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  The Partner (Provisional) subclass 309 visa allows the de facto partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to travel to Australia. A subclass 309 visa holder can live, work, and study in Australia while waiting for the Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) to process his/her permanent Partner (Migrant) subclass 100

    Visa Stream 75% Of Visas Processed 90% Of Visas Processed Additional Information 100 – Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100) 17 months 22 months ​Processing time for subclass 801 Partner (permanent) visa and 100 Partner (permanent) visa is from date of eligibility (2 years after the 820/801 or 309/100 application is lodged) to finalisation.

  Citizenship Interview And Test Read Our Common Bond booklet ​The Australian citizenship test resource booklet Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond  is available for download to assist you to prepare for your citizenship test. The Australian citizenship test has been updated. Changes include: revised questions new questions on Australian values a new requirement for all applicants that all 5 questions

  Our offices and phone lines will be closed from 21st December 2020 End of year shutdown Our offices and phone lines will be closed from 21st December 2020 until 3rd January 2021. We will continue to accept online Skills Assessment applications; however, we will not be able to respond to any emails and phone

  Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) 2020-21 Financial Year Update The NSW Government’s limited number of interim nomination places for the 2020–21 financial year have been exhausted. We are currently awaiting confirmation of an additional allocation of places from the Home Affairs for the remainder of the financial year. Regional Development Australia (RDA) offices

  Released quietly last week, the Department of Home Affairs introduced a number of amendments to Working Holiday, Distinguished Talent, and permanent Skilled Regional Visas. We look at some of the key changes below. Working Holiday Visas Effective from 14 November 2020, changes have been made to the definition of ‘specified work’ for Subclass 417

  Current round Invitations issued on 21 October 2020 The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 21 October 2020. Visa subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 30 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 80 Invitation process and cut offs The highest ranked

  The Distinguished Talent stream of the Global Talent Initiative Program is a streamlined program aimed to attract highly skilled and talented individuals to Australia. The Department often works with Australian universities, industry bodies, state, and territory government to encourage highly skilled and qualified individuals to migrate to Australia. To be eligible, the individual must be skilled in one

  INVITATION ROUND: 28 October 2020 457 / 482 visa holders:  190 nomination: 4 invitations 491 nomination: nil Matrix nominating Critical Skill Occupations:  190 nomination: 66 invitations 491 nomination: nil invitations as interim allocation is met. The minimum ranking score is an indication only and not a guarantee that an invitation was issued. Ranking may

  Skilled & Business Migration would like to advise that following the first annual review, the Australian Government has agreed to significant changes to South Australia’s two Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs). DAMA Occupation List South Australia has secured a range of new occupations under the DAMAs with a focus on health care, manufacturing, high-tech sectors, agribusiness and