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Locality: Cleveland, Queensland

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Address: 44 / 120 Bloomfield Street 4163 Cleveland, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 NSW State Nomination update - Invitation rounds will commence shortly for subclass 190 visa nomination. In line with Home Affairs' direction, we will only invite applicants currently in selected health, ICT and engineering occupations, and who currently reside in NSW.

25.01.2022 South Australia State nominations - SA will follow most other states and now send an invitation to apply for State Nomination. An invitation to submit an online application for state-nomination will be sent to prospective applicants with EOIs that meet Commonwealth and South Australian priorities. The Government of South Australia will publish state nomination requirements on 27 August 2020. From 31 August, South Australia will commence reviewing EOIs and sending invitations to submit an online application.

25.01.2022 As mentioned in the following article GSM points tested visas will be down significantly. I believe that this could be as much as 80% ,,,,

24.01.2022 Regional areas likely to be hit the hardest with low migration numbers

24.01.2022 The kiwis are starting at least to talk about some more skilled workers entering the country....come on Australia!

23.01.2022 Victoria State Nomination - In line with other states Victoria will open their Nomination program for a period. To be eligible for Victorian visa nomination (subclass 190 and 491) you must: be currently living in Victoria, and be currently employed in Victoria (minimum six months), and work in a highly skilled occupation in health or medical research, which supports Victoria’s economic recovery and/or health response.

22.01.2022 So, what has been happening in the Skilled Migration Program? COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the skilled migration program on so many fronts, from: - Those struggling to source their documents and evidence in their own countries, to Those trying to get their Skills assessed or complete an English test, to Those waiting anxiously to receive an invitation to lodge a visa, or Those who are towards the end of the process needing to complete their medical che...cks or get their police clearances For those lucky enough to have a visa granted but are unable to get on a plane give the border closures is proving beyond challenging, From April 2020 the number of invitations issued by the Department of Home Affairs has slowed to a trickle and is currently at 170 invitations per month for the subclass 189. For most though, State Nomination is required but given the delay of the Federal budget from May to October 2020 State nominated subclass 190 and 491 programs have been put on ice, until such time that State's do have a quota. As with most countries, COVID has also wreaked havoc on the economy and as Australia goes into recession with negative growth and unemployment approaching 10% the Government is trying to roll out policies very much focused on creating jobs for Australians. This leaves little place for foreign migrants at least for the short term and we expect that the migration program overall will be significantly reduced. The tide will inevitably turn at some stage. Australia cannot grow without migration. COVID-19 has put a speedbump in the way, but things hopefully will get back to some normality at some stage. It may, unfortunately, be the end of the line for those who are now approaching 45 given the delays. For others that still have several years before turning 45, I encourage you to use this time of uncertainty to get your documentation in order. Whatever your situation, please get in touch with me and we can have a frank, open discussion about your prospects [email protected]

22.01.2022 Partner visa applications ~30 thousand more Family Stream places (this will assist in clearing the significant partner visa backlog that currently exists) English language requirement for applicants and permanent resident sponsors Prioritisation of onshore applicants whose sponsor is in a designated regional area

22.01.2022 Actual Migration Planning numbers have been published. GSM is slightly better than I anticipated but still down by a significant 57%, the Parent visa application is even less than anticipation with only 4500 .

22.01.2022 Parent visa Queue dates The Department is issuing QUEUE dates for subclass 143 visas. The reason they have done this is that there is a cap on the number of visas they can approve each financial year. In order to manage the Family visa places in an orderly and equitable manner, a capping and queuing system is in place. This means all visa applications are assessed in date of lodgement order. If an application appears to satisfy the criteria for the grant of the visa, it is th...en allocated a ‘queue date’ and placed in a global queue. To ensure no applicants are disadvantaged, all applications are treated equally. We release applications from the queue for final processing according to queue date. The time you may have to wait for your application to be finally decided is not able to be estimated due to changing annual planning levels, the withdrawal of visa applications and visa refusals. Queue release dates As at September 2020, the Department has released for final processing: Contributory Parent visa applications with a queue date up to May 2016 Parent visa applications with a queue date up to August 2010 Aged Parent visa applications with a queue date up to May 2012

20.01.2022 2021 will be another tough year with respect to international travel!

20.01.2022 Once the Australia borders open Visitor Visas will be FREE to boost tourism!

19.01.2022 GTI VISA - Good news this week...Global Talent Visa approved within 7days....This is the benefit of a well presented and robust application. The GTI stream is getting massive support by the Department and I encourage those with an international talent to contact me for an assessment. This visa does not have an occupation list but it is pathway for highly skilled professionals to work and live permanently in Australia. Australia is after the brightest and best global talent to work in seven future-focused sectors. The program is designed to help grow our innovation and tech economies. In 2020-2021, there are 15,000 places available under the program. If you require assistance with an assessment please feel free to email me at [email protected] and put "GTI Visa" in the subject line

18.01.2022 *** Global Talent Independent (GTI ) *** The Government has placed huge emphasis behind the new GTI visa with number of places significantly greater than General Skilled Visas. Turnarounds times are quick and it does not appear to be impacted by any of the COVID slowdowns, state quotas, skills lists etc. If you truly are an exceptional global talent complete my enquiry form and i will get back to you on the next steps. https://www.migrationburo.com.au/gtienquiry ... _______________ The Global Talent Independent (GTI) visa is a new visa program to attract highly skilled tech professionals in seven target sectors to Australia. It uses the existing Distinguished Talent subclass 124 and subclass 858 visas. To be granted a visa under the Global Talent Visa Program, a candidate will be highly skilled in one of the 7 target sectors. They will also be able to attract a salary that meets the high income threshold. Target sectors:- AgTech Space and Advanced Manufacturing FinTech Energy and Mining Technology MedTech Cyber Security Quantum Information, Advanced Digital, Data Science and ICT To be eligible to apply for the Global Talent Visa Program under the Distinguished Talent visa, individuals must: prove they are internationally recognised with evidence of outstanding achievements still be prominent in their field of expertise provide evidence that they would be an asset to Australia, in their area of expertise have no difficulty obtaining employment in Australia or becoming established in their field have a recognised organisation or individual in Australia endorse them as global talent, in the same field as the applicant Candidates must meet a high standard and show an exceptional track record of professional achievement. This may include senior roles, -patents, professional awards and international publications and memberships. Places are also available to students who can demonstrate their exceptional talent and international recognition. Candidates should have the ability to attract a salary at or above the Fair Work high income threshold of AUD153,600. This figure is adjusted annually on 1 July. In assessing this, we will consider: - current salary shown through payslips or a contract, or - future job offers outlining remuneration, or - recent PhD or Masters graduates in the target sectors See more

17.01.2022 Many people have been waiting in anticipation for something to come out of the much anticipated Federal budget. For me the most significant statement is the fact that Employer Sponsored, Global Talent, Business Innovation and Investment Program visas will be prioritised within the Skilled Stream. This does not necessarily bode well for points tested visas where we have seen the trends reduce over the last year. What we have established Is that the overall planning ceiling f...or the migration programme will be will remain as previous year. That may appear positive however the underlying components that make up the planned migration numbers appear to be changing . the programme is now to have a strong focus on attracting the best and brightest of migrants around the world and it says tripled the global talent independent programme allocation for the coming year as anticipated the business skilled visas programme will remain important in a post COVID19 economy and allocation will be increased in this category as well A greater emphasis has also been placed on onshore family stream The streams that will be impacted over the next year will be General Skilled Migration and Parent visas. Our analysis shows that the Our estimates show that General Skilled Migration Program i.e. Skilled independent, Regional and State Nominated will reduce from around 66ooo places to 10000. Parent visas are expected to reduce by approximately 40% or 2000 visas, this will significantly impact processing times of parent visas going forward. So what does that mean if you are offshore. Points tested visas will become much harder to obtain and parent visas processing times will increase significantly. Focus going forward need to be on Employer nominated visas. At this stage we do not know what the skilled occupation lists will look like but expect that the occupations will be focused on post Covid recovery sectors. Other keys points from the budget are Australia’s net overseas migration is set to fall into negative levels for the first time since World War II with a loss of 72,000 people forecast for the 2020-21 financial year. Net overseas migration will not return to positive levels until 2022-23. The country’s population growth will drop to just 0.2 per cent this year, the lowest rate in more than 100 years due to international border closures and a slowed fertility rate.

17.01.2022 GTI (Global Talent Visa) - the new program that is a streamlined visa pathway for highly skilled professionals to work and live permanently in Australia. The program was increased from 5000 to 15000 places in the budget. If you require assistance with an assessment please feel free to email me at [email protected] and put "GTI Visa" in the subject line _______________________________ To be granted a visa under the Global Talent Visa Program, a candidate will be highly... skilled in one of the 7 target sectors. They will also be able to attract a salary that meets the high income threshold. Target sectors:- - AgTech - Space and Advanced Manufacturing - FinTech - Energy and Mining Technology - MedTech - Cyber Security - Quantum Information, Advanced Digital, Data Science and ICT To be eligible to apply for the Global Talent Visa Program under the Distinguished Talent visa, individuals must: - prove they are internationally recognised with evidence of outstanding achievements - still be prominent in their field of expertise - provide evidence that they would be an asset to Australia, in their area of expertise - have no difficulty obtaining employment in Australia or becoming established in their field - have a recognised organisation or individual in Australia endorse them as global talent, in the same field as the applicant Candidates must meet a high standard and show an exceptional track record of professional achievement. This may include senior roles, -patents, professional awards and international publications and memberships. Places are also available to students who can demonstrate their exceptional talent and international recognition. Candidates should have the ability to attract a salary at or above the Fair Work high income threshold of AUD153,600. This figure is adjusted annually on 1 July. In assessing this, we will consider: - current salary shown through payslips or a contract, or - future job offers outlining remuneration, or - recent PhD or Masters graduates in the target sectors

15.01.2022 The last few months have been unsettling for us all. It’s taken an event such a global pandemic for many to reach the decision that they have to immigrate for the sake of their family. Then, there are others that are well advanced in the process, and all they want is for their visas to be issued. Others still need to get invited or get a job offer to make their migration dream real. The travel ban has also split families apart who may already have visas, already settled have... lives in Australia, leases, expenses but because they happened to have travelled overseas in March, are now separated from their family; and then those who were all packed up but never managed to get their flight out and are living out of suitcases, no job , no home etc. As an agent, I am continually fielding questions relating to all of these situations. Unfortunately, there are some realities we all need to face, and that is the goalposts have shifted at this stage we do not know all the answers, we can make informed assessments, but unfortunately, we don’t know when the travel ban will be lifted, we don’t know when you will get an invite or when we you will get your visa. The economy is slowing today, which does means Australian will come first before new migrants , this means the migrant intake will drop for the coming year https://www.sbs.com.au//australia-s-migrant-intake-to-drop and as for International travel, according to the PM this is not foreseeable if there is no vaccine. https://www.dailymail.co.uk//Scott-Morrison-NO-PLAN-overse These are not good stories for migrants and migration but one must not lose sight that some normality will return at some stage. Australia simply can not growth and function without migration, the current environment is not sustainable. It may be tough for awhile but if you have you mind set on migrating or getting your permanent residence if already in Australian take advantage of this time and get yourself in the best position to do so.

15.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS: An automatic travel exemption is now available for holders of a Business Innovation and Investment (subclass 188) visa. READ MORE HERE: https://fal.cn/3ae42

14.01.2022 State Migration is expected to come back online for a few lucky applicants who are in critical skills and occupations that will aid in the COVID19 recovery. The focus will however be on those that are already onshore https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/critical-skills-and-sect

14.01.2022 Tough times ahead ... Closed borders will continue to have far-reaching consequences for a while to come... in this case for landlords and property developers...

12.01.2022 Our government is facilitating additional commercial flights from the UK, India and South Africa to help more Australians get home. Read more: https://www.pm.gov.au//more-flights-helping-australians-re

12.01.2022 sad situation.... always a good reason to get PR as soon as you can....(if you can?) https://www.abc.net.au//sri-lankan-family-living-/12863974

12.01.2022 ACT STATE NOMINATION Program - The ACT Skilled Migration Program will now operate under a very different process. A new ACT Critical Skills List is in effect; and occupations may be capped if the monthly allocation is met. ACT nomination - Eligibility Criteria The following eligibility criteria is now in effect for both 491 and 190 nomination pathways:... You must meet one of the following two criterion: 1. Your nominated occupation is on the ACT Critical Skills List; OR 2. You are the primary holder of a subclass 457/482 visa sponsored by an ACT employer The 5 years ACT residence criteria has ceased. Overseas applicants - The ACT Skilled Migration program is closed to all overseas applicants

12.01.2022 2020-21 Victorian visa nomination program update The Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs has provided a limited number of visa nomination places to the Victorian Government up until the Federal Budget is delivered on 6 October 2020. The State Nominated will be opened with new policies and nomination criteria to support Victoria’s economic recovery and the public health response.

10.01.2022 The Occupation Ceiling list makes for interesting reading, Practically all invites are for medical related occupations and a few engineers...

09.01.2022 After unpacking the numbers from the Federal budget and making a few basic assumptions based on the Governments statements the following Migration program planning levels are expected to be in place for 2020-2021. Unfortunately the picture is not pretty for those migrants who do rely heavily on the GSM and Parent visa programs.

08.01.2022 Travel exemption requirements for individuals in critical sectors or with critical skills The Commissioner of the Australian Border Force may grant an individual exemption if you are a non-citizen: - travelling at the invitation of the Australian Government or a state or territory government authority for the purpose of assisting in the COVID-19 response... - providing critical or specialist medical services, including air ambulance, medical evacuations and delivering critical medical supplies - with critical skills required to maintain the supply of essential goods and services (such as in medical technology, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, engineering and mining, supply chain logistics, agricultural technology, food production, and the maritime industry) - delivering services in sectors critical to Australia’s economic recovery (such as financial technology, large scale manufacturing, film and television production and emerging technology), where no Australian worker is available - whose entry would otherwise be in Australia's national interest, supported by the Australian Government or a state or territory government authority. An individual can submit a request for a travel exemption under this category or a business can submit a request on their behalf. The applications of multiple travellers within the same group/business can be linked, so that the requests are considered together.

08.01.2022 ***What we Know*** - The goalposts have moved, and the landscape that we've become used to over the last two years is probably not going to be the same for at least the next two years. - The points required to get invited for the Skilled independent visa remain high. We have seen this score up at the 90 point mark, which is very challenging to achieve for migrants offshore. - For those looking at general skilled visas, the focus will, therefore, remain on state sponsorship. ...Continue reading

07.01.2022 91717 Spouse visas currently in process with the Department of Home Affairs which mean it may take up to 3 years to get a decision

07.01.2022 Once we get over COVID19 Queensland will continue to be a world class investment and migration destination

06.01.2022 Global Talent Independent (GTI) visa enquiry - Complete our enquiry form so i can provide you with a free assessment. https://www.migrationburo.com.au/gtienquiry

05.01.2022 A Brief update By Andrew Heathcote 11/11/2020 ***What we know *** - The goalposts have moved, and the landscape that we've become used to over the last two years is probably not going to be the same for at least the next two years. - The invites issued for a skilled independent visa are now restricted to occupations listed on a new Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) which identifies 17 occupations which fill critical skills needs that support Australia’s econo...Continue reading

04.01.2022 A migration program which is essentially closed will have a far reaching implications to the Australian economy for years to come.