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On 14 July 2023, Canberra issued the first round of matrix invitations for the 2023-24 financial year, and today, 17 July, it has released the official invitation data for that round!
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At the start of the new financial year on 1 July, mainland China’s Subclass 462 pre-applications opened. As in previous years, there are 5,000 places this financial year, allocated through a random ballot. Unlike last year, this year you first need to register an ImmiAccount, then submit your EOI (Expression of Interest) through that ImmiAccount.
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The second working week of the 2023–24 financial year is drawing to a close. If last week's Subclass 491 grants got skilled migration off to a promising start, this week has been a full bloom — Subclass 190, 189, 491, 186, 482… we've had them all!
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This week we have education, IT, marketing, nursing and other programmes from world-class universities including the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, the University of Technology Sydney, Monash University, the University of Adelaide and the University of Newcastle!
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Not long ago we warned that having a PR holder renew a parent's visitor visa onshore had become a fairly risky option. Some time has passed and the situation hasn't “improved” — we're seeing more and more requests for help after onshore parent visitor-visa renewals were refused: some who had been onshore in Australia since the pandemic, and some who entered only last year and are now on just their second renewal — refusals across the board. For more, see: Heads up! Onshore PR parent visitor-visa renewals are tightening again?! Refused after only 12 months!
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On 13 July, Canberra (the ACT) released the first round of Matrix invitations for the 2023–24 financial year. At a glance the numbers are modest, and everything seen has gone to offshore applicants.
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From the start of FY22-23, Australia's skilled migration has been on the rise, drawing more attention from people overseas. With more favourable policy, more international students want to stay on after graduating — and Subclass 189, 190 and 491 attract the most interest of all. In reality, a consultation and assessment always comes back to three core questions: skills assessment - EOI points - securing an invitation.
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Today the Department of Home Affairs released usage figures for the 190 and 491 state-nomination quotas through to the end of June for the 2022-23 financial year — the 2022-23 state-nomination report card is in!
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