The major change to this program is that it will not accept applications from outside South Australia, the program will be limited to those living in South Australia.

The South Australian Government has also flagged it will waive some work experience requirements for those in regional areas and will also waive some English proficiency requirements for certain industries.

Priority will be given to Migrants who already work in South Australia, long-term residents and to applicants to the Talent and Innovators Program. 

The Talent and Innovators program provides opportunities to Migrants in South Australia who contribute to South Australia’s critical priority sectors.

There are four streams in the Talent and Innovators program:

Employment stream: This stream is for migrants who are working for South Australian businesses with an annual turn over of above $4 million dollars.

Start up and small business stream: For entrepreneurial, skilled migrants who have started their own business in South Australia which has been operating for 12 months and is not a franchise.

High performing graduate stream: For high performing graduates who have completed their qualification at a South Australian higher education institution. This course must have been 92 CRICOS weeks long for Bachelor’s Degrees and 78 CRICOS weeks for Master’s degrees and you will need a 6.0 GPA.  

Independent talent stream: For high calibre applicants seeking state nomination. Applicants from the critical skills list which includes Construction Project Managers, Mechanical Engineers, General Practitioners and Software Engineers will be prioritised for this visa

To take advantage of this opportunity contact EasyMigrate on +61 (08) 9221 4888 or book an appointment using the following link – https://easymigrate.as.me/schedule.php

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The Australian Capital Territory has released an updated Critical Skills list for the ACT Skilled Migration Program for 2021. 

There are NO changes to the eligibility criteria for ACT nomination and the Matrix scoring criteria.

For the Skilled Work Regional (subclass 491) visa there are 552 places and for the Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa, 452 places.

If your occupation has been removed from the Critical Skills list your application will not be accepted, but check the occupations that have been added because these places will be filled fast!

Check our ACT CRITICAL SKILLS LIST COMPARISON:

Overseas applicants are still unable to apply for these visas and you can only apply once, it is important that you have read the list and understand the ACT Nomination Guidelines which can be found here: 

http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/guidelines-and-application/

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New Australian Budget 2019 – how it affects AUSTRALIAN MIGRATION.

Following information has come from MIA.

1. Dept of Home Affairs fees will go up by approx. 5.4% on 1 July 2019.
2. There is no change announced for “Second VAC” fees e.g. 2nd VAC for Contributory Parent Visa $43,600, etc.
3. General Skilled Migration planning levels reduced from 190,000 to 160,000 for the next four years
4. From Nov 2019 for Points-tested General skilled migration: Extra points will be granted if the spouse has good “English” language test results.
5. Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visas will be introduced from 1 November 2019. They will replace the current RSMS (Subclass 187) and Skilled Regional (Subclass 489). These two visas will be discontinued.
6. For Subclass 485 Graduates studying at REGIONAL universities (Bachelors or Post-Grad level) – An additional 12-month second post-study work visa for international graduates providing a total of three years, if they continued to live in the regional area for first two years. Commences in 2021.
7. Destination Australia Program – Scholarships for international and domestic students to study in regional Australia for higher education or vocational education qualifications
8. Trade Recognition Australia (TRA) fees are likely to go up – Fees for skills assessments related to migration, employment and licensing will be collected by TRA and be fully recovered.
9. Annual cap for WHV (Subclass 462) for Indonesian citizens will be increased from 2,500 to 5,000 over the six years to 2014/25

If you would like to find out more about Australian visas our migration agents will be happy to check your eligibility. If you would like advice from our team of Registered Migration Agents, book in for a consultation now.

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