Australian Immigration Daily News

South Australia (along with a number of other States) have been given interim allocation numbers to continue to processing subclass Business Innovation & Investment Programs.  Full announcement of final allocations was expected to occur shortly after the delivery of the Federal Budget on 6 October 2020.

The State government confirmed that final allocation is unlikely to be released until November this year.

In the meantime, below is a summary of the interim nomination requirements

The following email was received today:

NSW Business and Skilled Migration Skilled is close to filling its interim allocation of nomination positions for the 2020-21 program year provided by the Department of Home Affairs.

Following the Commonwealth Government’s announcement of the annual migration program planning levels, an additional provision of nomination positions for the reminder of the year may become available in the coming weeks.

Further information will be provided on our website once the allocation of nomination positions has been finalised.  

Skilled migration

NSW will continue to operate an expression of interest and invitation model to address NSW’s skill needs.

Under direction from Home Affairs, NSW will continue to priorities applicants with skills to support NSW economic recovery and public health response.

As reported earlier, Department of Home Affairs ceased to issue ETA visas in wake of COVID19.

The Department of Home Affairs has re-commended issuing ETA visas via a mobile app.

To make a new application, an applicant needs to download the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) mobile app (Australian ETA) for some ETA-eligible passport holders while the travel restrictions are in place.

Below is a discussion in Parliament yesterday which migration agents might find interesting:

Partner-Visas----House-of-Reps-20-Oct-2020.pdf