South Australia and NSW opens for the State Nomination Visas

South Australian Government, now, opens GSM (General Skilled Migration) applications system under the visa category (Subclass 491) and (Subclass 190) state nominations. From 4th December, 2019 onwards, the candidates can apply for immigration to South Australia and fulfill their all desires.

On the other hand, Australian New South Wales (NSW) is inviting applicants for the skilled worker oversees under the (Subclass 190) state nominated visa to apply for nomination by NSW.

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The 190 Visa Australia Skilled nominated visa is a permanent visa that allows the highly skilled and qualified workers to meet the required skill needs in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Recent Update of Australian State of Northern territory for Visa 491 and Visa 190

As the Australian government introduced some changes in regional Visa, the Subclass 489 visa has been replaced by Newly Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 491), which comes into force from 16th November 2019.

The online application system for the nomination of the Northern Territory Government closed on 16th November 2019 and will re-open this nomination on 9th December 2019 (Monday).

During this period, the interested applicants will not able to apply for Subclass 190 visa or Subclass 491 visa nomination.  

What is the eligibility to apply for visa 190 and visa 491? Ask now!!

If the aspirants are onshore applicants and also their visa got expired before 9th December 2019, then candidates are required to provide proof or evidence of their visa expiry date through email on migration@nt.gov.au.

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Australia’s Business & Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) Program

The Australia’s Queensland state Nomination skilled program is currently closed for (Subclass 190) Skilled Nominated (Permanent Visa). While the Queensland state nomination program remains open for (Subclass 491) Skilled Work Regional Visa.

Candidates have to meet any of the following points before you submit an EOI (Expression of Interest) as per your current circumstances:

1. Applicants are working in Queensland.
2. Applicants are offshore.
3. Applicants are Queensland postgraduate Alumni.

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In addition to these, candidates are required to check carefully their occupation must be mentioned under the Queensland Skilled Occupation List. If the candidate is failed to meet the eligibility criteria or their occupation is not been listed or has been removed from the Queensland skilled occupation list, they are requested to not to submit their EOI (Expression of Interest).

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Canberra Invitation Round held on 25th Nov 2019 Results Invited 114 Skilled Migrants

In the latest invitation round results of Canberra, a total of 114 skilled applicants were invited under Visa sub-category 190 and visa 491 (newly introduce visa stream). The Canberra Matrix is submitted with points range from 130 to 75 points.

For Visa 491 Stream

You can go for designated areas of Canberra if applying for visa 491. For 25th November 2019, the potential applicants can complete the DIBP Skill Select and points eligibility criteria but 491 Canberra Matrix can only be submitted from the 1st of January 2019.

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Current Invitation Round Results 11th November 2019 Invites 250 Skilled Applicants

The Latest invitation round results of 11th November 2019 are out for Australia's Skilled Independent Visa 189. A total of 250 applicants are invited by the immigration authority under the General Skilled Migration program for visa 189. This time there are no invitation being issued for Skilled Regional (Provisional) Visa subclass 489, due to the introduction of the New visa stream - Work Regional (Provisional) Subclass 491 on 16th November 2019.

The current invitation process and cut off

The applicants who score the highest immigration points are invited to apply for the Australia PR visa 189. The applicants who have scored equal immigration points are invited as per the time of points received for that subclass. The EOIs submitted earlier dates are invited first before the later dates.

Are you eligible to apply for current invitation round results?

Australia Invitation Round Result

Australia Immigration points and date of effect cut off for the pro-rata occupation for 11 November 2019 are follows

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AUSTRALIA PR THE WAY TO MIGRATE AUSTRALIA AND SETTLE IN AUSTRALIA

Australia is an excellent country to obtain an Australia PR visa for an indefinite period. The country is one of the destinations for many of the skilled workers who want to live, work and permanently settle in the country. But if you are thinking to apply for Australian PR you must meet all the rules and procedure for smooth immigration to Australia. Especially if you are migrating for India, you should take care of complete documentation part and correct submission of the application form because one single mistake in your Visa process could be the reason for the refusal.

Why do people choose Australia to permanently settle?

Australia is a developed country with the strongest economy. Therefore everyone looks forward to settling in a developed county. And if you talk about Australia, there are many benefits if you hold the Australia permanent residency visa form India. Some of the benefits are listed below

1.  The right to sponsor your other family member for permanent residency or temporary visit.

2. Right to live and work in any part of Australia

3. You can enjoy free Medicare facilities if you hold Australian PR.

4. You can also avail free education in most of the university and schools in Australia.

5. You can avail of social security benefit payments.

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Total number of EOIs required for Australian newly regional 491 for Family-Sponsored

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has suggested that mainly NON-PRO RATA occupations on (MLTSSL) Medium and long term strategic skill list will now be invited for 491 family-sponsored visas. It will become almost impossible to get invitations under PRO-RATA occupation because these places will be taken up by an Australian 189 visa in each round. Thus, it is equivalent to the old 1489 policy.

As per DHA, it is stated that” If all the places are used up by Australian Subclass 189 visas, further there will be no invitations that are issued for Regional Subclass 491 under these occupations”.

According to estimation by DHA, there are approx. 18,000 EOIs (Expression of Interest) for NON-PRO RATA occupations in the skill select system under (MLTSSL) medium and long term strategic skill list.

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On their rough estimation, there are around 30% EOIs out of 18000, having some relative in Australia who is holder of permanent residency or citizen and around 20% EOIs is now designated regional areas of Australia.

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Australia to invite more migrants in regional areas by new regional visa scheme

The Government of Australia has introduced its new visa scheme to lure in a large number of migrants in Australia’s rural areas.

As per the rules of the new Australian regional visa that launched in recent times, migrants to Australia need to spend a minimum of 3 years to live in Australia regional areas if they want to apply for Australian permanent residency.

Additionally, it also opens the door for overseas workers in a wide variety of occupations than the previous occupations for Australian regional visa. The jobs that include now are actors, real estate agents, call center managers and historians. These professions are now added to apply for Australia PR Visa.

Do I qualify for Australia New Visa 491?

The Australian Government is expected that this new visa scheme will enhance in the growth of population within regional regions and due to this, it will results in relieving of population pressures of major cities of Australia.

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Outcomes of discussion to be held at Australian National Migration Conference

It has been observed that the National conference which is conducted by the Australian migration Alliance that was held on 15th November 2019 (Friday) with presenting over 700 migration agents.

Various topics have been discussed throughout this session includes as under:

• Discussion on updating NSW, Victoria, BSMQ in terms of skills migration program and business skills program.
• On TSS visas and transitioning employees to permanent residence.
• On Representation of a candidate at Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
• Talk on presentation of the Orana region, particularly focused on DAMA.
• At last, discussion on Mock AAT hearing.

It was such a delighted to host the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) that offered perceptive updates concerning newly regional skilled visa (Subclass 491). This was done, following through an update on Immigration Program management and delivery on some visas like Skilled and Investment visas, Temporary Migration with an updating on Global Talent Initiative. At last, an update on the provision of unlawful migration assistance along with an update on the migration advice industry.

Do I eligible to apply for Skilled Migration Programs Australia?

To be based on the content that is received on the day, it is quite obvious that the immigration will always be a primary focus in both governments, namely state and federal government with having numerous of other changes made on the horizon with including revision of skilled occupation lists which is going to be release in 2020 March.

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Recent updates on Australian State Nomination

While the introduction of Newly Regional Subclass 491 visa, the Australian States and territories are in action for the arrival of EOI (Expression of Interest) applications after 16th, November 2019.

Following are the facts have made for Australian visas: 

Victoria:

The Government of Victoria gets the approval of applications for 491 visas for state nomination from 18th November 2019 at 9 am. 

Queensland:

The GSM (general skilled Migration) for state nomination program is already closed, as it is decided that GSM again open in the coming weeks. In QSOL, most of the occupations already have been eliminated, that includes the given below:

Onshore and Offshore - IT

• ICT Business Analyst ANZSCO 261111
• Systems Analyst ANZSCO 261112
• Developer Programmer ANZSCO 261312
• Software Engineer ANZSCO 261313
• Software and Applications Programmers nec ANZSCO 261399
• ICT Security Specialist ANZSCO 262112
• Computer Network and Systems Engineer ANZSCO 263111
• Analyst Programmer ANZSCO 261311

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Onshore - Accounting

• Accountant (General) ANZSCO 221111
• Management Accountant ANZSCO 221112
• Taxation Accountant ANZSCO 221113
• External Auditor ANZSCO 221213
• Internal Auditor ANZSCO 221214 

Offshore - Engineering

• Civil Engineer ANZSCO 233211
• Mechanical Engineer ANZSCO 233512
• Electrical Engineer ANZSCO 233311
• Engineering Technologist ANZSCO 233914

Tasmania:

Under this Australian territory, there are not requirements available for state nomination for regional visa 491, although it will come into force after 16th November 2019.

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Victoria Immigration Program for Australian Subclass 491 Opens

Australian state, Victoria, will soon going to nominate applications under a skilled work regional (Subclass 491) visa. It is planned to open this program on 18th November 2019 (Monday) from 9 am and the nomination application will be free to lodge under the Victorian state.

The Skilled work regional visa 491 that the Victorian state welcomes, allowing points tested skilled workers with their families to stay, study and work within designated regional Australian areas for around 5 years.

Do I Qualify for the Victoria Immigration Program under Visa 491?

This Visa is conducted by the Department of Home Affairs, Australia. It is known as a provisional point tested visa that supports regional Australia to access skilled and qualified people for the growth and development of its economy. Those people who have the desire to settle within regional Australia and their occupation are in high demand under the Australian labor market; they can apply for Visa 491.

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Australian released latest regional Postcodes for Skilled Migrants

To increase the migration to regional areas of Australia, the country has released the list of regional postcodes today.  It also included postcodes for Gold Coast and Perth.

It must be noted that the new postcodes will be applicable to new visa applications but the current Subclass 489 regional visa holders can’t migrate to new regional locations.

Do I qualify for the Regional Migration to Australia?

Following are the latest regional postcodes announced by Australian government:

State or Territory	Category	Postcodes
New South Wales	Cities and major regional centres	2259,2264 to 2304, 2500 to 2526, 2528 to 2535 and 2574
Victoria	Cities and major regional centres	3211 to 3232, 3235, 3240,3328, 3330 to 3333, 3340 and 3342
New South Wales	Regional centres and other regional areas	2250 to 2258, 2260 to 2263, 2311 to 2490, 2527, 2536 to 2551, 2575 to 2739, 2753 to 2754, 2756 to 2758 and 2773 to 2898

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How an Australian immigration system would work?

A points-based system of Australia will permit Britain to manage the number of people move into the country after Brexit and as per the Conservatives, many professionals are needed like nurses.

“How such type of system would operate?” the issue that is to be told by PA news agency

What is the “Australian points-based system”?

The system is known as the general skilled migration (GSM) program, to which the immigrants apply for a visa are based on “economically appropriate features” for example education, work experience, and language skills.

The education of an applicant will affect on how much points they will earn.

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Australia Point System

How does the Australian points system work?

The points that are allocated depend on the policy and the labor market however an applicant selects a “skilled occupation” from the list and requires to score the least number of points.  

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New Australian Visa scheme to ‘Fast-Track’ for Highly-Skilled Migrants

The target for this new visa scheme will be for seven “future-focused fields”.

For maintaining Australia’s competitiveness, the government will target a new permanent migration scheme for the category of highly-skilled technologies, including seven fields, i.e. fintech, quantum computing, and cyber security.

The (GTIP) Global Talent Independent program, which was marked up in June, enticing the topmost talent from the world. It was launched by Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs “David Coleman” on Monday.

The (GTIP) program has an objective to attract up to 5000 high-income earners that are working “at the peak of their field” in between July 2019 and June 2020 to the country, Australia with an offer of a “fast-tracked method to permanent residency’.

This program quite differs from (GTES) ‘Global talent – employer-sponsored program’, which was made permanent in August after a 12th-month pilot.

Those migrants who are working in one of these seven “future-focused fields” and eager to earn more than $149,000 every year in Australia, they will be eligible to Apply for Australia Permanent Residency Visa under the “Global Talent Independent Program”.

Know more about Australia Global Talent Independent Program

The Seven fields include Cyber Security, AgTech, Space and advanced manufacturing, energy and mining Technology, fintech, medtech, and advanced digital/data science/ICT and quantum information.

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Latest November 2019 Australia 189 Visa Skill Select Prediction

Recently, Department of Home Affairs announced October Skill Select round results where 1500 applicants were invited for visa 189. Although, the official results are published late. To be based on the last month invitation issued, Aptech Global, here is again back with its monthly invitation round results estimation.

With a total 1200 Invitation to Apply (ITA), this month is expected that DOHA will give invitation to 1200 candidates through Australia Visa 189. These 1200 ITAs are splitting into 65% pro-rata occupations and 35% for non pro-rata occupations. Also, 30% of EOIs are for single people, 10% for skilled partner whereas another 10% for a partner with proficient in English. The 189 Australian Visa estimates are on the basis of Australian PR processing time, relying on EOI lodgment date, effect date and occupation.

What are the chances to get invitation in 11th November Invitation Round Results?

Australia 11th November Prediction

The last decision is taken by the Department of Australian Immigration. We have only offered the rough estimates and ideas. As there is a huge demand, the pro-rata occupations are invited at a high cut-off point of Australian Immigration.    

Check out the updated pro-rata occupations and estimated ITA points for Visa 189 right here:

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Now More skilled Migrant move to South Australia

By increasing focus on Regional Visas, now more migrants are moving to South Australia instead of moving NSW and Victoria.

A Pakistani immigrant, Ishtiaq Ahmed, considered “Adelaide” on top of his list while he went to Australia along with his family. According to him, Adelaide is one of the most excellent places in Australia concerning Education, spectacular beaches, natural beauty and travel times. The communities there are very welcoming, sociable and the weather there is pleasing.

Ishtiaq Ahmed has taken the Subclass 190 visa for moving to Adelaide in 2017. Also, very soon he found a job in the field of mechanical engineering sector within the city.

South Australia Immigration News

As the Government of Australia is setting up to move more migrants from cities namely Melbourne and Sydney, there is increasing of migrants who are searching to move to South Australia.

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Regional Visa Rush

According to data just released by the Department of Home Affairs, there is rising in the number of Regional Visas for moving to South Australia.

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Invitation Round Results Just Released by Australia 11th October 2019

Recently, the Australian Immigration Department has revealed the Skill Select invitation round on 11th October 2019 with an invitation of 1,500 applicants through Skilled Independent visa (Subclass 189) and Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489).

Out of the total number of 1,500 applicants, all are given to Skilled Independent visa (Subclass 189) and no invitations are being issued to Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa, as the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) subclass 491 visa will be introduced on 16th November, 2019.

The minimum points score is 80 for the category of Skilled Independent visa (Subclass 189). The highest ranked applicants by points score are first invited to apply for relevant visa. Those applicants who have equal points score, the time through which they achieved their point score will determine their invitation order. EOI submitted in earlier dates are invited instead of later dates.

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Following occupations are invited in recent invitation rounds:

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Intake of more Immigrants by Australia

The Government of Australia said on Saturday that it would enhance the number of visas for skilled workers those who want to migrate to country’s regions. With a bid to little pressure on major cities of Australia where the populations are rising as twice as fast, the government decided to settle the coming immigrants to regional areas.

In accordance with the statement issued by the PM Scott Morrison’s office, the Australian government will raise the regional migration program intake from 23,000 to 25,000. But, it does not indicate that the country will take more immigrants.

Morrison commented that Australia is in the path of growing its regional areas. Besides this, the government is also in force to ease the pressure on major cities. By supporting the Australia’s regional areas will form an efficient and effective economy for the Country. Migrants can apply for Visa 491 for regional migration.

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The Government of Morrison’s has been decided to down the intake of annual immigration from 190,000 before to 160,000 people on 1st July. A total of 25,000 visas are for those who are eager to stay within the smaller regions and cities.

According to OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), it is about a third of resident population of Australia were born overseas.

As Australia considered as highly urbanized country, it has the highest population growth rates given by OECD. Also, by 2016 government census data, it has around two-thirds of Australian’s population staying in the capitals of territories and states.

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Australia Permanent Residency For Skilled Migration to Move Australia

Australia as a leading immigration destination for many for the skilled migrants who are looking forward to moving abroad. We in search of professional opportunities, salaries and a better standard of living look for something good to achieve and for all these Australia has always been on top. There are many reasons why migrants choose Australia for  Permanent Residency.

But the Australian immigration government making strick every year for the skilled migrants to apply for the Permanent Residency. The reason behind this is to the immigration department is only in the mood of taking highly skilled applicants to contribute to the countries economy. Therefore if you have good skills and meet all eligibility requirements you can migrate to Australia easily.

So you must fulfill all the eligibility criteria of the immigration authority to apply for Australia Permanent Residency visa. If you are confident and are well versed with rules and with higher immigration points then you can easily apply for Australia Permanent residency visa.

Let's take a look for the eligibility criteria to apply for Australia Permanent residency Visa

Australia point system- The points are calculated on the bases of age, work experience, English language eligibility, qualification, and other factors. The higher the immigration score more will be the chances to get an invitation from the immigration department.

Occupation Demand List- Your occupation demand list is listed with all the occupations which are highly in demand of the Australia labor market if you are willing to apply for Australia permanent residency your occupation must be listed in the Demand list of Australia. 

English language requirement- You must score at least 7 bands in each module of IELTS that is reading, writing, listening and speaking. The higher the English points you get, the more will be your immigration points. 

There are other eligibility criteria too for Australia residency visa

• you must be below 45 years of age.
• you must have good health and character certificate
• you must have done your graduation
• you must not have any criminal records. 

Getting a permanent residency visa is an easy step if you have complete information about the Australian immigration process. To get up to date with the latest immigration news and updates right at Aptech Global.