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. […]
Read moreSKILLED 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 […]
Read moreBusinessman 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 […]
Read moreA new Australian visa category provides pathway to permanent residency. The new visa is now open to new applications. It hopes to attract and retain the best and the brightest entrepreneurial talent. In an SBS report, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton said the Government was driving economic growth through innovation. Mr. Dutton added that the new Entrepreneur visa […]
Read moreThe Department of Immigration announced an important change in the points test for the Skilled Migration Program. The points test will now have an additional five points to students of Australian institutions. Specifically for students with doctorate-level and masters by research qualifications in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology fields. The National […]
Read moreOne of the most critical elements of any skilled migration application represents EVIDENCE, a set of documents supporting and surrounding Genuine Position argument. Many agents forget to account for this in the correct way and a high number of rejected nominations were indeed lacking relevant supporting evidence. General business plans / case overviews do not deliver […]
Read moreBusiness opportunities between Australia and China are expected to be discussed during the Australia Agri-Food Innovation Summit. The summit is scheduled on September 13-15. Natalee Ward of The Weekly Times reports that Industry insider and advocate for the Australian-Chinese community Harry Ma said there are about one million Chinese speaking people in Australia. Ma added that […]
Read moreAre you thinking of investing in Australia? Did you know that Toowoomba is one of the most exciting emerging regional centers in Australia? Toowoomba is located 125km west of Brisbane. It is already the country’s second largest inland city (after Canberra) but its growth is far from over. John McGrath talks about how Toowoomba has all the hallmarks […]
Read moreNew Queensland BIIP (Business Innovation and Investment Program) criteria has become effective from 25 July 2016. Subclass 132 Business Talent Visa Summary Net business and personal assets of 1.5million to be transferred to Queensland within the 2 years after visa grant. Minimum of 1 Million investment into the business Minimum of $500,000 settlement funds Must […]
Read moreIt is anticipated that 2015 will bring some minor changes to the migration industry following the Government revision of the existing skilled and business visas. New Immigration Minister We started off a new year with the new Immigration Minister, Hon Peter Dutton, who has been sworn in as Australia’s new Immigration and Border Protection Minister […]
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