Registered Nurse (Aged Care) is on the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL).

Registered Nurses who work in Aged Care earn a median income of AUD$77,386 per year with the top jobs earning up to $99,000 per year in Australia.

The Aged Care worker shortage could balloon to 400,000 jobs before 2050, the research found.

There are 44 occupations on the PMSOL and applicants who work in one of the professions on the list will have their visas fast-tracked.

Australia has now reopened to skilled migrants and students after almost two years after tight border restrictions were put in place to limit the spread of covid-19.

There are 90% of Australians above 16 now with two doses of the Pfizer, Astra Zeneca or Moderna vaccines.

Check the PMSOL to see what jobs there will be in Australia in the future and give yourself a better option, there are many well-paid jobs in Australia waiting to be filled.

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The Department of  Home Affairs (DoHA) has released the statistical analysis of the 9^th May 2019 “Skill Select EOI Invitation Round” results. This is for persons who lodged Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the General Skilled Migration or “GSM” visa subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) (Australian Permanent visa) and subclass 489 (Skilled Family Sponsored) (Australian Provisional visa).

EasyMigrate is a leading Australian migration agent, based in Perth, Australia. EasyMigrate’s Migration Consultant Mr Cyrus Mistry (our principal immigration consultant in Australia) has reviewed these SkillSelect results – see his comments below.

Broad Overview:

New SkillSelect EOI Invitation Round news: From 1 July 2018 the “pass mark” has been increased from 60 to 65 points. New applicants can lodge their Expression Of Interest (EOI) with 65 points or more. Other applicants who submitted their EOI before 30 June 2018 with 60 points will continue to stay in the queue.

New SkillSelect EOI Invitation Round news: Department of Immigration (now DoHA) has announced that from Financial Year 2018-2019 there will be only ONE ROUND OF SKILL SELECT INVITATIONS PER MONTH – usually around the eleventh of the month.

Our Recommendation: Most applicants with 60 or 65 points are not getting invited at all since the last 18 months or so. Many 70-pointers are also not getting invitations for a long time.

SOLUTION: apply for state-nominations also, in parallel. We have many clients who were waiting for a more than a year, so we did a file-review and recommended a suitable state-nomination option. Many of them got invited for permanent residency WITHIN 2 to 3 MONTHS!

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Summary:

Next round will be 11 June 2019. Commentary regarding that Skill Select invitation round will be published by EasyMigrate as soon as those statistics are made available to the public by the Department of Immigration.

Compared to the last invitation round (11 April 2019) this current Round was a repeat of the same disappointment – only 100 invitations! Compare this to 4,350 invitations per month during the “boom” months that we had between September 2018 and November 2018.

The exact number of invitations on 11^th April 2019: 100 invitations in the Skilled Independent SC189 subclass and 10 in the Family-Sponsored Subclass 489. As before, my analysis is that the “quota” for the year 2018-2019 is running out and the Department of Immigration is adjusting the figures to keep the final year count within the recently announced “reductions”.

For this round, 36 were to applicants who have 80 points.

Thirty-seven invitations were given to applicants having 85 points.

Twenty-seven invitations were given to persons with 90 points or more. 

There were no invitations to persons with 70 points (compared to 884 in March 2019, 848 in Jan 2019 and 32 in February 2019).

This time, there were NO INVITES to applicants with 75 points either.

Occupations Analysis:

The cut-off for Skilled Independent (SC189) was 80 points, cut-off date 22-03-2019.

The cut-off for Skilled Family Sponsored (SC489) was 85 points, cut-off date 28-04-2019.

This is now the fourteenth round of invitations where DoHA has re-commenced inviting Accountants, Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers! For Accountants, the invitation threshold has gone up to 90 points as compared to the previous round of 11 March 2019 (It had come down to 80 points in January 2019). The cut-off date is published as 01-05-2019, which means that all “Accountant” applicants with 90 points! For the other occupations listed above, the cut-off points-score has gone up to 85, and the cut-off date is 28-12-2018 (in the last round of invitations this was 14-0807-2018).

Electronics Engineers got invited at 85 points with the date of effect 02-05-2019. In the October 2018 invitation round, 70-point holders were also invited, but not anymore. So this is due to a combination of factors: an increase in the number of applications received by the Department of Immigration and reduced number of invitations.

Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers were previously invited at 70 points with a date of effect 04-02-2019. But new invitations stop at 80 points, with cut-off date 22-03-2019.

Other Engineering Professionals got invited at 80 points with the date of effect 18-01-2019.  

ICT Professionals (Business and Systems Analysts) got invited at 85 points with the visa date of effect 03-05-2019.

ICT Professionals (Software and Application Programmers) – the pass mark had previously remained steady at 75 points with the visa date of effect 13-02-2019. Unfortunately, the pass mark has gone up to 80 points from 11 April 2019; the cut-off date is now 10-02-2019.  

ICT Professionals (Computer Network Professionals) got invited at 80 points with the visa date of effect 20-03-2019 – this moved forward by one week.

So for most ICT professionals, there is now a substantial waiting in the queue for their Expression of Interest to be converted into an “invite”.

If the number of invitations goes up in future general skilled migration program invitations, then more occupations with 70 and 65 points are likely to be invited. But I do not think that is likely to happen in the immediate future.

Please note that the EOI date resets each time an applicant does an “upgrade” or change, e.g. additional points for age, extra points for work-experience, successful NAATI test, etc.

In my earlier articles, I was hoping that the number of “invitations” rises over the next few rounds – BUT I WAS WONG. IT HAS REDUCED DRASTICALLY for this month compared to “boom” months! This is not a good sign for all occupations who are waiting at 70 points and 65 points. This may be a slowdown due to financial-year adjustments – based on the July2018-June2019 quota.

Historical Analysis:

The number of monthly invitations used to hover around the “two thousand-plus” mark for last few months and were even lower between November 2017 and June 2018 at about 305 “SkillSelect” invitations per fortnight for the EOI applicants! 

For July 2018, 1,010 invitations had been issued to persons who had lodged their Expression of Interest (EOI). This was better than the 610 invitations being issued from Nov 2017 onwards until June 2018. But still a lot less than the 2,000-odd invitations that were being issued per month before October 2017. Until January 2019 the number of invitations was regularly above the two-thousand mark. In the 11 August 2018, AND the 11 September 2018 SkillSelect results were above the two-thousand mark – then jumped up to 4,340 invitations on 11 October 2018 and 11 November 2018 invitations. December 2018 and January 2019 invitation-rounds have seen a drop-back to the 2,000+ levels and reduced further since February 2019,  March-2019 and April 2019 invitation-rounds.

The total number of invitations for the last financial year (July 2017 to June 2018) was 16,296.

Based on July 2018,  August 2018, September 2018,  October 2018, November 2018,  December 2018  January 2019  February 2019 March 2019, April 2019 and May 2019 figures, the total number of EOI applicants invited for this financial year (July 2018 to May 2019) Has been 22,820 per year.

To arrive at the end-of-year figures, we use the formula (22,820 divided by 11 multiply by 12) = approx. 24,900 per year, which would still mean a small increase in Subclass 189 and Subclass 489 (Family) invitations compared to the previous financial year 2017-2018. 

But recent announcements by the Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) point to a further slow-down in the number of “general skilled migration” (GSM) invitations.

The effect of “re-invitation” continues to plague the SkillSelect invitations program. In my previous articles, I had mentioned about the impact of “re-invitation”. Many applicants have moved on to other countries or changed their plans but have not removed their Expressions of Interest (EOI). So they get invited, but they do not apply within the next 60 days. These applicants usually get “re-invited” as per the Dept of Immigration rules one more time! I estimate this figure to be as high as 30-40% in many occupations. This severely affects the program. For example, out of the 1,500-odd invitations in March 2019 only about 900-1000 get taken up! This is something that the Department of Home Affairs has not been able to tackle yet.

For this latest round of invitations under the subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) visa, only 100 invitations were issued, at 80 points or above. Only ten invitations were issued to SC489 Family-Sponsored applicants –at 85 points or above… so as you can see, the SC489 FAMILY-SPONSORED applicant needs to have scored 75 points “independently” plus the 10 points from their family-sponsor. 

On our EasyMigrate website, we have the statistics. My ongoing analysis for the  October 2017 invitations; the November 2017 invitation round and the December 2017 round are available. January 2018 round, February 2018 round, March 2018 round, April 2018 round, May 2018 Round, the two x June 2018 rounds, the 11th July 2018, 11^th August 2018   the 11 September 2018,  October 2018, November 2018,  December 2018  January 2019,  February 2019,  March 2019 and April 2019 invitation rounds are also available on our website. 

I estimate that the Nov 2017 to June 2018 rounds were only about 30-40% of the usual monthly track-record before October 2017, but from July 2018 the invitations are on par with the good months up to September 2017 in previous years, and the two rounds of October 2018 and November 2018 EXCEEDED our expectations.  But the December 2018round and January 2019 has halved to 2,500 invitations. Now February 2019,  March 2019  are FURTHER REDUCED to 1,500 invitations, and April 2019, May 2019 invitations are a disappointing 100 invitations only.

Please note that these figures do not include invitations under the state-nominated subclass 190 and state-nominated “Regional” subclass 489.

Invitations issued on 09 May 2019

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 09 May 2019, as published by the Department of Home Affairs

Invitation process and cut off

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.

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 9 May 2019 invitation round.

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro-rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the program year.

SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189) and then the remaining to Skilled – Regional (Provisional) visas (subclass 489). If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas, then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 489 visas in these occupations.

Invitations issued during the 2018-19 program year

The above figures do not include invitations issued for State, and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses. State and Territory Governments nominate throughout the month for specific points tested skilled migration and business innovation and investment visas.

If you would like to find out from Cyrus if you are eligible for Migration to Australia, please complete our online assessment and a member of our team will contact you.

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Fast Visa Processing Regional Australia

Every month Mr Cyrus Mistry (our principal immigration agent in Australia)  reviews the Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect results. In this months blog, he suggested that; 

“Most applicants with 60 or 65 points are not getting invited at all since last 18 months or so. Many 70-pointers are also not getting invitations for a long time. The solution would be to apply for state-nominations also, in parallel. We have many clients who were waiting for more than a year so, we did a file-review and recommended a suitable state-nomination option. Many of them got invited for permanent residency WITHIN 8-12 WEEKS!”

Today Friday 8th February 2019 Mr David Coleman (Minister of Immigration) has announced Skilled migrants who apply to move to regional Austalia will have their visa applications accelerated under a $19.4 million plan.

“Our officers will be on the ground to discuss regional migration opportunities with regional employers and communities, and also to hear first hand the local labour issues they face. Training and skilling Australians is one of our top priorities, but there is a need for additional workers to supplement the workforce, particularly in regional areas,“ Mr Coleman said.

The Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) officials will travel to regional areas across Australia to help businesses get the skilled workers they require, over the next four years. DoHA will establish priority processing for visas sponsored by employers in regional areas, along with agreements with local councils so they can recruit employees from overseas.

If you would like to find out if you qualify for Regional State Sponsorship or would like to know more about relocating to a regional area of Australia, please make an appointment to speak to us today;

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With Australia paying their doctors up to 50 per cent more than the UK, it is easy to understand why many UK and other overseas doctors are considering migrating to Australia. There are a number of different doctor occupations on the Australian Skilled Occupations List, and there are also a number of different visa options available. Finding the correct visa subclass to apply for can be confusing for many people who are considering migrating. We have compiled four steps to help you;

1. Find out if your Occupation is on the combined Skilled Occupations Lists
2. Speak to a Registered Migration Agent for visa advice. The agent will be able to tell you which visa pathway you should apply for, how long the process may be, how much it will cost and what documents you will need to submit.
3. For permanent residency in Australia, you will undergo a Skills Assessment as this will be required to lodge a visa application. But for company-sponsored temporary visas, this is not compulsory. For regional areas there are “exemptions” but for work as a Medical Practitioner in a metro-area it is compulsory to have “Australian Registration”
4. Australian Registration is handled by the Australian Medical Board (AMB)

Australia has lots of employment opportunities for medical practitioners who are looking to leave the grey rain clouds of the UK/Europe behind and start afresh in beautiful sunny Australia.

Alecto Australia is a recruitment company who specialise with General Practitioners jobs. You can find your perfect job today by just searching their vacancy list and the book to speak with one of our team regarding migration advice.

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