Pathway to PR for short term TSS visa holders
The Department have announced that changes to the eligibility for the sc186 Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) visa will commence on 25...
NSW 190 program for 2023-24
NSW has announced its eligibility criteria for nomination under the subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa. There have been some...
Visa Application Fee Increases
The 2023 Federal Budget has forecast the following increases in Visa Application Charges (VACs) from 1 July 2023: · Visitor,...
Changes for New Zealand citizens
The New Zealand stream of the Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa has been temporarily closed from 10 December 2022 to 1 July 2023. ...
New Direction for Processing of Skilled Visas
A new Ministerial Direction for prioritising skilled visa applications came into effect on 28 October 2022. Ministerial Direction No.100...
VETASSESS Priority Processing
VETASSESS is the skills assessing body for a range of occupations. VETASSESS offers a priority processing service for online skills...
NSW 491 regional eligibility criteria released
NSW recently introduced its skilled occupation list with minimum points score and skilled work experience requirements for each...
NSW 190 list and eligibility criteria released
NSW has announced its eligibility criteria for nomination under the subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa. There have been some...
Skills assessments & English tests for 189 visas
Last week there were a large number of unexpected invitations issued for subclass 189 visas. A number of potential applicants were caught...
Political will to address visa processing delays
Everyone involved in Australia’s visa processing is aware of the significant delays in finalisation of visa applications across a wide...