BzMark provides comprehensive, high quality business proposals and case overviews relevant for the immigration industry In addition to the standard immigration business plan requirements, BzMark also provides the following services: Review of refusals and preparation of responses to the Department Based on our experience, small businesses are often disadvantaged in their right to nominate certain occupations. […]
Read moreIt has become evident that the Case Officers are increasingly questioning the Genuine Position Criteria for skilled migration business cases. This is partially due to the fact that the Case Officers have been given more discretionary power to question, approve or reject cases but also due to the fact that many applications are prepared incorrectly […]
Read moreSKILLED VISAS When it comes to company sponsored visas, fulfillment of the Genuine Position Criteria has become the backbone of all applications. Recently, Case Officers are increasingly exercising their discretionary power to question this criteria based on the genuine need to hire a full time paid employee. This stems out of the introduction of a […]
Read moreBelow provided is an excerpt of an interesting statistical data reflecting skilled migration trends and comparisons as well as the description of our new service and subsequent fees. As we all know, the end of 2013/14 financial year is not deemed to see major regulatory changes within the migration industry. This means that the migration […]
Read moreSKILLED MIGRATION NEWS Labour Market Testing (LMT) requirement for 457 Company Sponsorship Effective from 23 November 2013, labour market testing has become mandatory requirement for most sponsoring businesses in a manner consistent to Australia’s international trade obligations. Similar to RSMS visa schemes, sponsoring businesses are now required to provide explanatory evidence of their attempts to […]
Read moreBzMark Consulting is a specialised business consultancy that can assist your clients’ business if it is not performing at its peak or requires a full turnaround plan. We also work closely with the migration industry which allows for a ready exit strategy if they wish to sell or attract capital from a business migrant once […]
Read moreIncluded below are cumulative EOI statistics available and published by DIAC, for July & Aug & Sept 2012/13. The months of July & August was very quiet in the area of business visas, with only 3 State/Territory Nominations for subclass 188 and 14 Business Talent (permanent) 132 visa subclass. September results show an increase in […]
Read moreAfter a lengthy period, all States have now released their 188 provisional business visa criteria (both streams), with the only exception being NSW. However we were advised by senior NSW staff that this will be released very shortly and will most likely follow much of the requirements of the old 163 visa criteria. While the […]
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