From July 2021, ACT has a new Small Business Owners (SBO) pathway for the 190 and 491 visas. To be eligible for this new pathway, in addition to the usual 190 or 491 critieria, below are the main SBO criteria you must satisfy: You are the majority owner of an eligible registered business located in [...]

On 13 July 2021, Victoria opened it’s Subclass 188A Business Innovation stream visa nomination program for 2021-22 and is accepting new applications. There will be more information on Victoria’s other subclass 188 visa nomination streams in the coming weeks. Starting 1 July 2021, 188A visa requirements have changed. Please visit our 188A webpage here for [...]

On 22nd June 2021, the Department has announced the inclusion of a range of skilled occupation on the PMSOL totaling 22 new occupations which brings the PMSOL to 41 in total. Please note that existing skilled migration occupation lists will remain active and visas will still be processed, but priority will be given to those [...]

Invitations Issued this month Visa Subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 500 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 160 Invitation Process and Cut Offs Visa Subclass Minimum Points Score Latest Date of Effect Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 80 Jul 2019 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family [...]

Invitations Issued this month Visa Subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 200 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 163 Invitation Process and Cut Offs Visa Subclass Minimum Points Score Latest Date of Effect Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 65 Apr 2020 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family [...]

On 11 January, 2021, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has opened their 2021 Skilled Migration Program. There are NO changes to the eligibility criteria for the ACT State nomination and the Matric scoring criteria. The ACT has been allocated the following number of State nomination places for the 2020-21 migration year: 702 places for [...]

On 4 January, 2021, Western Australia has announced that their State Nomination will resume in January, 2021. They have also announced that there will be some changes to the nomination criteria which will be inline with the State health and economic recovery priorities. You can find more information on the WA Recovery Plan Initiatives. Following [...]

Starting 1 July, 2021, there will be a number of changes to the Business Innovation and Investment Program visas (Subclass 188 and 132). Below are the top 5 changes you need to know. 1. Three streams will be closed The following 3 streams will be closed: Premium Investor (Subclass 188D) Significant Business History (Subclass 132A) [...]

As of today (10 December, 2020), a number of States have announced on their websites that they have already received, from the Department of Home Affairs, the full allocation for State nomination places for the 2020/21 financial year. Below are the updates from these States. Source: Business in New South Wales website, BSMQ Website, Small [...]

On 27th November, 2020, the occupation of Social Worker has been added to the current Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL). This addition brings the total number of occupations on this list from 17 to now 18. You can visit our previous post for the original announcement of the PMSOL on 2nd September, 2020. The [...]