What is changing on 1 July 2017? Occupation list New occupation list has been introduced for both General skilled migration visas and Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS). Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) will remain unaffected by changes to the occupation lists. Age From 1 July 2017, visa applicants for the ENS and RSMS Direct Entry (DE) […]
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In this post, we aim to answer many recurring questions around Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa. Please feel free to jump to a specific section if you wish to learn more about a particular aspect of the visa. What is a 485 visa? The Temporary Graduate visa commonly knows as the 485 Visa (or TR),
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What occupations were removed? 216 occupations were taken off the eligible skilled occupation list, effective from 19 April 2017. Any applicants for 457 visa who have nominated these occupations might be affected. If you believe you might be affected by this, please contact our office for confidential discussion.
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457 will be gone, a new visa subclass will be available for short-term skilled workers and SOL and CSOL have been now replaced by MLTSSL and STSOL. This blog highlights the immigration changes announced today.
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Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) April 2017 The Consolidated Skilled Occupations List (CSOL) is now replaced by the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL). Any applicants who are applying for the following visas must nominate an occupation from this STSOL. Visa subclasses relevant for this STSOL: Employer Nominated Scheme (subclass 186) – Direct Entry Stream Skilled
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Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) replaces the old Skilled Occupation List (SOL). Applicants who are applying for the following visas, must nominate an occupation from this list.
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Tasmania State Sponsorship – How do you get nominated? Tasmania is a wonderful place, and very welcoming for migrants. Recently, the Tasmanian government announced a generous state sponsorship scheme for those who want to migrate to Tasmania (and Australia). In this article we’ll discuss the arrangement by Tasmanian Government for Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass
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Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List If you want to apply apply for work (sponsored) visa you will need to first check that the job you want to perform is actually in the Department’s list of skills in demand (CSOL). Currently there are more than 600 occupations on this list, all of which are aimed at meeting the skill shortage in Australia.
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Australian Qualification Framework It is a system that refers your qualification level nationally across institutes. The list is knows as Australian Qualification Framework (AQF).Post secondary Australian Qualification is divided into 10 levels and below is the list of qualifications currently categorised on the AFQ. Local and International students graduating from Australian institutes and universities are
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International students, along with other temporary workers, and permanent migrants are expected to prove that they has sufficient ability to communicate before they are granted a visa. Depending on the visa you want to apply (or points you aim to receive) you will need to prove different level of language ability.
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