457 visa news update

The exception to the occupation list is for specified workers who are those who held or was a successful applicant for a visa on 17 March These are known as transitional arrangements , still due to expire on 18 March With GSM numbers decimated from last program year , invitations are few and far between and the selection criteria much harder to meet.

In recognition of those that remained, the Minister announced two very important changes that are set to benefit around 20, visa holders and visa holders. What exactly this means cannot be confirmed as no amending regulations have yet been registered. It is possible the occupation list will be expanded or abolished for anyone who holds or held a visa in the Short-term stream on a certain day, or age exemption for a transitional worker under 50 increases or removed altogether.

Due to the upheaval on Australian businesses and labour markets over the last two years, it may also be possible that the transitional arrangements will be extended beyond 18 March Several changes will be made to visas, which will sweeten the deal for international students. These are:. Allowing replacement visa applications for those affected by travel restrictions,. Simplifying requirements for vocational graduates. Increased flexibility for citizenship applicants — Distinguished Talent pathway only.

The updated instrument extends Australian citizenship special residence requirement to Distinguished Talent and Global Talent visa holders. It applies if we have processed the visa under the Distinguished Talent pathway. These provisions do not apply to visa holders who were invited to apply under the Global Talent pathway Global Talent Visa Program. The purpose of the task force is to attract international businesses and outstanding talents to Australia to help with the post- COVID economy recovery.

The GTI program has been allocated 15, places. The Australian Government has amended the Migration Act From 13 November , onshore applicants affected by the section 48 bar can apply for the following three skilled visas:. The legislative change will mean section 48 will no longer apply to these onshore skilled migrants applying for State or Territory nomination. This change does not remove the need to meet the Schedule 1 criteria, specifically, that an applicant in Australia must hold a:.

DHA issue SkillSelect invitations via an automated process. This round was a targeted invitation round across various engineering and medical occupations. DHA did not include all occupations in the engineering and medical four digit unit codes in this round. The highest ranked clients by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal points scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass referred to as the date of effect determines their order of invitation.

Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates. This is currently planned for March and maybe delayed further beyond the financial year. Local businesses can apply individually to access the DAMA from The Goulburn Valley region, bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the Murray River, is a significant agricultural region but also includes important retail, manufacturing and tourism industries.

The Australian Agriculture visa is a new sponsored temporary visa stream within the Subclass Temporary Work International Relations visa. The visa program is still being developed. This concession is again only available to those applying under the TRT stream. Email: service noborders-group. We will help you with exploring visa options and securing your application. No Borders Migration is experienced in the migration and Australian visa application, and our migration agents and lawyers have extensive knowledge in the legal requirements, eligibility criteria, and the supporting documents required.

Simply dial 07 or email: service noborders-group. To begin the new year, we take a look at each key change to take effect for the upc Immigration News What to Expect from Australian Immigration in The Department of Home Affairs have announced several important changes to the Australian migration programme in to be implemented across of a range of visa programs.

Migration Program Levels Firstly, the quota for the migration programme will remain at , for the program year. Updates on Offshore Family Visas Importantly, the Federal Government have expressed their intention to waive the legislative requirement for certain Family visa applicants to be offshore at the time of decision. Australian Values Statements Applicants for new and pending visa applications will be asked to sign an Australian Values Statement and must declare to conduct themselves in accordance with Australian values and to obey all Australian laws.

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