Australian visa

New Visitor Visa introduced into Australian visa stream

In a bid to streamline and simplify the visa application process for international travelers, the Australian government has recently introduced a significant overhaul of the visit visa system. This monumental change, which came into effect on March 23, 2013, consolidates several existing visa categories into a single, unified visa known as the “Visitor visa (subclass […]

Flexibility after seeing strong demand for temporary migrant visas

International Student Arrival Numbers I am pleased to welcome the arrival in Australia of more than 43,000 International Students since the Government announced that fully vaccinated eligible visa holders can enter Australia, including Skilled and Student cohorts, as well as Humanitarian, Working Holiday Maker and certain family visa holders. There are currently more than 150,000 International Student […]

Australia Skilled Migration Update

Skilled Occupations List for 2015-16 AnnouncedThe Skilled Occupations List (SOL 1) and CSOL (state and employer-sponsored) lists have been announced for the 2015-16 Financial Year for Australia skilled migration and will apply from 1 July 2015. The news is good for accountants, with no accounting occupations being removed from SOL 1. Urban & Regional Planners […]

Online Visitor Visas for Indians

Indians wishing to travel to Australia on a visitor visa can now apply on line starting July 1st. This was announced by Australia’s Asst. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The new system will offer benefits like 24hr accessibility, electronic payment of visa application fees and the ability to check status of all the online […]

COVID-19 concessions for offshore temporary graduate visa holders

Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa holders who have been unable to travel to Australia as a result of COVID-19 international border restrictions will be able to apply for a replacement visa. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services, and Multicultural Affairs Alex Hawke said this would allow current and former Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa holders […]

NSW has opened January submissions for Skilled Work Regional visa

New South Wales (NSW) has just opened January submissions for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 491). Students and skilled workers who are eligible can submit a registration of interest (ROI) until January 31, 2022. The next submission window will open in March. Skilled migrants will get the opportunity to live, work and study in […]

New 2021 Australian Resident Visa

On 30 September 2021, the Government announced a new one-off residence visa pathway for some temporary work visa holders currently in New Zealand. Some critical purpose visa holders arriving in New Zealand between 30 September 2021 and 31 July 2022 on long-term visas may also be eligible for this new visa. Partners and dependents can […]

Good news ! Two new visas are getting introduced in Australia under regional skilled migration program with close to 700 skills on the occupation list

New pathway to Permanent residency to Australia There are two new skilled regional provisional visas introduced in November 2019 for regional Australian workers: • Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa is for people sponsored by an employer in regional Australia. • Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa is for people who are nominated by a State […]

New ACT state nomination requirement from 29th of Nov 2018

Canberra to Re open to nominations for skilled migrants: ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Government has announced the re-opening of state nomination program after its partial closure in June 2018. The nominated Skilled Migration Subclass 190 visa program will reopen on 29th November 2018 for in-demand occupations on the ACT skilled occupation list. The ACT Government, however, […]

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