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A ministerial direction for skilled visas prioritising regional areas and a ministerial direction for student visas prioritising offshore applications came into effect recently. The number of 476 visas to be granted this financial year will be 3,735 and this may be the last time this visa will be available.
Read MoreAdditional resources have been allocated for visa compliance and integrity measures. Published processing times have been scaled back considerably. There will be no new business skills nominations this program year due to enough on-hand applications.
Read MoreThe work limitation exemption for all working holiday makers (subclass 417 – Working Holiday visas and subclass 462 – Work and Holiday visas) that allows visa holders to work for any one employer for more than 6 months will end on 30 June 2023. The visa backlog has been cut to 600,000 on-hand applications, down from 1 million.
Read MoreA creature of COVID, the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) was abolished last week and replaced with more back-to-business processing priorities except for healthcare and teaching occupations which now take the highest priority.
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