Australian Immigration Daily News

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The Department of Home Affairs ('Home Affairs') has announced a new Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) to replace the current Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489).

The new subclass 491 visa ('491 visa') will commence on 16 November 2019, and the subclass 489 visa ('489 visa') will cease at 11.59 pm on 15 November 2019.

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Skilled Regional (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 489) Central West nominations are currently closed again due to the high number of registrations we have received.

At this time we are unable to advise when nominations will reopen.

If you have already submitted your registration it will be assessed and RDACW will provide an email notification to individuals and Migration Agents if the ‘Registration of Interest’ was not successful on this occasion. 

If successful you will receive an Invitation to apply.

Source: https://rdacentralwest.org.au/visas/visa-489/ 

Understanding which health insurance product to recommend to your clients is an important role of any Migration Agent.  Visa applicants rely on your advice to make life-impacting decisions. Knowing when to recommend Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC) and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is important. There are important differences between the two products. 

Different visa types have different health insurance requirements. This article helps you understand when to offer OSHC or OVHC to your clients.  It is important to ensure the appropriate health insurance is purchased. See below for useful links to important information, to help ensure you are providing the right advice to your clients. 

Your clients are responsible for any health debts that occur in Australia: 

The SA Visitor Economy Sector Plan (the Plan) seeks to continue a strong momentum and unprecedented growth for the next decade and sets a bold ambition of growing the Visitor Economy yet further to $12.8b by 2030, generating an additional 16,000 jobs in South Australia.

This will result in significant, long term impacts upon the South Australian economy, driving wealth creation, investment and a well deserved sense of pride in the State.

This Plan has been developed with the generous input of 700 people from across South Australia, with workshops held in 16 locations throughout the State and 19 meetings with various industry and government associations.

Lewis & Bollard have released newsletter 730 which makes interesting reading:

Migration_Newsletter_730.02.pdf