Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance has received a number of enquires regarding the 491 State Nominated Visas.  Below is a summary of 491 State Nominated Visas across each State.

New South Wales

NSW is currently not accepting or issuing new nominations for 491 via. In line with Home Affairs direction, NSW will commence invite applicants currently in selected health, ICT and engineering occupations, and who currently reside in NSW.

Business & Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) have confirmed that the Business Program and the Skilled Migration program will remain suspended until further notice.

In the latest press release: https://migration.qld.gov.au/  BSMQ advised that it recognises that there are a number of applicants impacted by this situation and will endeavour to re-open the program in December 2021.

BSMQ State Nomination Program

The results for the September 2020 invitation rounds are now published. No invitations were issued for pro-rata occupations. Occupation ceilings are also updated as per latest invitation round results. You can view the updated occupation ceilings here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/occupation-ceilings 

The instrument repeals Migration (LIN 18/022: Determination of Daily Maintenance Amounts for Persons in Detention) Instrument 2018 (LIN 18/022) (F2018L01196) made under subsection 262(2) of the Act in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (the AIA). Subsection 33(3) of the AIA states that where an Act confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument of a legislative or administrative character, the power shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any such instrument.

The instrument operates to determine the daily amount applicable to a person for the cost of keeping and maintaining the person in immigration detention at a specified place for a specified period. Subsection 262(3) of the Act requires the amount to be no more than the cost to the Commonwealth of detaining a person at that place for that period.

The purpose of the instrument is to update the information contained in the previous instrument LIN 18/022, with the daily maintenance amount being specified as $456.23 for the period from the commencement date of the instrument to 30 June 2022 inclusive. The decrease in the daily maintenance amount is $32.88.

Source: LIN20037.pdf and LIN20037-Explanatory-Statement.pdf

Flinders University has confirmed that the Federal Government has approved to bring 300 international students into Adelaide.  Under the new pilot scheme aiming to reboot international education, the approval allows 300 continuing students to come back to Adelaide.

It is anticipated that the majority of the students will be flying in from Singapore and their arrival is expected to happen in November.

A further 70 students are expected in Darwin in the next month under a similar arrangement into Charles Darwin University.