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Australia should welcome more migrants and will need more than 250,000 a year by 2050 to raise living standards and boost the economy, according to a new analysis report. Such a policy would add $1.6 trillion to the economy and should be regarded as a positive move at...
Australia remains a top emigration destination for UK residents, the latest Office for National Statistics migration figures show. The February 2015 quarterly statistics show that 137,000 UK Citizens emigrated from the UK in the year ending September 2014. Australia...
Migrants need a long-term well-considered strategy if they want to have a realistic chance of obtaining permanent migration to Australia. Rising costs, tougher rules, a stricter enforcement regime and a tight job market could easily derail poorly considered migration...
Expanded English language proficiency and test scores for migration purposes have been recently announced. The changes apply to new applications only: Applications lodged before 1 July 2012 – no change, IELTS and OET Applications lodged after 1 July 2012 – no change,...
This month has seen some notable changes to the Australian General Skilled Migration programme. Have a look to see how your profession could be affected. Occupational Ceilings are state and government imposed limits on the issuing of Skilled Migrant visas for each...
Independent skilled visas for Australia have proven to be popular with job seekers from China, the UK, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, according to figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP.) The department granted 74,020 visas in the 2012/2013...
With the Department of Employment stating that there is no shortage of accountants in Australia and calling for accounting to be taken off the Skilled Occupation List for migrants, peak industry bodies and employers alike warn that the shortage will become apparent as...
ENGINEERS, IT professionals, corporate services managers and accountants continue to be in short supply across Australia, research shows. The Clarius Skills Index for December also shows an ongoing shortfall of company secretaries, auditors, and advertising and sales...
DIAC has issued an update on Skilled Migration allocation and processing on its website, including the following processing priority groups and order of processing: Priority Group 1 RSMS applications Priority Group 2 ENS applications Priority Group 3 Applications...
OVERSEAS workers will have more opportunities to work in the mines in Queensland as the government moves to boost its skilled migration visa availabilities. Last financial year, Queensland sponsored 212 skilled migration and business migration visas while 22,247...