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Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) Analysis

Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) Analysis On the 27 April 2023 Hon Clare O’Neil MP (Minister for Home Affairs) announced the Australian Government will increase the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) from $53,900 to $70,000 on the 1 July 2023.   What is TSMIT Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) is the minimum…

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Australia Adds Two Years To Post-Study Work Visa

Beginning in July 2023, the Australian government will extend the Temporary Graduate Work visa (subclass 485) to more than 400 bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD programs.   As a result, undergraduate students enrolled in any of these 400 programs will now be permitted to live and work in Australia for a period of four years rather…

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Five Australian Visa Opportunities in 2023 You Should Know

Since taking office in May, the new government led by Labor’s Anthony Albanese has already significantly altered Australia’s immigration laws and started to address the visa backlog. However, there may be even more changes in 2023 as the government has pledged to examine the effectiveness of skilled migration occupation lists, which some people believe are…

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Beware of SCAMS

SCAM ALERT! It has come to our attention that there is a scam going around, whereby someone is pretending to be a recruitment agency, sending WhatsApp or Telegram messages offering a “flexible” job. Lately, the job scams are becoming ubiquitous and we would like to alert everyone. After some back and forth engagement we assume…

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Australia’s Workforce Shortage is at an All-Time High

   AUSTRALIA’S WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH   The ongoing economic recovery efforts post-pandemic and recently concluded election haven’t stopped the skill shortage. There are 480,100 job vacancies in Australia, an increase of 13.8% from February 2022. Check out staffing challenges experienced by every industry.   Automotive Shortages  The motoring trades industry is…

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Updates on Australia’s Visa & Immigration – August 2022

UPDATES ON AUSTRALIA’S VISA AND IMMIGRATION – AUGUST 2022 Employers are waiting for months to hire people to fill skill shortages, while applicants are experiencing delays in their applications to come to Australia. The Department of Home Affairs is working to shorten visa processing times and the number of submitted visa applications. In response to…

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Third TSS visa for eligible subclass 482 visa holders

  On 31 March 2022, the Minister announced a new legislative instrument titled Migration Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2022. Initially, migration regulations require applicants seeking to apply for a further TSS visa in the short-term stream to be outside Australia. However, the recently announced instrument will allow eligible TSS (subclass 482) visa holders…

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Updated Designated Area Agreements (DAMA’s)

A designated area migration agreement (DAMA) is a formal agreement between the Australian Goverment and a regional, state or territory authority. It provides access to more overseas workers than the standard skilled migration program. DAMAs operate under an angreement-based framework, allowing regions to respond to their unique economic and labour market conditions.  A DAMA is…

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Removal of Age Restrictions for Newly defined legacy 457 Visa Holders Applying for PR

Initially introduced in March 2018, ‘grandfathering’ provisions allowed Subclass 457 visa holders who held or had applied for a 457 visa as of 18 April 2017 to access the ENS program regardless of occupation list and with a higher age-cut off. The original provisions ended on 18 March 2022, On 31 March 2022, the Minister…

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Pathways to Permanent Residency for Short Term (STSOL) Skilled Occupations

Some good news for existing 482 visa and legacy 457 visa holders employed in the occupations on the short term skilled occupations list (STSOL)  On 18 March 2022, the Department implemented legislative changes to the Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa. From 1 July 2022, existing 482 TSS visa holders in the short-term (STSOL) occupation stream…

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