COVID UPDATES

A Permanent residency pathway for Sc 482 visa holders As of 01 July 2022 holders of subclass 482 visa granted under ‘Short term’ stream as well as subclass 457 visa holders who had applied for a subclass 457 visa after 18 April 2017, and are currently working in Australia may be eligible to apply for permanent residence under the Temporary Residence Transition stream of the Employer Nomination Scheme visa program (subclass 186). How to qualify To qualify, applicants must have …

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Australian State Nomination updates The ACT and NSW Migration programs reopen to overseas candidates whose occupation is included in the respective skills list. This means that half of the Australian states/territories are now prepared to nominate offshore applicants, with the other two being South Australia (certain occupations only) and Tasmania (for occupations included in Tasmanian Skilled Occupation List) NSW uses a selection-based invitation process for the submitted Expressions of Interest (for nominations under Sc 190 visa) and Registrations of Interest (for …

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Australia has reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students On December 15 Australia has reopened borders to fully vaccinated holders of eligible visas holders, including skilled migrants and foreign students, without needing to apply for a travel exemption. The original reopening date of 1st December was delayed by the emergence of the new Omicron variant. To be considered an eligible visa holder you must hold one of the below visas. Applicants who have applied for one of the …

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