Australialink Immigration Services

17/09/2020

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-has-announced-a-new-citizenship-test-here-s-how-it-will-work

A dedicated section on Australian values will be included in all tests for hopeful citizens from mid-November, the government has announced on Australian Citizenship Day.

22/08/2020

ACT critical skill list: Please see the following link to ACT new critical skill list. as it can be clearly seen that there are very few places are allocated and there is very strict eligibility criteria.

Canberra - Create your future

17/04/2020

The Federal Court has found that two-year-old Tharunicaa was not "afforded procedural fairness" after the government considered lifting the bar for the family to apply for protection visas.

14/03/2020

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/covid-19-response-international-students-to-be-allowed-to-work-additional-hours?fbclid=IwAR1CmRFH6EfLUPFkr6jKkbVEhRFwU6NX8o0zheMlmAHrtF7tukStWd9UYjY

International student employees will be temporarily allowed to work more than their stipulated hours to support the high demand being faced by Australian supermarkets.

31/10/2019

The Department of Home affairs has issues information regarding the October invitation round. There are 1500 invitation sent. Accountant is still on 90 points, however, ICT has reduced to 80 points from 85. Please see attached link for more information.

Find information on invitation rounds for the Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) and Skilled - Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489).

07/09/2019

Government to focus on regional areas as it commences a review of skilled migration occupation lists to be released in March 2020.