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Better late than never — Western Australia has released the full data for its May invitation round. Overall, this round invited more candidates from overseas and interstate, and most were Subclass 491 invitations. The general stream Sch2 that everyone watches most closely still only invited applicants already in the state, with the points threshold dropping slightly!
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On 22 April this year, the New Zealand and Australian governments announced a plan: from 1 July, New Zealand citizens who have lived in Australia for four years or more and arrived after 2001 can apply for Australian citizenship directly. New Zealanders will no longer need to obtain Australian PR first before becoming eligible for Australian citizenship—a change that will directly affect roughly 350,000 New Zealanders living in Australia.
Read More →This week's migration news round-up Migration Weekly 1. Lodge your nomination before 1 July and the $70k salary rise won't apply! 2. Study-work-migrate: a fresh pathway, the employer-sponsored aged care agreement 3. Northern Territory MINT investment amount increase takes effect immediately! 4. Subclass 190, 189 and 491 still being granted sporadically: processing status to the end of March 5. Weekly round-up of grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing
Read More →This week's highlights — -Australia's new financial-year Budget is out; more changes to note -UNSW Global rebrands as UNSW College, setting off on a fresh start -The Dean of UWA's Institute of Agriculture wins Shaanxi Province's “Sanqin Friendship Award” -UTS joins the world-famous South by Southwest festival as an education partner -The University of Queensland Global Chinese Alumni Association is officially established -Several Australian schools issue return-to-campus notices -Offer show
Read More →![[Australian University Offer Show] This week’s migration-friendly, high-paying and job-ready fields!](https://www.newstarsec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/offer-show-migration-friendly-high-salary.webp)
This week's offers include migration-friendly, high-paying and job-ready fields! Apply now for this year's Semester 2 (July) intake or next year's February/March intake — both are open!
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With only a month and a half left in the 22-23 financial year, plenty of you have been asking during consultations: “Will invitations still be issued this financial year? Should I wait until the new financial year to start preparing?” “Aren’t the quotas all used up, so no more invitations? Should I just wait and see?” “We still don’t know what the new financial year’s policy will look like—is it better to wait a bit longer?”
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The 2023 national Gaokao is counting down, and every candidate is making a final push before the exam. But after the Gaokao, what really counts is your choices — which is why many students want one more pathway to higher education after the results come out.
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On 5 May, the Minister for Immigration officially announced an employer-sponsored Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement for the aged care sector, effective immediately
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Since it launched, the MINT programme has run through four fund rounds, and in recent years it has become a sought-after favourite among skilled migration applicants looking to secure Subclass 190 in one step.
Read More →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.
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