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New user-pays visa pricing a fairer system
Senator Kate Lundy - Acting Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Changes to Australia's visa pricing system make for a fairer 'user-pays' approach of charging for visas, the Acting Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. Announced...
read moreSkillSelect first round places confirmed
A total of 100 people have been invited by the Australian government to make an application for either a skilled independent or skilled regional family-sponsored visa since the SkillSelect online service was announced earlier this year. According to a Department of...
read morePermanent migration ‘the mainstay’ of Australian programs
Permanent skilled migration is the "mainstay" of Australia's immigration program, Chris Bowen revealed in a speech made earlier this week. Addressing the Australian Mines and Metals Association Migration and Labour Sourcing Conference in Brisbane on August 2, the...
read moreAustralia receives record number of Indian migrants
Over the past year, India has provided Australia with its largest source of migrants, making it the first time the country has taken the top spot. As the government announces it met its target for migration places in 2011-12, figures reveal that 15.7 per cent of the...
read moreAustralia ‘needs more IT workers’
Information and communication technology are currently experiencing a growing skills gap (IT), a report has revealed, with more workers coming from overseas to help fill available positions. Migration consultants may deal with a growing number of workers from this...
read moreNew advisory council on skilled migration
The new Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration (MACSM) will provide the Government with expert advice on the role of skilled migration in the Australian economy, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, announced today. 'Skilled...
read moreChange to the skilled migration pass mark
The pass mark for the new SkillSelect visa subclasses 189, 190 and 489 will be 60 points. Intending migrants will first need to submit an expression of interest (EOI) and be invited to make an application for these visas. A Department of Immigration and Citizenship...
read moreMigration visa pricing changes examined
The current pass mark for points-tested skilled migrants who plan to come to Australia to work will be reduced by five points from July 1 - the same date the new SkillSelect register comes into effect. An announcement made today (June 15) by the Department of...
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