Category: Migration News

May 2020

Posted on 21/05/20 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised, No Comments

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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Donald Trump’s Immigration Policies & their effect on Australia

Posted on 13/02/17 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, No Comments

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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Significant investor visa scheme jumpstarts residential investments in Australia

Posted on 04/12/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, No Comments

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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Anti-457 visa move could harm Australia’s technology industry

Posted on 30/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, No Comments

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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Australian states welcome business migrants

Posted on 28/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, 2 Comments

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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Update on 457 visa program

Posted on 24/11/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised, 1 Comment

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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Chinese are third biggest migrant group in Australia

Posted on 31/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised, No Comments

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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Young women leaving South Australia due to male-dominated industries

Posted on 23/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised, No Comments

  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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Business Migration Update: Entrepreneur Visa

Posted on 20/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, No Comments

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 entrepreneur​ial skills. Though this visa has individual innovative skills in its […]

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Skilled Migration: It is all about Genuine Position!

Posted on 18/10/16 in Business Consulting, Company News, Migration News, Uncategorised, 3 Comments

It is all about the Genuine Position! It seems that businesses are obtaining their SBS – Standard Business Sponsorship rights with less difficulty in comparison to defending the Genuine Position stand. It is not uncommon to witness a business holding SBS rights but not being able to successfully nominate the occupation they need. Organisation Charts […]

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