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STUDENT TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT IS ENDING ON 31ST DEC 2012

The Australian Government has announced number of changes to its skilled migration program on 8-2-2010 which includes withdrawal of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) and introduction of new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) from 1-7-2010. The students who have entered Australia before Feb 2010 has an option to select a skill form the skilled […]

Sudden increase in number of students enrolling into Australian universities

With the rising Australian dollar value , the number of students planning to study in Australia also increased. As most of the universities have increased their funding into research activities. International students are showing interest to do studies in Australia. The Australian newspaper reports that there has been a sharp rise in offshore visa grants […]

Skillselect for Australian Migration

 Introduction of Skillselect for GSM and Business visas.    The Skillselect is actually a process introduced in-between the visa application. This will facilitate Australia to choose only those skills which are of high demand in Australia. It also makes Australia to choose the best of the applicants to get selected to migrate to Australia. Sillselect […]

Huge skill shortages due to high deman in Minning and construction industry

Huge skill shortages are experienced in relating to mining, and construction industries . This shortages are encouraging these industries to hike the minimum salary paid to the workers. The skilled workers from other industries are trying to enter into these industries due to high salaries . This phenomena is having a pronounced effect on other […]

Streamed line process is getting started from March 24th 2012 for Students visas

Streamlined Visa Processing: “Good news for Students who wanted to study in Australia” Students who are lodging their student visa applications on or after 24th March 2012 with COE from the participating university for Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree levels irrespective of their country of origin who are enrolled with universities are eligible for streamlined […]

Huge Projects are starting in Regional Australia

The Solar Dawn consortium, led by Areva Solar, will build a 250 megawatt (MW) solar thermal gas hybrid power plant near Chinchilla in Qld. Solar Dawn will be one of the largest power plants of its kind in the world as well as one of the most environmentally responsible. At least 85 per cent of […]

New Skill select portal for EOI(GSM)

In line with the roll-out of the new skilled migration program, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has unveiled its new online portal. The SkillSelect.gov.au site is intended to be used by applicants for the submission of an expression of interest (EOI) in the new system. The invitation-based program is not due for activation […]

Loans for Forgein students to study in Australia

HECS-STYLE loans could be used to resuscitate the ailing international education industry and compensate poor countries for brain drain. Professor from Australian National University’s Crawford School of Economics and Government, said most of the 180,000-odd overseas higher education students in Australia had to raise about $20,000 a year to fund their tuition. “They’ve got to […]

Australia relaxes its visa rules for international students

Knight Review on Student Visas: “It’s time to fulfill your dream to study in Australia – as getting visa for studying in Australia will be easier from 2012!” The revised visa system is proposed to brand Australia as an attractive place to study and work – a desired destination for International students. It means less […]

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