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New Zealand: Wednesday, 8 August 2018 Following a public consultation, Government has come up with changes to immigration settings that impact post-study work rights for international students. The changes are: to remove the employer-assisted post-study work visas at all levels; to provide a one-year post-study open work visa for students studying Level 4 – 6 and

Melbourne has been recognised as still one of the world’s most liveable cities. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s prestigious annual Global Liveability Rating, which assesses living conditions in 140 cities worldwide, released its latest ratings on 14 August 2018. Melbourne scored an overall rating of 98.4 (100=ideal), including full marks for education, healthcare and infrastructure. Melbourne

16 August 2018 ​A new graduate stream will be available for eligible applicants for State nomination from Western Australia.  Information about eligibilty and how to apply will be available on the migration portal in coming months.  Source: https://www.migration.wa.gov.au/services/skilled-migration-western-australia/latest-news

Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, says more staff will be assigned to deal with the huge numbers of citizenship applications over the next six months. 20 AUG 2018 – 2:37 PM  UPDATED 20 AUG 2018 – 3:35 PM The Department of Home Affairs is looking to deploy more staff to process the citizenship application backlog which has spiralled

(Wikimedia Commons) By: Mosiqi Acharya 23 AUG 2018 – 9:33 AM  UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO The Northern Territory wants more people to come and live up north and is offering cash incentives to families, couples and individuals willing to do so. The government says it will invest $9.3 million to attract more people, including migrants, to the Territory with

The subclass 189 points tested visa stream and subclass 489 invitation rounds have traditionally been run fortnightly. The Department has reviewed this process and will now extend invitations on a monthly basis. The invitation numbers will be increased accordingly, to ensure the number of applications received will maintain a strong pipeline for the skilled program.

The demand for ACT 190 nomination currently exceeds the annual allocation of nomination places set by Home Affairs. To manage the ever increasing demand, ACT is proposing to change the process for applying for ACT nomination of a Subclass 190 visa with effect from 1 July 2018. The ACT is proposing to introduce a selection-based

The Home Affairs website states that they have a new global call centre, that’s apparently managed by Datacom so you wont be able to get position numbers from staff (Datacom is currently unverified at this stage but information has been supplied to MA). You can apparently call from anywhere in the world 9am -5pm (local