Australian Immigration Daily News

The Tasmanian Nominated Skilled Migration Program will reopen with updated requirements to general applications on 29 January 2021 at 1pm (AEDT). 

Until this time interim program restrictions remain in place. 

Due to related system maintenance, online application access will be shut down at 5pm (AEDT) 28 January 2021 and all draft applications on-hand will be closed and archived.  

Many occupations added to the ACT critical skilled occupation list. 

The ACT critical skilled occupation list was updated yesterday and many occupations were added to the list. Some occupation are currently available only for the 491 visa. 

The following occupations were added to the list:

('X' indicates that the occupation is eligible for that visa subclass) 

The following email has been received from the Department of Home Affairs: 

Dear stakeholders,

This email is to provide you with a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document that can be distributed to your clients and members to explain the Department of Home Affairs’ (the Department) role in supporting migrant victims of family and domestic violence. 

Tasmania has now received its full nomination quota for the 2020 21 program year. The full allocation is made up of:

Subclass 491 - 1400 places
Subclass 190 - 1000 places
Business migration  45 places

Approximately 25% of skilled visa nomination places have been used.

Victoria’s Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) opens on 4 January 2021

Victoria’s full 2020-21 business and investor visa nomination program (subclass 188A, 188B, and 188E streams and subclass 132A and 132B streams) will re-open at 10am AEST on Monday, 4 January 2021. Applications for Significant Investor (subclass 188C) visa nomination opened on Monday 30 November.

The Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs has allocated the Victoria Government another 1,350 visa nomination places, in addition to the 400 places as part of the interim program. Our total number of places for the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) is 1,750 for the 2020-21 program year.  

Changes to nomination criteria

The BIIP will reopen on 4 January 2021 with changes to the state nomination criteria so it’s important that you review the latest requirements.

The new criteria strengthen Victoria’s ability to select the world’s best businesspeople and investors who will:

a) create new jobs for Victorians
b) boost innovation in strategic sectors (digital technologies, advanced manufacturing, health and life sciences, agri-food, new energy and emissions reduction, circular economy and priority precincts)
c) generate forward-looking businesses utilising their qualifications in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) fields.

Check the details of the new nomination criteria for Victoria’s Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) under the relevant subclass.

Please ensure you attach the updated nomination conditions form when you submit your application through the Live in Melbourne portal.

We look forward to receiving your applications.