2017 October

Victoria has temporarily closed skilled applications for two occupations and has increased the work experience requirement from two to five years for engineering and building occupations. By Mosiqi Acharya 13 OCT 2017 – 12:20 PM  UPDATED 13 OCT 2017 – 12:20 PM Victoria has announced major changes to it’s skilled visa applications on Thursday. Victoria updated it’s Visa Nomination Occupation List, temporarily

18 OCT 2017 – 7:36PM Migrant groups are now calling on the government to immediately start processing citizenship applications under the existing law. After a nervous wait throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, Saksham Katyal is heaving a sigh of relief. Mr Katyal- an Indian migrant was anxiously waiting to know the outcome of the Senate debate

25 October, 2017 By Official BSMQ Interstate applicants are no longer able to apply for Queensland state nomination. If you are currently interstate, in order to be eligible for Queensland state nomination, you must meet our Working in Queensland or Alumni pathway criteria. This would require you to move to Queensland and meet any working requirements

26 October 2017  An online application form is now available for overseas qualifications assessment. The Overseas Qualifications Unit (OQU) can provide qualified professionals who are living permanently in Victoria, with an assessment of their overseas qualification to assist them to undertake work in Victoria. Moving to an online application process will allow the assessment process

  Australia’s unemployment rate has hit a four-year low after falling to 5.5 per cent in September, beating market expectations. The rate, which has not been bettered on trend or seasonally adjusted terms since February 2013, comes on the back of 19,800 jobs added in September, topping market predictions of a 15,000 rise and stirring

Written by Nicholas Wallwork, October 16th, 2017 Recent research by Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements has cast a very interesting light on the Australian property market. For example, did you know that Australia property prices have been in an upward trend for the last 55 years? Were you aware that average up cycle and down cycle lasts

The table below shows the occupation ceilings for the 2017-2018 programme year for each occupation on the list of eligible skilled occupations by four-digit ANZSCO code unit group, and the number of invitations that will be issued in this programme year. Occupation ceiling values are based on a percentage of stock employment figures for each occupation.  Stock

By business reporter Stephen Letts Updated yesterday (Friday 6th Oct 2017) at 2:51pm Photo: Brisbane’s oversupply of apartments may be filled by Sydneysiders fleeing soaring property prices according to Macquarie Bank. (ABC News: Isobel Roe) Soaring property prices in Sydney are likely to spark a fresh wave of migration into south-east Queensland, according to Macquarie

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 4 October 2017. Invitations issued on 4 October 2017 Visa Subclass Number Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 1000 Skilled Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) 52 During 2017-18 the following numbers of invitations have been issued: Invitations issued during 2017-18 Visa subclass Jul Aug Sep Oct

The number of intending migrants who received nominations from State and Territory Governments in August 2017 is shown in the table below: Visa subclass ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA Total Skilled – Nominated (subclass 190) visa 42 8 14 80 78  29 132 0 383 Skilled – Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) visa 0