We’re now 5 days — or 3 business days — into the 2023-24 financial year, and updates have finally started coming through: South Australia held an information session yesterday, while Tasmania updated its official website today!

South Australia

Stable settings for the new financial year, welcoming offshore and interstate applicants

Policy settings remain stable for the new financial year, and offshore and interstate applicants are still welcome

At the information session, state officials shared the following:

1. As at 4 July, they had not yet received their 2023-24 allocation, and the year’s program can only commence once the allocation is received

2. Applications already lodged in the previous financial year do not need to be re-lodged, but any changes to employment or other circumstances and status must be updated

3. The new financial year’s state-nomination policy is expected to be very similar to last year’s, with the occupation list still containing 503 occupations

4. Still open to offshore applicants, who remain welcome

5. Interstate graduates can also apply, for example via the work stream (you must live and work in South Australia)

6. Subclass 190 processing currently takes 4-6 weeks; the state government will keep assessing applications during this period, but can only formally issue nominations once it receives the new allocation

7. Because visa-grant allocations have been cut significantly, business and investor migration is expected to see fairly major changes to both policy and state-nomination quotas

In 2022-23, South Australia was one of the states most welcoming to offshore applicants, with large numbers landing PR through the Subclass 491 on low points scores!

Tasmania

Opening pushed back to 7 July, application fees increased

At the end of June, Tasmania said it would open today, 5 July. Today, instead of opening, it issued an update:

An emailstated that the Gateway application process is now expected to be deferred to 7 July 2023,4pm(Tasmanian local time)

However,the official websitesays 7 July 2023,12 noon

As at the time of writing, the website and the email still disagree, so we’ll have to wait for further updates

Tasmania also indicated thatthey have not yet received their allocation for the new financial year, and that only minor policy adjustments will be made this year, with the previously flagged changes consistent with what had been announced earlier.

The new development is:the formal nomination application fee will rise to AUD 330, while the ROI remains free

Applications lodged after 1 July 2023 will be subject to the new requirements. Anything already lodged in the previous financial year — whether an ROI or a formal nomination application — will be assessed under the policy in place at the time of lodgement. Of course, if you find the new financial year’s changes are more favourable for receiving an invitation, you can withdraw an ROI you’ve already lodged and submit a new one.

There is no fresh news for now on state nomination in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, the ACT and elsewhere.

While you wait, get the essentials — yourskills assessment and English test results(at least four 6s)readyas soon as you can. Once each state receives its allocation and opens, you’ll be able to lodge straight away!

To learn more about the various state-nomination streams and skills assessments for the new financial year, add our client adviser below!

Recent skills assessments

Accountant— with four skills assessments in hand, this hyper-competitive occupation can take multiple streams, which may make it not so competitive after all

An offshore applicant’s engineeringoccupationskills assessment approved (via the CDR pathway), recognising 12+ years of work experience

A computing skills assessment — lodged at the end of March 2023, occupation 263111 (Computer Network and Systems Engineer)

VETASSESS skills assessment,511112 Program or Project Administrator — a project coordinator at an IT company, no background check required

VETASSESS skills assessment,149311 Conference and Event Organiser — the client went through a nerve-racking background check but passed the skills assessment in just one week!

Past articles worth revisiting

2023-24 — offshore applicants, focus on these streams! 140,000 skilled-migration visa places

Migration occupations most offshore applicants can apply for! Last financial year you only needed to reach 50-70 points

Subclass 491 on such low points — convert to PR with zero income and still get Medicare: a self-assessment guide!

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2023 picks

New! The new financial year’s first state-nomination stream opens on 7 July! South Australia’s policy and occupation list won’t change much! Plus a look at our recent skills-assessment success stories!

2023-24 — offshore applicants, focus on these streams! 140,000 skilled-migration visa places

Migration occupations most offshore applicants can apply for! Last financial year you only needed to reach 50-70 points

Subclass 491 on such low points — convert to PR with zero income and still get Medicare: a self-assessment guide!

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