Archived NEWS

• ► 2020
  • ► April
    • Coronavirus impacts on Australia's visa holders
    • New 491 Small Business Owners pathway ($100,000 investment) for onshore applicants now open
    • COVID-19 and Summary of Government Support
• ► 2019
  • ► December
    • New 491 Small Business Owners pathway
    • Medicare eligibility for Skilled Regional Visa confirmed
    • ANZSCO update released
    • Immigration SA will be temporarily closing the state nomination for subclass 190
    • Melbourne Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491)
    • Partner points Schedule
    • New Visas with Queensland Nomination
    • Summary Criteria of Subclass 491
  • ► October
    • Far North Queensland DAMA
    • Changes to state/territory or family nomination points
  • ► September
    • Queensland migration program updated
  • ► August
    • SkillSelect occupation ceilings and invitations
    • Heavy Demand and Limited Availability of Regional Visas
• ► 2018
  • ► July
    • Changes to Canberra State Sponsorship
    • Pool and Pass mark for GSM visas
  • ► May
    • Regional post codes
    • Caveats on occupations
    • Combined current list of eligible skilled occupations
  • ► January
    • The changes to the occupation lists have been announced
    • Required Points for SkillSelect on 9th and 22nd November and 6th December Invitation round
• ► 2017
  • ► November
    • Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment
  • ► October
    • Required Points for SkillSelect in September 20 Round
  • ► August
    • Skill select 12th July and 26th July round result - Occupation Ceilings for 2017-18
  • ► July
    • AUSTRALIA RANKED AMONG WORLD'S BEST COUNTRIES TO BE AN IMMIGRANT
    • Skilled Occupations Lists for 2017-18 Released (General Skilled Migration)
    • Skilled Occupations Lists for 2017-18 Released (Employer Sponsored Visas)
  • ► June
    • Immigration SA’s application system will close
  • ► May
    • Citizenship application processing times
    • Global visa and citizenship processing times 2017
    • Visa Application Charges (VAC) increase
    • Age Pension and Disability Support Pension (DSP) eligibility
    • Temporary Sponsored Parent visa
    • List of eligible skilled occupations
  • ► April
    • Citizenship Changes
    • Changes to the occupation lists
    • Occupations ceilings update (2)
    • BSMQ temporarily suspends state nominations for subclasses 190 and 489
    • Occupations ceilings update
    • Global visa and citizenship processing times
    • Changes to Onshore Partner Migration processing
    • Changes to GSM Immigration SA - high points, supplementary list changes
• ► 2016
  • ► December
    • 52 jobs may get removed from Skilled Occupation List
    • Changing on 19 November 2016
  • ► November
    • Consultations with our registered Migration Agent in Tehran between 6th Dec to 12th Jan
    • Changes to administrative arrangements - IMA legacy caseload
  • ► October
    • Skill select 14 September 2016 round results
  • ► September
    • Australia's humanitarian program increases
    • Closure of ACT nomination program to overseas applicants
    • Closure of ACT nomination program to overseas applicants (2)
    • Points tested programme changes
    • QLD Skilled Occupation List has opened
    • ACT Skilled Occupation List - 1 September 2016
  • ► August
    • SkillSelect Update Aug and July 2016
    • QUEENSLAND SUSPENSION OF OFFSHORE SKILLED VISA NOMINATIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
    • Occupational Ceilings for 2016-17 Announced
    • Flagged occupations
  • ► July
    • Changes to Queensland Skilled Occupation List– Subclasses 190 and 489 effective from 25th July 2016
    • Queensland Government Migration Update
    • New simplified student visa framework from 01/07/2016
    • Changes to Migration Law - effective 1 July 2016
  • ► June
    • Revised South Australian State Nominated Occupation List from 4 July 2016
    • CDR Ghost Writers
  • ► May
    • Contributory Parent Visas Allocation Dates Update
    • Evidence of Functional English or VAC2 Subclass 887 (Skilled-Regional)
    • story of an Iranian couple living in Australia on 489 Regional Sponsored Visa
    • Skilled Occupations List Announced for 2016-17
  • ► April
    • initial assessments
    • Student visas - from 1 July 2016 introduce a simplified international student visa framework.
    • SA needs migrant workers to keep economy working
  • ► March
    • Closure of ACT (Australian Capital Territory – Canberra) nomination program For Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa to overseas applicants for 2015/16
    • Happy Iranian New Year
    • Operation Sovereign Borders monthly update: February 2016
    • Iranian Foreign Minister says Iran would welcome returned asylum seekers 'with pride'
• ► 2015
  • ► December
    • Season’s Greetings from VISA Aus
    • Australia ranks second-best in the world for quality of life, UN study says
    • Introduction of payment for visa legislation
    • SkillSelect Update November 2015
    • Changes to VETASSESS certification requirements
  • ► November
    • Working while studying in Australia
    • Fraud Alert
  • ► October
    • Nowhere to live
    • Not all the same
    • Schedule 4020 -again
  • ► September
    • Processing priority group 5: 175, 176,475
    • Change to Timing of Invitation Rounds
    • South Australia High Point Category
  • ► August
    • Cessation of Australian visa labels
    • Skilled migration visa processing times
    • Melbourne named world's most liveable city again, Adelaide ranked fifth
    • Allocation dates for General Skilled Migration applications
    • Update of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Occupation List
    • Australia Post contractor arrested on alleged student visa scam
    • SkillSelect Update - 3 August 2015 Round Results
  • ► July
    • Integration of OMARA with the Department of Immigration and Borden Protection
    • INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon wants to bring more foreign money into Australia by increasing the number of investor migrants.
    • Travellers – hop away from trouble at the border this winter holiday
    • Immigration SA Skilled Nomination Changes - 1st July 2015
    • Corrections CSOL and RSMS lists
    • 2015-16 Skilled Occupations List Announce
  • ► June
    • Accounting authorities - Changes to skills assessments
    • Revised South Australian State Occupation List from 1 July 2015
    • Department of Immigration fees increases 1 July 2015
  • ► May
    • Visa application charge increases 1 July 2015
  • ► April
    • Supplementary Skilled List to replace the South Australian Graduate List
    • Changes to English Language Test Requirements
    • Changes to 485 Graduate Temporary Visas from 18 April 2015
  • ► March
    • Update for 457 Business Sponsorship Program
    • SkillSelect Update
• ► 2014
  • ► December
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  • ► November
    • Alternative English Language tests for visa applicants
    • top 10 most powerful passports in the world 2014
    • New English Language Scores
    • G20: Tony Abbott 'whingeing' about domestic agenda on world stage
    • Allocation dates for General Skilled Migration applications
    • Additional English language tests
    • Accounting ‘not cut’ from immigration skilled occupations list for 2015
    • The University of Western Australia
    • The one Reason your skilled visa could be denied
    • For the first time ever, Australian surgeons transplant “dead” hearts into patients
    • Halloween in Australia 2014
    • Cambodia asylum deal to go ahead despite intense opposition
    • Australia & Ebola
    • Australia and Israel sign a new Work and Holiday visa arrangement
  • ► October
    • Griffith University
    • Medical degree fees may skyrocket to $250,000
    • University of Ballarat
    • Australia's 2015-16 Migration Programme
    • 10 of the world's best hotels
    • Iran pursues repression against Iranian refugees in Australia
    • Australia: Controversial 'No Way' anti-Immigration Advert Sparks Outrage
    • Fast-tracked access to Australian visitor visas for 51 more nations
    • NSW 190 nominations open 22 October 2014.
    • Canberra ranked 'best place to live' by OECD
    • Australia is the world’s dream destination
    • How To Get a Job in Australia
    • asylum seekers onto Australian
    • Migrants in Australia favour life in its two biggest cities
  • ► September
    • Scott Morrison to release 150 detainee children into community
    • Victorian Government pauses ICT skilled nominations
    • Australia and Portugal sign a new Work and Holiday visa arrangement
    • Re-opening of the Non-Contributory Parent and Other Family visas
    • Australia and Spain sign a new visa Accord for a Youth Mobility Programme
    • International Cricket Council’s Cricket World Cup 2015
    • Scam website - work4australia.com
    • Asylum Seekers Demand Compensation From Australia for Neglect and Poor Healthcare
    • Chinese buyers to invest $44b in Australian real estate
    • Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei dies in Brisbane hospital after life support switched off
    • Man changes his name and job interview offers roll in
  • ► August
    • Demand for 457 visas plummets
    • Occupation List Update For Canberra
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    • Marriage scams uncovered amid crackdown on partner visa fraud
    • Significant Investor visa programme statistics
    • Most livable cities in 2014
    • Caulfield woman pleads guilty to illegally running migration agency from home
    • Occupation in Demand of Western Australia
  • ► July
    • Update on Carer visa assessments
    • Apple iPad explosion forces evacuation of an Australian Vodafone store
    • Australia facing undergraduate crisis
    • Australia cotton exports to touch one million tons this year
    • Industry group recognises master degree in subsea engineering
    • HIV/AIDS Researchers, In Malaysia Airlines MH17 Crash
    • Optus is turning on its first commercial 700MHz 4G network in Darwin and Perth
    • Polio
    • Skilled Migration Visa Processing Times
    • Low risk AND High risk countries
    • NSW State Sponsorship Update
    • Allocation dates for General Skilled Migration applications
    • Australia Hands over 41 Asylum Seekers to Sri Lanka
    • South Australia & NSW Migration Updates
  • ► June
    • Paying asylum seekers to return home 'standard practice' for 10 years
    • New validity requirement for skills assessments
    • Changes to Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL) and Skilled Occupation List (SOL)
    • Alternative English Language tests for visa applicants
    • Three new occupations to be added to SOL
    • The Australian Immigration Book
  • ► May
    • Student Visas
    • Sponsored Visas
    • Family Visas
    • Business Visas
    • Skilled Visas
    • Point Test
  • ► April
    • Pictures Gallery
    • Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)
    • Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL)
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