Australian Immigration Daily News

There are small changes in the application process and nomination criteria for the RDA Far South Coast, NSW regional area. Following changes apply:

• All the applications must be electronic. It is better not to submit the applications by post.
• Processing times have decreased from 3 months to 2 months.
• The minimum English requirement has increased from 6 bands in each module to 7 bands in each module (IELTS or equivalent).
• The English language certificate must be 2 years of at the time of submission.

Source: https://www.rdafsc.com.au/srs-489/

The availability of some occupations has changed on the SA occupation list

Low Availability

141111 Cafe or Restaurant Manager
224214 Records Manager

Special Conditions Apply
225213 ICT Sales Representative
234411 Geologist
311213 Medical Laboratory Technician

A new QSOL and nomination criteria have been released for the State of Queensland.

QLD state has now released it's new nomination criteria and the new QSOL for the migration program 2019-20. The highlights of the updates are as follows:

Onshore Applicants

• For 489 visa - applicant must be living in a regional area of Queensland for 3 months.
• Must be working full-time in the nominated occupation for 190 visa (for 6 months); and for 489 visa (for 3 months).  Full time work is considered to be 35 hours per week.
• Have evidence of ongoing employment for 1 year with a registered Queensland employer.

Offshore Applicants

There is a new occupations list for the 2019-20 program year, released by RDA Far South Coast.

Below are some features of the new list and also some conditions:

• Accountant and Software Engineer occupations are currently suspended.
• A lot of occupations include the prerequisite of a minimum IELTS score of 8 in all components (or equivalent)

The new occupations list is here: 

RDA Northern Inland Regional nomination changes 

RDA Northern Inland has placed a link on their website allowing sign-up via email. Once a person has signed up, they can receive email updates regarding open dates for the acceptance of futurer 489 visa applications. 

The links are below:

RDA Northern Inland: http://www.rdani.org.au/skilled-migration/skilled-regional-nsw-sponsorship.php