Australian Immigration Daily News

The following news is just in from the Victorian Government:

Welcome to the Victorian Government's Agent Alert for migration agents and representatives.

This edition has information on:

• New support for Significant Investors
• The Overseas Skills Registry
• Changes to Business Innovation and Investment Visa forms
• Correct listing of clients’ Expressions of Interests and investment choices

Significant Investor Support

Already the leading Australian destination for Significant Investor migrants, Victoria is now an even more attractive investment destination with the introduction of the following key support services for investors and their representatives:

• a global network of Significant Investment Managers
• a Significant Investment Migration Manager in Melbourne
• the Significant Investor Services Directory
• printed information available to order for your clients.

Significant Investment Managers around the world

The Victorian Government has established a global network of staff to provide dedicated support for Significant Investors and their representatives. Appointments have been made in China (based in Shanghai), Europe/United Kingdom (based in London), India/South Asia (based in Bangalore) and Malaysia/South-East Asia regions (based in Kuala Lumpur).

The Significant Investment Managers will work as part of the global network of Victorian Government Business Offices to support Significant Investor clients and their representatives with information and referrals such as:

• Information about trade and investment opportunities in Victoria
• Victorian Government visa nomination and compliant investment requirements
• Wealth management and financial service providers in Victoria.

For more information:

Ms Athena Sun (Shanghai)
Significant Investment Manager - Greater China
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Tel: +86 21 6279 8681

Mr Zane Rebronja (London)
Significant Investment Manager and Skilled Migration Manager – Europe/United Kingdom
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 6824
 

Ms Olivia Quah (Kuala Lumpur)
Significant Investment Manager and Business Migration Manager - South-East Asia/Malaysia
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Tel: +60 3 2055 1505
 

Mr Versailles Thomas (Bangalore)
Significant Investment Manager – South Asia/India
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Tel: +9180 4122 7560
 

For more information visit: Significant Investor Managers

Significant Investment Migration help in Melbourne

The Victorian Government has appointed a Significant Investment Migration Manager to provide a dedicated coordination point for Victoria’s Significant Investment market development activities and visa nomination policy.

Ms My Linh Pham, Victoria’s first Significant Investment Migration Manager, has extensive experience in immigration, industry coordination and multicultural affairs gained from a broad career in the Victorian public service.

My Linh has recently returned from the Victorian Government's Financial Services Trade Mission to China and is now working with industry stakeholders and migration agents to promote significant investment migration into Victoria. My Linh can connect you and your Significant Investor clients with Victoria's global network of International Victorian Government Business Offices.

Contact My Linh directly on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone on +61 3 9651 9365.

Significant Investor Services Directory

Victoria’s recently launched Significant Investor Services Directory supports Significant Investors who wish to invest and reside in Victoria.

The directory is an online tool for Significant Investors seeking financial advice and business support services at all stages of their residency in Victoria. The Significant Investor Services Directory is available on the Live in Victoria website.

Financial and professional service providers in Victoria are invited to submit an application to list their services in the directory. The service providers listed must pass robust quality assurance assessment to be included in the directory.
 

For more information visit: Significant Investor Services Directory

Significant Investor brochures and factsheets

Live in Victoria has a range of printed fact sheets, in both Mandarin and English, about the Significant Investor visa, relocating to Victoria and other relevant matters. To order copies, please contact the Significant Investment Manager in your region, or, in Australia, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tap into talent on the Overseas Skills Registry

Agents are encouraged to refer clients to the Victorian Government’s Overseas Skills Registry, an online service making it easier for overseas qualified professionals, tradespeople and international student graduates to connect with Victorian employers.

Using the registry, overseas skilled workers can create an online profile of their professional skills and experience. To be eligible to use the registry, all individuals must live in Victoria, have a work visa and have qualifications recognised in Australia.

Victorian employers can register an account and search to connect directly with professionals and tradespeople with the skills their business needs. To register for an account employers need an ABN and a job vacancy in Victoria in a skilled occupation in demand.

There is no charge to use the registry.

For more information visit: Overseas Skills Registry

Changes to Business Innovation and Investment Visa forms

Please note the following changes to the nomination application process for visas in the Business Innovation (188A) and Significant Investor (188C) streams. These are now in effect and will simplify the process of applying for nomination. 

Business Innovation (188A):
We no longer require a business proposal as part of a Business Innovation visa application. Additional questions have been added to the online application form to replace the proposal.

There are also new Nomination Conditions and Appointment of Agent forms on the Live In Victoria website, which replace ‘Part B’. Accordingly, 'Part B' is no longer required as an attachment to the application form.

There will be a grace period of one month for applications already in progress; these will be assessed using the older forms. Please start using the new forms immediately for all new applications.

Significant Investor (188C):

A scanned copy of the Expression of Interest (EOI) is now required to be submitted as part of an application.

If your client wishes to change their complying investment after nomination, there is now a Change of Complying Investment form you will need to complete. Please send the completed form and any other required documents to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please check the Live in Victoria website for the most up to date information.

Correct listing of clients’ Expressions of Interests and investment choices

Agents, please take care that the information you provide in your client’s Expression of Interest (EOI) on the SkillSelect website corresponds with the information contained in their state nomination application.

These discrepancies most commonly occur in the area of naming complying investment choices, so particular care should be taken with these. Where there is a mix of investments, each individual choice and investment amount must be listed.

Discrepancies between the two submissions will slow the processing of applications.

Guidelines are available on the Significant Investor page.