MB Migration

01/02/2024

COVID-19 Pandemic Event visa has closed

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17/11/2023

WorkinTrades job platform for trade workers

VETASSESS, in partnership with WorkinAUS, has launched our latest initiative – WorkinTrades, an online platform to help employers attract qualified workers to the trades sector across Australia with greater ease and impact.

https://workintrades.com.au/?mc_cid=403a7abc2b&mc_eid=195ee8d0f8

08/11/2023

Engineers Australia launches Queensland migrant work placement program

Engineers Australia Queensland General Manager Stacey Rawlings says this fully supported industry program assists engineers born and educated overseas to gain employment aligned to their qualifications and experience.

05/11/2023

IMPORTANT CHANGES! Expanding pathways to PR for temporary skilled sponsored workers:

Employers will now be able to nominate holders of all TSS visa streams, including Short-term and Labour Agreement streams, for permanent residency.

The period to apply for permanent residency via the TRT stream will be reduced from 3 to 2 years.

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27/09/2023

The South Australian General Skilled Migration program is now open

South Australia offers state nomination and endorsement pathways across a range of visa options for skilled and business migrants.

14/09/2023

Improved visa processing times - the average processing time for a student visa application in 2023 has been reduced to as little as 16 days.

The Department of Home Affairs is streamlining Australia’s visa system and process.

13/09/2023

From 1 October 2023, student visa applicants will need to show they have a minimum of AU$24,505 in savings to cover annual living costs.

The Australian Government has announced an increase to the amount of savings international students will need to apply for a student visa.

06/09/2023

Migration Queensland opened its state nominated skilled migration program on Tuesday 5 September 2023.

For more information see here 👉

Migration Queensland (MQ) is the state nominating body for the Queensland government and a business unit of TIQ.

31/08/2023

Closure of the Pandemic Event visa
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From February 2024, the visa will be closed to all applicants.

From 2 September 2023, the Pandemic Event visa will only be open to applications from existing Pandemic Event visa holders.

https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/ClareONeil/Pages/closure-of-the-pandemic-event-visa.aspx

Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Emergency Management.​​​

24/08/2023

202​3–​24 state and territory nomination allocations are now available

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31/07/2023

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗧𝗢𝗘𝗙𝗟 𝗶𝗕𝗧 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

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06/07/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

​The Migration Tasmania Application Gateway is now open for anyone seeking Tasmanian nomination of a subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional or subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa.

2. Application Gateway - Registration of Interest (ROI) Create a Gateway account and submit an ROI to request your interest in visa state nomination. You will receive a confirmation of your ROI in an email also stating your assessment priority in the Tasmanian Skilled Migration queue.