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The 2022-23 General Skilled Migration (GSM) program is now open and the South Australian Government has published a revised skilled occupation list, outlining the skills it seeks to fill through overseas talent as well as migrants already living and working in South Australia. The list is one of the nation’s most expansive, with skilled migrants,

The WA Government has made changes to its migration program to support skilled workers looking to migrate to Western Australia including increasing occupations eligible for skilled migration in WA by around 60 per cent. New occupations have been added to the Western Australian Skilled Migration Occupation List Schedule 1 (WASMOL Schedule 1) and the Western

South Australia has received an interim allocation of nomination places from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs for the 2022–23 program year and will be opening the State’s Skilled & Business Migration programs soon. South Australia’s interim nomination allocation The interim allocation for South Australia is: General Skilled Migration Program: 5,880 places Business Innovation

South Australia has received an interim allocation of nomination places from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs for the 2022–23 program year. Skilled & Business Migration is working on finalising South Australia’s state nomination requirements for the 2022-23 program year, and information on the opening of the 2022-23 Skilled & Business Migration programs will

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Update on the Migration Queensland Program Opening for FY2022-23 The Migration Queensland (MQ) Program will open on 16 August 2022 with Queensland’s new nomination criteria and factsheets published on the MQ website. Skilled Migration Program Migration Queensland will only accept a brand new EOI submitted on Skillselect from the 16 August 2022, updating existing EOI’s submitted

Migration Program planning levels ​​​The 2022-23 Migration Program has been designed to boost Australia’s economic recovery and drive social cohesion outcomes in the post-pandemic environment. The 2022-23 Migration Program will have a planning level of 160,000 places with the following composition: Skill (109,900 places) – this stream is designed to improve the productive capacity of the

Skilled Migration Program Updates Interim nomination allocation received Tasmania has received an interim skilled visa allocation of nomination places from the Australian Government for the 2022-23 program year. The Department of Home Affairs has advised that this allocation will be revisited after the first quarter of 2022-23 and should not be taken as an indication

Open to applicants living in Victoria and overseas, the program provides skilled migrants with a pathway to permanent residency in Victoria. The skills that successful applicants bring to Victoria benefits employers and the broader Victorian economy. The program provides two visa pathways. The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is a permanent visa for skilled migrants

The ACT received an interim allocation for the 2022-2023 program year. Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa: 800 places Skilled Work Regional (subclass 491) visa: 1920 places

VETASSESS plans to resume offshore practical skills assessments for applicants in licensed trade occupations in May 2022. Dates have been proposed for the United Kingdom in May and South Africa in June and July. VETASSESS hopes to confirm more dates shortly and is working on resuming practical assessments in other countries later this year. Applicants