At the National Press Club today, the Hon. Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, provided an update on Australia’s current ‘broken’ migration system, highlighting the urgent need to reform existing programmes, processes, and pathways, as well as announcing two key actions to be implemented by the end of 2023. This includes an increase to the…
Following from our article on 27th April, discussing the Government’s intentions to increase the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) to AU$70,000 and expand pathways to permanent residence for employer sponsored temporary skilled visa holders, today we look at what the latter changes will actually mean. Increase in the TSMIT We know that the Government…
The Australian Government announced that the planning level for the 2023-24 permanent Migration Program will be set at 190,000 places, with 52,500 places allocated to the Skill stream, of which the Global Talent visa program belongs. We had previously speculated that there may be a reduction in the quota for the GTI (Independent) visa stream…
Australian Government announced that the planning level for the 2023-24 permanent Migration Program will be set at 190,000 places, with 137,100 places for the Skill stream. On 24 August 2023, the Department of Home Affairs published additional information on how the State and Territory allocations has been distributed. Below is the nomination allocation table, which can…
From February 2024, the ‘COVID’ visa will be closed to all applicants. On 1 September 2023, the Department of Home Affairs released the amendment instrument Migration (COVID-19 Pandemic event for Temporary Activity (Subclass 408) visa Amendment Instrument (LIN23/061) 2023. This legislative change will close the ‘COVID’ – Pandemic Event – stream under the Temporary Activities…