straight to work 3. Parent-visa AoS rises as usual; the contribution-payment deadline is extended 4. End-of-June processing-time estimates updated across visa categories 5. This week’s grants, invitations and skills-assessment data roundup 1. First state-nomination
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Visa fees have surged in the new financial year. Today we’ll walk through the fees and updates relating to parent migration, along with a few things to keep in mind as those fees climb. FY2026 Parent Migration Key Change: AoS Rule Update The routine increase is usually around 2–3%; this financial year it rose 3.53%, which is still reasonable. The
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Attention to anyone planning to reunite with their partner in Australia through a partner visa! According to the latest announcement from the Department of Home Affairs, from 1 July 2026 the application fees for Australian partner visas (Subclasses 820/801 and 309/100) will rise across the board. This is not just a routine adjustment — it is a significant increase. 1.
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On the very first day of the 2026-27 financial year, the Department of Home Affairs handed us a big surprise — visa fees have surged right across the board… Some will say — don’t visa fees go up every financial year? Yes, but never this dramatically. Haven’t fees doubled, or risen by several tens of per cent, before too? Yes,
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Yesterday we updated you on the processing-speed reference shown on the Department of Home Affairs website through to June: the 186 and 482 employer-sponsored visas have all sped up markedly! The 191 has raced forward by 2-3 months? And the 189/190/491 are granting steadily! Today is the last day of the 2025-26 financial year, and what everyone really wants to
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