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 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 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 moreBusiness Visa (subclass 132) for New South Wales will now be processed in five business days, according to the NSW Business & Skilled Migration Update. The Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) applications for nominations will now experience improved processing time. These applications are applicable for complete applications. If applications are incomplete or clarification is required, processing […]
Read moreWestern Australia (WA) businesses are being urged by WA Treasurer Mike Nahan to hire skilled migrants. The Australian reported that the Barnett government is turning to skilled migrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The number of people leaving WA to live elsewhere in Australia is now higher with interstate migration, peaking at a net […]
Read moreGenuine position criteria remains the most critical part of any (new or existing) company sponsored skilled migration application. As off recently, Case Officers are following an additional policy guideline, which is making the process of assessing these applications even more complex. The assessment process now requires evidence that the position associated with the visa application […]
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 […]
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