Skilled

The Department of Home Affairs has allocated nominations to the various states and territories for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa ACT 1,000 800 NSW 3,000 2,000 NT 800 800 QLD 600 600 SA 3,000 800 TAS 2,100 760 VIC 3,000 2,000 WA […]

Subclass 491 visa in the General Skilled Stream requires a nomination by a state or territory. Each state or territory sets their own requirements for nomination which are in all cases additional to the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) requirement. The State of New South Wales (NSW) is one nominating state and has two pathways

Temporary Graduate Visas – Subclass 485 Subclass 485 visas validity has been extended to 30 September 2022, even those that have expired between 1 February 2020 and 14 December 2021. The eligibility criteria for the extension are that the main applicant must: not have been granted another substantive visa. Skilled Regional Provisional Visa- Subclass 489 Subclass 489 visas validity has been

It is anticipated that a new stream will be added to this visa subclass in addition to the existing streams; the temporary graduate and post study stream. The new stream to be named “COVID-19 replacement stream”. It would allow those subclass 485 visa holders impacted by the Australian travel restrictions and could not stay in

The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List was update in June 2021. The new list contains 41 occupations.

On July 20, the government announced that graduates affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions would be able to apply for and be granted a post-study work PSW visa outside Australia if they are unable to return due to COVID-19. Of course, they would need to have met all the requirements bar the one requiring them to