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Australian employer-sponsored visas are mainly divided into employer-sponsored temporary visas and employer-sponsored permanent visas. The employer-sponsored temporary visa categories currently include the Subclass 407, Subclass 482 and Subclass 494 visas. The employer-sponsored permanent visa is the Subclass 186 visa.
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The latest update: the Department of Home Affairs has updated the general waiting times for applicants granted visas in March 2021. "75% of visas processed" means that, of the applicants in that category granted a visa last month, 75% waited within this timeframe; "90% of visas processed" means that 90% of them waited within this timeframe.
Read More →![[Video] 189 & 190 Grants Pour Down Together! PR Quotas for Popular Categories Exhausted! “Australia’s High Migration Numbers Are Planning a Comeback!”](https://www.newstarsec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/visa-189-190-grants-pr-quota-update.webp)
Is Australia really planning a return to high migration numbers?! Family visa holders can get an exemption! Canberra state nomination hits its 12th consecutive week! Predictions for when the border will reopen?! For more, watch episode 34 of “What You Need to Know About Australian Migration” (12 April – 18 April)
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Before we knew it, more than a year has passed since the pandemic began. Although Australia's international border still hasn't reopened on a large scale, the Australia–New Zealand travel bubble has been confirmed to start on 19 April, allowing quarantine-free travel between the two countries for people who meet certain conditions.
Read More →![[Video] Australia Work-and-Study Part-Time Programme: The Essential Guide](https://www.newstarsec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/australia-study-and-work-part-time.webp)
Thinking about visiting Australia? Want to come to Australia to work? What exactly is a work-and-study part-time programme? Who can apply? What are the benefits, the advantages, the opportunities? How long can you stay? Wherever you are on your migration journey, whatever questions or doubts you have, you'll find your answer in Migration StarKnow.
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Yesterday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced a new “Temporary public policy” offering 90,000 places — 40,000 for international students, 20,000 for healthcare workers, and 30,000 for essential workers in short supply.
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Yesterday, many people said they'd seen reports that Australia won't open its border until 2024?! Combined with all the obstacles facing Australia's vaccine rollout, it's hard not to feel pessimistic — does that mean entry won't even happen next year, in 2022?
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Many high-quality applicants in mainland China want to migrate to Australia, but have long struggled to find the right programme. Previously, the mainstream Australian migration pathways were limited to skilled migration, employer sponsorship, business and investor migration, and family migration. But many people find it hard to meet the relatively high requirements
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2020 was destined to be an extremely turbulent year for international students, with the challenges of the pandemic and tightening migration policy meaning graduates from every field faced major challenges when it came to migration.
Read More →![[Video] NSW’s Latest 190 Round: Minimum 85 Points to Get Invited! 485/491 and Other TR Holders Set for Quarantine-Free Travel! The 190 Grant Rain Continues!](https://www.newstarsec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nsw-190-invitation-485-491-quarantine.webp)
Wow! Is Australia opening its borders?! Talks underway with Asian countries on travel corridors? NSW/ACT issuing invitations again? QLD/VIC updates! The 190 grant rain keeps on pouring?! For more, watch Episode 33 of 'Australia Migration Need-to-Know' (5-11 April)
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