The latest statistics confirm Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) level is on track to drop by about 20 per cent by the end of the financial year in response to government reforms to temporary and permanent migration and economic conditions, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said today. Preliminary estimates released by [...]
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Net overseas migration on track to fall by 20 per cent
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 20 per cent, ABS report's, Australia, Australia's, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians, benefit, confirm, develop, forward-planning, growing economy, immigration levels, infrastructure, long-stay migrants, long-term temporary migrants, migration, Minister for Immigration, net, net overseas, overseas, permanent migrants, permanently, policies, Prime Minister Gillard, reform, renewable resources, Senator Evans, statistics, Students, sustainable population, temporary residents, the government, track to fall on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Migration shake-up for WA mining boom
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Applications, Australia's skilled migration, boom, booming resources sector, building, chris evans, companies;, critical, Doctors, engineering, engineers, fast-tracking of applications, handpick, health sector workers, high value, high-level jobs., Immigration Minister, low skill occupations., massive, migrants, migration, migration agents, Migration shake-up, mining, mining boom, nurses, overhaul, overseas students, permanent migrants, permanent residency, permanent visa criteria, professions, qualified mining, refund, revoke, shortfalls, skilled migrants, skilled migration program., specific jobs., sponsored by employers, sponsored by States, sponsorship, state's, super-responsive, tightening, top-priority, trades, trades services, unveiled, urgent, WA, WA mining boom on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
WA will be able to handpick permanent migrants to service the booming resources sector and other areas of critical need under a massive overhaul of the skilled migration program to be unveiled today. Under the changes, Immigration Minister Chris Evans will revoke and refund 20,000 applications from would-be skilled migrants and instead give top priority [...]
01 January 2010 Changes in Migration Program Announced
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 01 January 2010, 475 visa application, announced, changed, changes, DIAC, location, migration, migration program, migration program rules, off shore, on shore, refund policy, skill assessment, successful, visa on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As all of you have been waiting for the news on changes of migration program rules, the DIAC has today announced the forthcoming changes in the program. It focus, especially on the 175, 176, 475 visa application where a successful skill assessment is a MUST for all applicant regardless of their location. It means the [...]
Australian skills shortage “a risk to recovery”
Posted in Immigration News, tagged $21 billion, 1500, 457 visas, address, Australia, Australian, Australian federal government, Australian Financial Review, Australian visa policies, business visa rules, CEO, commissioned, construction stage., development, DIAC, energy, expansion, GDP, generate, Gindalbie, global financial crisis, Gorgon gas development, immigrants, immigration, including, infrastructure giant, iron ore mine, IT, IT industry, looming, massive, massive projects, Microsoft Australia, Mid-West iron ore, migration, mining, National Broadband Network, overhaul, Pluto LNG plant, potential growth, recession, recovery, region, Richard Leupen, risk, shortage, shortage of workers, skilled, skilled immigration program, skilled labour., skills shortage, stifled, United Group, upwards, urging, visa processing, western australia, Workers on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Industry leaders in Australia are urging the Australian federal government to overhaul its skilled immigration program to address a looming shortage of workers. Recent changes by DIAC to the skilled migration visa processing times have meant that many hundreds of applicants for visas have been told that they may have to wait up to 3 [...]
What’s New? Recent Changes in General Skilled Migration
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 2009., 23 September, 23 September 2009, applies, certain, direction, directions, effect, General Skilled Migration, migration, Minister, new, new priority, priority, processing, recent changes, skilled, skilled migration, visas, What's New? on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New priority processing directions for certain skilled migration visas – 23 September 2009 The Minister has set a new priority processing direction which comes into effect on 23 September 2009 and applies to certain skilled migration visas. See: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/faq-priority-processing.pdf
Immigration plan brings Australia’s needs to the fore
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 50 year migration plan, 50-year vision, Andrew Metcalfe, approach, asylum, asylum seekers, Australia's, Australian, … A long-term, brings, Canberra, Christmas Island, climate change, conducting, conference, consider, contribute, demographic, department, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Economic, environmental goals., fore, framework, global, global environment, globe, high level of education, immigration, Immigration plan, intakes, island, kevin rudd, language proficiency, long-term, long-term economic, long-term issues, mainland, migration, Migration Occupations in Demand List, MODL, nation's, national security, new policy, New Zealand School of Government, objectives, officials, other skills, plan, planning, policy, range, rounded, rudd, seekers, skilled migrants, skilled migration program., to Australia's, visionary, water, water needs, well-planned on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IMMIGRATION officials are preparing a 50-year migration plan to ensure that intakes consider a range of long-term issues such as climate change, water needs and national security. The Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Andrew Metcalfe, said yesterday the department was conducting a review of the nation’s migration needs to ensure a more [...]
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