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Business Innovation visa applicants make a huge commitment on two fronts.

Not only are they looking at settling in a new country, but they will be also investing substantial amounts of monies in a new business/investment environment. 

Lewis & Bollard have released their latest newsletter.  Permission has been granted to Migration Alliance to release the newsletter:

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Bills marked * are proposed for introduction and passage before the end of 2019

Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill * - amend the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, in relation to persons convicted of certain offences, to:

The Government has announced a new service to support recently arrived migrants, refugees and asylum seekers moving to Canberra, called Integrated Welcome to Canberra Support Service.

The service will focus on newly arrived migrants from any migrant visa category, filling the gaps experienced by people on bridging visas, temporary protection visas, and safe haven enterprise visas.

The key services to be provided under the new initiative are:

SA Migration program 2019-20

Changes for the new migration program 2019-20 are now available on the South Australian government website. Below is a summary of the changes and links to the sources:

Changes to the criteria for Skilled Migration visas and the International Graduate pathway are available here:

• The DAMA occupation list is available here.
• The criteria for eligibility of employers in the DAMA scheme is available here. 
• South Australian employers wanting to apply for a DAMA endorsement can submit their applications through the Immigration SA Apply website towards the end of this week.
• New occupation lists for the Subclass 190 and 489 visa are available here. 
• Applications for state nominations will be open on the Immigration SA Apply website from mid-afternoon, Wednesday 3 July 2019.

Source: https://www.migration.sa.gov.au/news-events/news-releases/3018