Australian Immigration Daily News

The following information has been provided by the Department of Home Affairs to Migration Alliance:

We are pleased to advise that from 1 August 2022, applicants will be able to lodge Bridging A, B and C visa applications via an online webform Submit your Bridging visa application online (Bridging visa A, B or C only).  This webform should be used by applicants who are unable to lodge a Bridging visa application through ImmiAccount, and would otherwise have submitted their application via a paper based application by mail or in person. 

From 1 August 2022 all applicants applying for a Bridging A, B or C visa in Australia must lodge their application online either through ImmiAccount or the webform on the Department’s website. Paper applications will no longer be accepted as a valid method of lodgement from this date. 

In Australia alone, the scarcity of qualified skilled construction workers is significant, with an estimated 105,000 additional workers required within the next year.

Put simply, this challenge cannot be solved by migration and training alone. The silver bullet is productivity.

Source: Australian-Constructors-Association.pdf

Ministers agreed that cooperation on strengthening the skills sector is critical to addressing skills shortages and creating a more productive economy, and undertook to work together in a genuine partnership, and develop joint ambitions for our skills system.

Ministers committed to working in partnership to continue to grow the pipeline of skilled workers and prioritise skills reform through a collaborative and coordinated negotiation process.

Source: Meeting-release-21-July-2022----Skilled-Visas.pdf

The AAT application fee is now $3153.00

Source: https://www.aat.gov.au/apply-for-a-review/migration-and-refugee/migration/fees

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is reviewing the Australian and New Zealand Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). 

Consultation has commenced with an opportunity for users to provide feedback on the following topics:

•             how skills are reflected in ANZSCO, and