NO MORE PAID DOCTORAL RESEARCH OR STUDIES ACCEPTABLE FOR SKILL ASSESSMENT FROM VETASSESS

. [:en] VETASSESS has announced that they will no longer accept any paid doctoral studies as skilled employment for skills assessment purposes from 15 Dec 2018, to align the requirements of Department of Home Affairs.

REMOVED OCCUPATIONS FROM QUEENSLAND STATE NOMINATION

. The following occupations are removed from the QLD State Nomination from 22 November 2018 due to the quota for these occupations has been filled. -Finance Manager 132211-Registered Nurse (Aged Care) 254412-Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergence) 254415– Developer Programmer 261312– Software Engineer 261313 Previous removed occupations:-Engineering technologist 233914(removed from 16 July 2018)-Accountant(general) 221111(removed from…

ACT SC190 NEW STATE NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS PUBLISHED

: : The new requirements of ACT State for SC190 has been unveiled. The summary is as the below, -All applicants must fill in EOI in ACT’s merit-based assessment matrix first;-It is a score-based matrix, higher rated candidates will be invited first;-Two separate categories:Canberra residents and Overseas applicants against different criteria.-New occupation lists from 29…

WORKING HOLIDAY VISA(WHV) UPDATES

. The Upper Age LimitThe upper age limit for Working Holiday Visa increased to 35 years old from 30 for applicants of Canada and Ireland. Proposing Changes-Priority Areas for Applying for 2nd WHV visa: Applicants will be able to apply for 2nd WHV visa for undertaking regional plant and animal cultivation work in additional priority…

STUDENT VISA UPDATE

[:en] The Department of Home Affairs remind applicants of Student Visa to lodge application at least six weeks prior to course commencement due to the peak lodgement period is approaching. Upfront DocumentsUpfront documents should be attached and sufficient information and supporting documents should be provided with the genuine temporary entrant(GTE) statement when lodging the visa…

UPDATES ON VICTORIA STATE NOMINATION

. [:en] 1) Separate Nomination Procedure for ICT, Nursing and Engineering and Building Occupations Due to the high number of applications that Victoria receives in the above occupations, Victoria requires a different nomination procedure for applications of Victoria’s State skill nomination. 2) PhD Graduates Pathway The current nomination pathway for international PhD graduates will remain,…

NEW GRADUATE STREAM FOR STATE NOMINATION FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA

[:en] The Western Australian Government has announced that there would be a new occupation list for skilled graduates of WA universities. ​This new graduate stream will be available for eligible applicants for State nomination from Western Australia. The PhD, Masters, Honours and other higher degree graduates will be given priority consideration for skilled migration under…

NEW SOUTH WALES CENTRAL WEST ACCEPTS APPLICATION OF SUBCLASS C489 NOMINATION FROM TODAY

[:en][spacer height=”20px”] The Central West of NSW accepts application for nomination of SC489 from today. Due to large amount of applications received from the occupations of Accountant and Management Accountant, these two occupations are closed on the same day so no application would be accepted until further notice. The Central West is geographically in eastern…

NEW REGIONAL NOMINATED STATE ADDED IN NSW

[:en][spacer height=”20px”] NSW Regional Skilled Visa SC489 added a new regional nominated State “Central West”, Nomination will start from 20 August. This new regional State brings in new opportunity for NSW SC489 nomination for the below occupations: -221111 Accountant (General) -221112 Management Accountant -223111 Human Resource Advisor -253111 General Medial Practitioner -261311 Analyst Programmer -312211…