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    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.

  We are pleased to advise that South Australia has been provided with our full State Nomination allocations by the Department of Home Affairs. Our focus will continue to be driving economic growth and job creation for the state through the Migration Program, and supporting businesses to acquire the skills they need throughout the State’s

    NSW Skilled Occupation Lists NSW is currently working from reduced skilled occupation lists at Home Affairs direction. The occupations NSW is currently nominating for the subclass 190 and subclass 491 visas can be found below. These lists are subject to change without notice. NSW does not release information about the overall quota of

  RDAs Will Start Processing Visas In Feb 2021!  Regional Development Australia (RDA) will begin assisting NSW Treasury manages the subclass 491 visa in early February 2021. Each RDA will accept and assess applications, and determine eligible occupations for their respective regions; however, nomination criteria will be consistent across all regions. RDA will focus on

  LATEST NEWS   BSMQ State Nomination Program BSMQ has received final nomination allocation for FY20-21 from the Department of Home Affairs.   Business Program The BSMQ business program is now OPEN from 10 December 2020, however we will first be assessing EOI’s submitted from the interim quota opening from 29 September – 05 October 2020, then from

  The Northern Territory has now received its allocation of nominations under the General Skilled Migration program for 2020-21. We have commenced issuing nominations to eligible applicants who submitted their applications prior to the program suspension on 1 December. We will update this website with information as to when the program will be reopened for onshore applicants. This

    As part of the Australian Government’s commitment to ensuring Australia’s COVID recovery, Immigration introduced a Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) targeting occupations in the health care, construction, and IT sectors. Employer-sponsored applicants in the PMSOL occupations will be given priority processing for both nomination and visa applications in the following visa types: Subclass 482

  CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SHUTDOWN AND SERVICE DELAY Please note: Engineers Australia will shut down during Christmas and New Year between 24th December 2020 and 10th January 2021. Applications lodged between 7th December 2020 and 31st January 2021 are expected to be affected by the shutdown period and may experience a service delay. Fast

The next Canberra Matrix invitation round is expected to be held on or before 1 January 2021, pending on the final 2020/21 allocation of nomination places INVITATION ROUND – 28/10/2020 Code Occupation Minimum rank: 190 Minimum Rank: 491 1311 Advertising, Public Relations & Sales     1322 Finance Managers 105   1331 Construction Managers  

  The Morrison Government is making further changes to the Family visa program to support applicants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government has been working over recent months to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on visa holders and has already introduced a number of arrangements to support those who have been impacted. This includes