Category: News

Skilled Migration: 2014-15 Occupational Ceilings Announced The Occupational Ceilings for the 2014-15 year have been announced. Changes to the number of places allocated to Engineers, IT Professionals, Accountants, Teachers, Constructions Trades, and Chefs were substantial. What is an Occupational Ceiling? An occupational ceiling is the total number of invitations issued...

South Australia Opens Up More Sponsorship, Introduces Chain Migration Good news, South Australia had reopened its state sponsorship for skilled migrants. Started on 1 July 2014, many occupations had been relisted as highly available in the state. Even more interesting, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) requirement for some...

1 July 2014: Changes to Australia’s Occupations List And Skills Assessments Update on Occupations List Fortunately, no occupations have been removed from SOL and CSOL. However, new occupations have been added. Skilled Occupations List (SOL) The Skilled Occupation List identifies occupations which do not need sponsorship by a state or...

Number of Accountancy Places for Migrants to be Limited to 5,000 The Abbott government will limit the number of foreign accountants who will be able to get permanent visas from almost 10,000 to about 5,000 starting 1st July 2014. The Australian media has reported that this came after the Australian Workplace and...

Protecting Borders and Migration Boosting Australia’s Economy To provide more protection on Australia’s borders, the Australian Government announced a new reform that will form a new agency which will be consisted by the combined effort of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection...