Australian Immigration Daily News

The purpose of the instrument is to increase the eligible age for French applicants for the Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa to the maximum of 35 as allowed by the Regulations. The instrument also amends Schedule 2 to the instrument to include reference to a region (in addition to a country) and provide greater clarity for the age requirements.

The changes will only apply in relation to new applications for a Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa made on or after 1 July 2019.

Source: LIN19183-Instrument.pdf and LIN19183-Explanatory-Statement.pdf

Source: https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/

Occupation ceilings updated for 2018-19 migration program 

Occupation ceilings have been updated for 2018-19 migration program.  The Department of Home Affairs has published the new occupation ceilings on its website today. 

An 'occupation ceiling' might be applied to invitations issued under the independent, skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs can be selected for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations. Once this limit is reached, no further invitations for that particular occupation group will be issued for that program year. Invitations will then be allocated to intending migrants in other occupation groups even if they are lower ranking.

Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/occupation-ceilings

Results of 11 June 2019 invitation round released today

The Department of Home Affairs has released the results of the 11 June 2019 invitation round.  The DoHA has kept the number of invitations the same:

• 100 in 189 stream, and
• 10 in 489 (family sponsored) stream

Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/invitation-rounds

New changes for the 2019-2020 migration program

The ACT has announced new changes on their website regarding the 2019-2020 migration program. The ACT have published new guidelines about the latest changes in the migration program for 2019-20, which will take effect from November to June 30th 2020.  Below are the links to the new documents: 

New occupations list: http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/workspace/uploads/documents/final-act-occupation-list-1-july-19.pdf

New occupations list (Effective 29 November 2019): http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/workspace/uploads/documents/act-occupation-list-nov-18-updated-march-19.pdf