The Migration Queensland State Nomination Program is now open from Tuesday 26 October 2021. Below are the highlights of the nomination requirements and pathways for Queensland. Skill visas (Subclass 190 and 491) There are 4 pathways for Queensland nominated skill visas: Graduates of a Queensland university Skilled workers living in Queensland Skilled workers living offshore [...]

The Western Australian government has announced on 22 October 2021 changes to their State nomination ranking system for Skilled visas. Preference will be given to applicants currently residing in Western Australia. The following tables show the priority given applicants in descending order with those applicants currently residing in Western Australia on the top of the [...]

From 1 November 2021, parents of an adult Australian will be allowed to travel to Australia. Parents have been added to the list of “immediate family member” for travel purposes. Prior to this announcement, only the following people are considered as immediate family member for travel purposes: a spouse a de facto partner a dependent [...]

On 15 October 2021, WA Migration Services is implementing a number of changes to the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List Schedule 1 (WASOM Schedule 1) and Graduate Occupation List (GOL). WASMOL Schedule 1 The following occupations on the WASMOL Schedule 1 are no longer considered Regional WA Only, meaning applicants can use employment contracts [...]

Invitations issued on 1 October 2021 for State Nominated Migration Program (SNMP) ​Intending visa subclass SNMP General stream –WASMOL schedule 1  ​SNMP General stream –WASMOL schedule 2  SNMP Graduate stream – higher education graduates ​SNMP Graduate stream – vocational education and training graduates ​Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) 60 ​4 117 13 ​Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) 40 ​196 22 [...]

On 1 October 2021, the Australian government announced that starting around November 2021, fully vaccinated Australians will be eligible for international travel without first seeking an exemption. The announcement says “within weeks, large parts of the country will be moving to Phase B and then to Phase C of the National Plan to safely reopen [...]

There are a number of important recent updates for Australia migration. Please click on the relevant links for further information and return to our website again for more migration updates. The Hon Alex Hawke MP recent announcement He has published an article on 21 September 2021 talking about the recent report published by the Department [...]

On 27 September 2021, the South Australian government announced that they are accepting nomination from offshore applicants as part of the COVID recovery response. The offshore applicants must have an occupation on their list of 70 occupations. The full list is shown below for your reference. To be eligible for nomination, the offshore applicant must [...]

On 14 September 2021, the Victorian government has opened their visa nomination for 188B and 188C visas. For the 2021-22 migration year, there are now a number of changes for these visa nomination as below: Investor (188B) Complying investments of A$2.5million (held for the duration of the provisional visa) Minimum SkillSelect points score of 80 No requirement to make any additional investments No requirement to [...]

The Victorian State government has released on 31 August 2021 information about the first 170 successful invitations who applied for their subclass 190 visa nomination for the 2021-22 program. These invitations were sent to the best candidates working in six different sectors. Whilst the Health sector did feature strongly, 62 per cent of invitations were [...]