Posted on 21/05/20 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised,
Trust everyone is navigating well during these challenging times. Covid-19 has put immigration to Australia on hold and some experts are already warning that this could have significant consequence for our economic recovery. Australia’s immigration program has been pivotal during the past decades in delivering essentially uninterrupted economic growth. Due to border closures at the […]
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Posted on 13/02/17 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News,
The executive orders President Donald Trump signed in Washington last week are paving the way for a sweeping overhaul of the US immigration and economic system. The upcoming reforms of the immigration law in US under the new leadership of President Donald Trump will deliver tighter border control measures that have not been seen in […]
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Posted on 04/12/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News,
Significant Investor Visa (SIV) scheme has given Australian residency to foreigners willing to spend at least $5 million on Complying Investments. After four years, Significant Investor Visa holders are eligible for permanent residency. China’s super wealthy have led a jump in the number of fast-tracked residential visas and now represents a very significant increase in the number […]
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Posted on 30/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News,
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes warns that anti-457 visa move could harm Australia’s technology industry. A private member’s bill into federal parliament – the Migration Amendment (Putting Local Workers First) Bill – will tighten up the controls around the issuance of 457 visas. According to The Australian, the bill would introduce more rigorous requirements for labour-market […]
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Posted on 28/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News,
BUSINESS MIGRATION TALK Australian states are increasingly recognising the incremental value and contribution that business migrants bring to their economy, employment and cultural diversity. In one way or the other, nearly all state governments have relaxed their criteria by eliminating business investment exclusions, reducing the minimum business investment and the state sponsorship application processing times. […]
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Posted on 24/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised,
SKILLED MIGRATION TALK Below presented are 457 program statistics extracted from the DIBP site. According to these statistics, during the last financial year, there were about 18,000 sponsorships lodged, and out of these approximately 15,000 were approved and around 2,000 refused. In 2015/16, sponsoring businesses lodged closed to 70,000 457 nominations, out of which around […]
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Posted on 31/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised,
The Chinese are the third biggest migrant group in Australia, behind the British and those from New Zealand. But the pattern of new settlement has changed in past decades. These days, Australia is actively recruiting wealthier business migrants from China, as well as tens of thousands of students. The latest estimate suggests there are 1.2 million […]
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Posted on 31/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Uncategorised,
Businessman Lu Xianfeng is planning to fly fresh milk to his home city of Ningbo, in eastern China, from Tasmania. Lu owns Australia’s largest dairy operation from the island state, Moon Lake Investments Pty bought the 191-year-old Van Diemen’s Land Co. for $214 million (A$280 million) in March, giving him access to 25 dairy farms […]
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Posted on 23/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised,
Young women from South Australia are continuing to leave the state at far higher rates than men their age, in the 20 to 24 age group. Adelaide Now reports that last financial year, women made up 95% of the state’s population loss to other states in that early twenties age group – a rise from […]
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Posted on 20/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News,
An Entrepreneur Visa was launched on September 10, 2016. As one of my clients described it well – ‘it is a mini version of 132b venture capitalist program’. Though the investment requirements are lower, the big emphasis is on the competent English language and entrepreneurial skills. Though this visa has individual innovative skills in its […]
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