Australian Immigration Daily News

New occupations are now added for the Orana regional area

Regional Development Australia – Orana is a Regional Certifying Body (RCB) for the Orana region in New South Wales. We provide skilled migration services as part of an overarching regional workforce planning and development strategy.

As an RCB Orana assess the suitability of applicants to fill gaps in their existing labour market and recommend these applicants to the Department of Home Affairs or NSW Department of Industry.

This means they play a role in assessing eligibility for the following two visas:

Summary of changes to Working Holiday Maker visas:

 Working Holiday Makers who have completed at least six months specified regional employment in their second year may be eligible for a third year visa. The 6 months of work must all be carried out on or after 1 July 2019, with applications able to be lodged from January 2020.

 Extension of the period a WHM (subclass 417 and 462) may work with the same agricultural employer, from six to 12 months.

Fees for migration related services from 1 July 2019

The fees for migration related services have increased at NAATI.

New charge amounts displayed here on the NAATI website: https://www.naati.com.au/resources/forms-fees/fees-charges/

The following information is displayed on the Victorian government's "Live in Melbourne" website:

In the afternoon of Monday 15 July 2019, Victoria’s Skilled and Business Migration Program will be launching a new online application system for visa nomination.

The new system will allow you to:

The following message is displayed on the Business and Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) website:

Queensland state nomination program UPDATE as at 28 June 2019

The Queensland business and skilled programs are currently closed and will not open on 1 July 2019. The programs are scheduled to open by the end of July (date-to-be confirmed). Please do not contact BSMQ to enquire when the programs will open. We are currently working with stakeholders to finalise the 2019-20 programs.