Invitation rounds for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas will be run once a month.
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Revised criteria for the following occupations will soon apply for all application types, effective as of 7 January 2020. Any reviews and reassessments lodged from 7 January 2020 will be assessed based on new ANZSCO skill level and specialisations.
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Meeting the nomination requirements does not guarantee that you will be offered state nomination from the Tasmanian Government. The Department of Home Affairs sets a nomination quota for the state each year, which limits the number of applicants that can be nominated.
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The business program for QLD State Nomination is temporarily closed for all business visas
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On 13 December 2019, the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business published a Traffic Light Bulletin outlining proposed changes to the skilled migration occupation lists and called for public submissions.
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The Kafkaesque absurdity of Peter Dutton’s dysfunctional Home Affairs Department has come to this: Australians are increasingly stuck in offshore limbo by a partner visa system guaranteed to generate ever-longer processing times with no regard for the suitability of otherwise of the people involved.
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If you travelled overseas for up to three months in any year, you will meet the continuous ACT resident criteria. However, any time spent overseas cannot be counted towards your claimed period of ACT residence e.g. if you spent nine months in total overseas, you cannot submit the 190 Matrix until five years and nine months after date of first arrival in Canberra.
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Please see below the responses to frequently asked questions about the 491 Small Business Owners Pathway. How do I let BSMQ know that I want to apply for the 491 – Small Business Owner (SBO)? You need to lodge an EOI and then an online 491-SBO Assessment form and submit it back to us by clicking on…
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NSW Government nominates candidates who meet NSW nomination requirements to apply for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) to the Commonwealth Government.
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Immigration SA would like to advise that applications for 491 and 190 state nominations is now open on the Immigration SA Apply website.
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