Australian Immigration Daily News

The RDA Central West region has announced that they are currently closed for applications in Subclass 489 (Skilled Nominated Visas).  RDA Central West will publish a new visa occupations list in early August 2019. 

RDA Central West processing dates for round one will be adhered to:
- Registration open 5th August, and closes on 9th August
- Full applications will be required within 7 days following an "Invitation to Apply"
- RDA Central West referrals close on 9th September

Source: https://rdacentralwest.org.au/visas/visa-489/

RDA Riverina in regional NSW has announced the imminent release of their occupations list.  RDA Riverina is waiting for the approval from the state government for the re-opening of the occupations. Migration Alliance will provide an update here once the occupations list opens.

Source: https://rdariverina.org.au/skilled-migration/

TRA has published the following news on their website regarding the delays in processing times for migration skills assessments.  This is due to the increase in the number of applications. The processing of applications is taking more than 90 days (3 months). 

TRA urges all the applicants, not to contact them as all the applications are being processed in the order they are received. TRA also advises applicants to allow them time of up to 120 days before contacting them in regards to the update on the status of the application.

Source: https://www.tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au/news-media/news/delay-processing-migration-skills-assessment-and-migration-points-advice-programs-0

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:

Migration_Newsletter_723.pdf