The Adelaide Technology and Innovation Advancement Agreement and Regional South Australia DAMAs have been signed this week Scott Morrison’s Government has finalised two Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs) for South Australia. After Northern Territory, Great South Coast region of Victoria and the Orana region in New South Wales, South Australia is among the first in Australia to… Continue reading South Australia: Two DAMA’s signed this week to fill South Australian skills gaps

On 1 March 2019, Minister Coleman announced that applications to sponsor a parent for a Sponsored parent (Temporary) visa will be open from 17 April 2019. The visa provides parents with a new pathway to temporarily reunite with their children and grandchildren in Australia, while ensuring that taxpayers are not required to cover additional costs for a… Continue reading New 5 years visa available for parents from 17 April 2019

Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) has announced changes to the Trade Skills Assessment programs for TSS, OSAP and TRS. The following changes apply to all applications received from 1st March 2019. Changes to the employment and training requirements for Pathway 1 assessments The amount of verifiable employment evidence a Pathway 1 applicant must submit for their… Continue reading CHANGES TO TRADE SKILLS ASSESSMENTS

Citizenship for Children Born in Australia If you’re not an Australian citizen and have a child who was born in Australia, would they be eligible for citizenship? A common question asked. Yes, your child may be eligible to be an Australian Citizen, but under certain conditions. According to DOHA “Minors born on or after 20… Continue reading Citizenship for Children Born in Australia

Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, NSW has just released this information that in the month of January, Health & Mining jobs took the lead for jobs advertised in the Orana region. 54 Health and Social Welfare roles including General Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Doctors & Specialist were advertised. Mining is undergoing a widespread expansion in the… Continue reading Jobs advertised in Orana, NSW could be suitable for 187 Visa applicants

Queensland has now closed state nomination for all business and skilled visas (submitted through SkillSelect) from today 8 February 2019. No further invitations will be issued from this date. BSMQ will continue to process applications which have been already invited for state nomination prior to this date until our quota is exhausted. BSMQ will re-open the… Continue reading Queensland business and skilled state nomination programs now closed

The Business & Skilled Migration Queensland’s website contains the following announcement: 30 January 2019 By Official BSMQ 01 February 2019 Please note that the following occupations: ICT Business Analyst – 261111 Quantity Surveyor – 233213 Construction Project Manager – 133111 Marketing Specialist – 225113 will be removed from all the Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists (QSOLs) on 01… Continue reading On 1 Feb 2019, four occupations will be removed from the QSOL; 2 will be removed from the offshore QSOL list but will be kept on the onshore list

An international student, hailing from Pakistan was sent to immigration confinement on Christmas eve after finding child exploitation material on his cell phone. The student was deported the very next day. An international student arriving from the United Arab Emirates on Christmas Eve, found with exploitation material on his phone, has been banished by the… Continue reading International student expelled from Australia over child pornography

A huge number of people are flowing in this rush of ‘immigration’. The graph of migrants changing to Australian citizens is ever rising and ever growing with almost 83 % increase in the citizenship applications in the final six months of 2018 as compared to the last six months of 2017. According to the sources,… Continue reading Heightened growth in Australian Citizenship