491/190 visas: WA adds VET course to Graduate Occupation List, job offer and employment experience reduced

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491/190 visas: WA adds VET course to Graduate Occupation List, job offer and employment experience reduced

Last week the Premier of Western Australia announced that the requirements for international student graduates to be nominated for a Subclass 190 – Skilled - Nominated visa or a Subclass 491 – Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa would be reduced along with adding trade occupation to their Graduate Occupation List so local graduates of vocational education (VET) courses can also apply.

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Student visas: Financial capacity increase on 24 October 2019

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Student visas: Financial capacity increase on 24 October 2019

The annual living costs, annual school costs, and minimum personal annual income for Subclass 500 – Student visa or Subclass 590 – Student Guardian visa will increase from tomorrow after a new instrument was registered today. This year has seen rumblings in changes to student visa Assessment Levels and accusations that some students have had their Certificates of Enrolment cancelled after they have been issued.

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Partner visas: Processing delays double, total onhand applications now over 210,000

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Partner visas: Processing delays double, total onhand applications now over 210,000

A request by the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship on partner visas has uncovered increasing delays in processing applications, which in turn ridicules claims made by the government that it has reduced Australia’s permanent visa grant numbers.

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494 and 491 visas: Access to welfare and government services; making the provisional more permanent

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494 and 491 visas: Access to welfare and government services; making the provisional more permanent

A report released late last week by the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs recommends that a bill is passed that will see 491 – Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa and 494 – Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa holders be deemed ‘Australian residents’ for the purposes of accessing welfare and other government services.

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