Victoria Program Review Update

Visa processing times are updated monthly, providing you with an indicative timeframe in business days for processing applications. Last updated 31 January 2022. For the period 1 July 2021 to 31 January 2022, 87% of all nominated skilled visa applicants held an Australian qualification.  4% of all nominated applicants held a PhD, of which more than 74% were from Australian universities. 

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Skill Migration Update 24/01/2022 – 28/01/2022

Due to the current high number of applications for Queensland State Nomination from temporary migrants onshore who are living and working in Queensland, it is unlikely that Migration Queensland will open to offshore applicants this financial year.

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WA Occupation Lists

Applicants who have a nominated occupation identified on the WA skilled migration occupation list or Graduate occupation list may be eligible for WA State nomination

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S/C 190 visa is points-based visa being nominated by State/Territory Government

S/C 190 visa is points-based visa being nominated by State/Territory Government. Must meet minimum points pass mark – 65 BUT some state/territory government MAY require a higher pass mark point.

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COVID-19 replacement stream

The COVID-19 replacement stream is a replacement for the initial Temporary Graduate visa. It is only available for Temporary Graduate visa holders impacted by the Australian travel restrictions. This means, people who could not stay in Australia for the full period allowed by their previous Temporary Graduate visa.

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New PR visa – HKSAR and BNO passport holders

The Federal Government has now unveiled the details of a new plan, announcing it will introduce two new permanent residence visa streams for Hong Kong and British National Overseas passport holders already in Australia. Both would be eligible for the permanent residency pathways. The two new streams will provide a substantially[…]

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SA State Nomination Update

Engineering occupations to open to offshore applicants To manage South Australia’s COVID recovery response, an additional 24 Engineering occupations ( see below) will be open to applicants currently residing offshore from Tuesday 2 November 2021. The minimum requirements for state nomination for these occupations include: You must have at least[…]

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PTE Academic Changes

From November 16, PTE Academic and PTE Academic UKVI tests will take just two hours to complete, instead of three hours. There are no changes to the overall format, question types or scoring scale; there will simply be fewer questions to answer. So you can prepare in the[…]

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DHA Global Visa processing time

Global visa processing times are updated. Latest processing times of popular visas are as below: Visa Subclass Update – 17 September 2021 Update – 18 October 2021 75% Applications 90%   Applications 75% Applications 90%   Applications 100 19 months 27 months 17 months 22 months 309 21 months 28 months 17 months 26 months 801 9 months 14 months 10 months[…]

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Business, Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) Migration Program Update

The Migration Queensland Program opening date has been delayed, due to a final round of industry consultation by a Queensland Government Department to determine program requirements. We are unable to provide a specific opening date but envisage the program to open as soon as this final round of[…]

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