2019 January

Queensland is temporarily suspending issuing new invitations for the following visas under the Business Innovation and Investment Program from 02/01/2019. Queensland are not accepting any new EOI’s submitted from this date. The visa subclasses suspended include: 188 – Business Innovation (188A), Investor (188B), 188 Significant Investor (SIV or 188C), 188 Entrepreneur (188E), 132 – Significant

Invitation date:  3 January 2019 Number of invitations issued: 205 Matrix score range: 70 to 115 Invitation date:  20 December 2018 Number of invitations issued: 93 Matrix score range: 85 to 130   SOURCE : http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/canberra-matrix-invitation-round/

Over the next five years, low skilled migrants with limited English will have the option to apply for permanent residency after living and working in the Northern Territory for at least three years.   From cooks to family day care workers to motor mechanics, low skilled migrants will now be able to apply for Australia’s