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Latest on the Australian Subclass 485 Visa Fee Increase Last week, the Department of Home Affairs quietly announced a system upgrade, during which only Subclass 485 visa applications were temporarily unable to use BPAY (from the 21st to the 28th, see Figure 2), while other visa types were unaffected. Who would have thought that this was actually a covert increase
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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
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Success Stories of the Week Sales & Marketing Manager / Chef — both employer sponsorship visas approved!
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Today we would like to introducestudying in New Zealand Today we are recommending that two groups of applicants give serious consideration to studying in New Zealand as a stepping stone to migration 1. Mid-career applicants who wish to migrate via study 2. Applicants with a history of Australian visa refusal Let us start with the first group: mid-career applicants pursuing
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February 2026 WA State Nomination Invitation Timeline and Statistics The February invitation round from Western Australia has finally arrived. Last Friday, 20 February, saw a scattered issue of invitations for construction trades (including interstate and overseas applicants). Given the small numbers, we didn’t compile statistics at the time — then on the evening of 23 February (still within Perth business
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This article compiles the latest Australian skilled migration grant data up to January 2026, including Subclass 189/190/491 grant volumes, backlog trends and processing direction, offering applicants an up-to-date analysis and reference.
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Yesterday, after the Department of Home Affairs published the FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation for the Subclass 189 visa, see Home Affairs official: Subclass 189 FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation! Many people have asked us how much quota is left for their own occupation this financial year. Is there any quota left? We have calculated the figures using official data:
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Since the Department of Home Affairs released the calculation method for 189 invitations by occupation, the question everyone most wants answered — and asks most often — has been: how many places does occupation XX actually have? But with so much data missing, even a perfect algorithm couldn’t produce concrete numbers. Now, the occupation quotas — pulled directly from Department
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Long-time readers will know that we pull updated Department data every month onthe 189/190/491 programs190 and 491 grants now spanning every month of the year. From time to timewe also share 191 figures，Parent Migrationis covered mainly through the contingent-places projection tablesParent Migration mid-year grant data released | How many places are left? Contributory wait stretches to 15 years!. So what
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Background and Progress of Australia’s 2026 Skilled Migration Points Reform A busy week — plenty of people have been asking about the points-test reform, so here are a few of my own modest observations. On the 29th of last month the Department released more than 200 submissions. Public consultation actually opened back in April 2024, so we’re almost two years
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