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  Australia News   1# ACT Critical Skills List May 2021 has been announced. <Read more>   2# How the 2021-22 Federal Budget Will Impact Australian Immigration. <Read more>   3# Every month the Department of Home Affairs publishes an indicative timeframe for processing visa applications. <Read more>   4# Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa

ACT Critical Skills List May 2021 – from 3 May 2021, only occupations on the ACT Critical Skills List May 2021 will be ranked and, if selected, invited to apply for ACT nomination.  ACT CRITICAL SKILLS LIST – May 2021 ANZSCO MAJOR Group Nomination places available each month ANZSCO NOMINATED OCCUPATION 1311 Less than 5

How the 2021-22 Federal Budget will impact Australian immigration? ℹ️ The Federal Budget 2021-22 will be delivered in Parliament by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday 11 May 2021. The Migration Program will be announced as part of the Federal Budget. https://budget.gov.au/ The Migration Program is currently managed through three streams and a separate Child category.

  Every month the Department of Home Affairs publishes an indicative timeframe for processing visa applications. . Last update on visa applications processing times (19 April 2021): Visa Stream 75% Of Visas Processed 90% Of Visas Processed Additional Information 100 – Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100) 17 months 21 months ​Processing time for subclass 801

BSMQ skilled program The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) is now OPEN from 19 April 2021 – 25 April 2021. If you submitted an EOI from 1–7 February 2021, a new EOI will not be required. Please do not submit multiple EOIs. The first EOI picked up will be processed.  Queensland 491-SBO (Small Business Owners)

  Migration Skills Assessment Fee Structure, July 1st, 2021 Type Excl. GST ($AU) Incl. GST ($AU) Standard Competency Demonstration Report $810.00 $891.00 Competency Demonstration Report +Relevant Skilled Employment Assessment (+$368 Excl. GST) $1,178.00 $1,295.80 Competency Demonstration Report +Overseas PhD Assessment (+$230 Excl. GST) $1,040.00 $1,144.00 Competency Demonstration Report +Relevant Skilled Employment Assessment (+$368 Excl. GST)

  Australia – New Zealand Quarantine Free Travel Travel to New Zealand from Australia Following a decision by the Government of New Zealand, you can soon travel from Australia to New Zealand without needing to quarantine on arrival. The new arrangement will come into effect at 11:59pm on 18 April 2021. In order to travel under the

Australia Immigration Newsletter For The Month Of March 2021 1# Tasmania 190 & 491 Skilled Migration Program Updates. The Tasmanian Nominated Skilled Migration Program now has only very limited subclass 491 nomination places remaining. 2# IML — New Skills Assessor for AIM Occupation. The Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML) has replaced the Australian Institute

We are working hard to process more visa applications for partners, with a planning level of 72,000 this year. It is important that applicants provide all the information we need to assess their application. If you have applied for a partner visa, you may receive a phone call from the Department to get some more

  2020–2021 Program Update The Tasmanian Nominated Skilled Migration Program now has only very limited subclass 491 nomination places remaining. SKILLED MIGRATION PROGRAM Tasmania’s nomination quota for the 2020–21 program year is: Subclass 491 – 1400 places Subclass 190 – 1000 places Business migration – 45 places Approximately 60% of total skilled visa (subclass 491 and 190) nomination