Australia Immigration News

Australia Launches A Tourism Campaign for the UK After its EU Exit December 26, 2019

Australia has involved the tourism chiefs to launch a huge UK advertising campaign on Christmas Day with the aim of reversing the decline of visitors from Britain which is linked to uncertainty over its exit from the EU.The Campaign and the ResultIt is an A$15m campaign with the involvement of pop icon Kylie Minogue ...

Canada Inspires Australia to Focus on Regional Immigration September 23, 2019

The minister accountable for maintaining Australia's population levels is watching to Canada for motivation to shift more immigrants to regional areas.Alan Tudge aspires to follow Canada's success in providing provinces a more prominent role in bringing new migrants to live beyond the country's largest cities.While t...

Australia Report - High Demand for Skilled Workers September 17, 2019

There is a high Demand in Australia for all categories of skilled workers, as per a recent report of Deloitte. It says that many jobs are unfilled and also that the employers cannot find workers possessing the required skills.Vacancy rates are high243,200 jobs were vacant in May 2019, reflecting an increase of 0.3% i...

Australia's Expanded Working Holiday Visa Will Benefit Indians August 02, 2019

Australia aims to grow the ''Working Holiday Maker'' visa program to thirteen nations, along with India, to hire workers to the Australian regional areas to resolve the labor shortages especially on farms, David Coleman, Immigration Minister, said on 31 Jul 2019.The Federal government is in discussions to prolong the s...

Queensland Issues Nomination Criteria and Skilled Occupation List July 29, 2019

The State of Queensland has released a new QSOL and nomination criteria for migration program in the present year. The highlights are:Onshore ApplicantsIn order to obtain the 489 visas applicants must be living in the regional areas of Queensland for three months.Additionally they need to work full-time in that speci...

Bill presented in Indian Parliament seeking dual citizenship for Indians July 19, 2019

A Member of the Indian parliamentarian introduced a Bill seeking allowing the dual citizenship for overseas nationals who are of Indian origin. Under the present laws, Indians must renounce Indian citizenship when they acquire citizenship of a foreign land.The Draft legislationA Draft legislation of Shashi Tharoor, the...

NSW makes changes in its Skilled Regional Migration Program July 05, 2019

The NSW Government has issued an update with the following information:The Home Affairs Department recently announced that the Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional visa will replace the present 489 visa in Nov 2019.The visa in the new subclass will have many similar features of the present 489 subclass but there will be ...

Immigration is a Major Contributor of Population Growth in Australia June 26, 2019

Based on the recent data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics immigration is an important contributor towards population growth in Australia.The StatisticsLast year the growth in Australian population was 1.6 percent and by the year end its total population was 25.2 million. The natural increase in populat...

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