Australian Immigration Daily News

The General Skilled Migration (GSM) program for the 2019/20 financial year has now closed. 

The State & Territory nomination program will remain temporarily CLOSED until the Commonwealth Government s allocation of state nomination places for 2020-21 takes place. This means that State & Territory governments have no ability to nominate applicants in visa subclass 190 & visa subclass 491. 

The GSM 2020/21 program year is scheduled to re-open from early August however, changes to the composition of the Australian Migration program might be made in October under the new budget. 

The Victorian Government’s state nomination program will remain temporarily closed while the State await the Commonwealth Government’s allocation of state nomination places for 2020-21.

In the meantime, applicants will not be able to apply for the following state nomination visas:

• Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491) visa
• Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa
• Business Innovation stream (subclass 188A) (Provisional) visa
• Investor stream (subclass 188B) (Provisional) visa
• Significant Investor stream (subclass 188C) (Provisional) visa
• Entrepreneur stream (subclass 188E) (Provisional) visa
• Significant Business History  (subclass 132A) (Permanent) visa
• Venture Capital Entrepreneur (subclass 132B) (Permanent) visa

Applicants can still lodge their Expression of Interest (EOI) through the Commonwealth’s Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect system.  An EOI will be required before an applicant can apply for a Victorian visa nomination.

Immigration South Australia has confirmed today that both Business and Skilled Migration program will remain closed until August 2020.

This means that no applications can be made for the following subclasses:

A nationwide study involving 5000 international students has found the majority are experiencing serious wage theft with three in four students earning below the minimum casual wage and one in four earning less than half the minimum.

‘International Students and Wage Theft in Australia’ is the latest report from UTS Law Associate Professor Laurie Berg and UNSW Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum who co-direct the Migrant Worker Justice Initiative.

It builds on their 2016 national survey of temporary migrant workers. This new study finds that, despite efforts from the Fair Work Ombudsman over the last three years and stronger penalties against employers, it is still ‘business as usual’ in terms of the exploitation of international students.

Source: International-Students-Wage-theft.pdf 

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