1 July 2020 General Skilled Migration

1st July 2020, new financial year starts. The General Skilled Migration (GSM) program for the 2019/20 financial year has now closed. The State & Territory…

adminJuly 1, 2020

coronavirus covid-19 Skilled visa Skills

Skilled Migration Visas – Condition 8504 & Covid-19

The Department of Home Affairs have recently provided information in relation to offshore Skilled visa holders who are subject to visa condition 8504 ‘must enter before a specified…

adminApril 15, 2020

Skills Skilled visa

VETASSESS Professional Occupations Groups

Anzscosearch introduces new information to help users identify key information regarding VETASSESS assessment criteria in relation to General Professional occupations. VETASSESS classifies its General Professional…

adminFebruary 5, 2020

Regional Skilled visa

Visa Subclass 491 Status

The below is a summary of the status of the new Visa Subclass 491 in all different states and territories. Last update: 27 June 2020…

adminDecember 31, 2019

Skilled visa Skills

ANZSCO version 1.3

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Statistics New Zealand (StatsNZ) have recently completed an update of the ANZSCO catalogue. This review mainly focuses on…

adminNovember 11, 2019

Regional Skilled visa Skills

New Regional Visas 494 & 491

The Department has published legislation that introduces the new Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Subclass 491. From 16 November, this visa will substitute the current Skilled Regional…

adminNovember 4, 2019

Migration Program Skilled visa Skills

Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS)

The Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) (Subclass 482) visa is a temporary employer sponsored visa allowing genuinely skilled workers to work in Australia for their approved…

adminOctober 24, 2019

Migration Program Skilled visa Skills

Migration Program 2018-19 – Visas Granted

A total of 160,323 visas were granted for the 2018-19 Permanent Migration program. This represents the lowest number in a decade as indicated by the…

adminSeptember 11, 2019

Occupation List Regional Skilled visa

Upcoming closure of subclass 489 visa nominations: States & Territory Key Dates

The current Skilled Regional subclass 489 will cease at 11:59pm on 15 November 2019 with the new Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Subclass 491 visa commencing…

adminAugust 20, 2019

Skilled visa Skills

Skills Assessment

A skills assessment is a way of providing evidence to the Department that your skills have been assessed as suitable for your nominated occupation. The standards by…

adminJune 15, 2019

Skilled visa