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Australian Immigration Update 2023: Ten Changes to Invigorate Your Migration Plans
2023 is set to be the most welcoming and exciting year for all Australian immigration aspirants, especially because of its high amount of allocations for general skilled migration program with visible progress on fast-track processing ( Read Ministerial Direction on Priority Processing of Australian Skilled Migration Visas ) Here are the 10 changes that will…
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Australian Immigration Starts 2023 with milestone accomplishments in visa processing
Since taking power the Albanese Government has been working to boost up Australia’s immigration programs. Reducing visa backlogs, increasing immigration quota, and employing more staffs to speed up visa processing are some of the actions taken so far. Here are a few accomplishments related to visa backlogs: 4 million visas processed in total from May…
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6 Reasons to Apply for Australian Student Visa Now
Australia has granted the highest number of student visas from July to September in 2022 in comparison with the pre-pandemic years leading up to 2019. The number of visas granted came from applications lodged by freshly graduated secondary school students of this year, plus the students who graduated last year but were unable to apply…
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Ministerial Direction on Priority Processing of Australian Skilled Migration Visas
The new Albanese Govt has taken many steps to address the skill shortage and visa backlogs. Minister Andrew Giles stated that the visa backlog would come to a “manageable” level before Christmas. Following Labor Government’s commitments regarding this matter, a Ministerial Direction (100) from the Department of Home Affairs was issued on October 27, 2022.…
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Australia’s Immigration-friendly Federal Budget 2022-2023: $576 Million Funding to Expand Migration Program
Earlier this September at the Jobs & Skills Summit 2022, the Australian Labour Government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had lifted the 2022-23 total migration cap from 160,000 to 195,000 to allow for higher Skilled Migration Visa allocations. This was in response to post-pandemic Labour shortages voiced by employers, businesses and union leaders. 1,09,900…
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Australian Jobs & Skills Summit 2022: Increasing Skilled Migration to Australia is a key focus of the October Federal Budget
Skilled migration to Australia from around the world had received major focus in the Job & Skills Summit 2022, the two-day event held on September 1st and 2nd at the Parliament House of the capital Canberra. The summit was coordinated by the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaneses and the Chief Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Important agenda…
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Offshore Visas Now Top Priority, Says Australian Immigration Minister
745,000 new visas have been approved by the Australian immigration department just in the single month of June under the new Australian Labour government. Bearing further good news for offshore visa applicants, 645,000 visa applications out of the total visas finalised had been lodged from outside of Australia. This impressive number of visa processing rates…
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Highest Minimum Wage in the World & Record Low Unemployment Rate: Australia is the Ideal Destination to Work and Live
Imagine having no fear of being jobless. On top of that, your employer cannot legally reduce your pay below a minimum bar which is already very decent. No matter what, your government makes sure that you are guaranteed to earn a paycheck each month. Now obviously you won’t be so privileged just about anywhere in…
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Australian Universities in the top 100 of QS World University Ranking 2022
Australian universities have once again ranked high in the list of the top 100 universities worldwide according to the recently published QS World Universities Rankings of 2022 due to their academia of excellently structured graduate, post-graduate and higher academic programs. In fact, all the previously ranked Australian universities have strongly maintained their top positions in…
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Tentative Immigration Policy Changes by the New Australian Government and Why It’s Good for Temporary Immigrant Workers !
To start off with a pleasing scenario, imagine yourself living in Australia with your family under a Business Migration Visa. Your business is making great profits and much to the delight of the Australian government, generating high tax revenues. So as a tax paying resident whose business is serving the Australian economy so positively, you…
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