New Regional Visas:
Sourced from: Skilled Visa Newsletter, 2019
On the 26thof November 2019, the government have announced several opportunities for migrants who want to come and live in regional areas such as Perth, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Newcastle/ Lake Macquarie, Wollongong/ llawarra, Geelong, and Hobart.
One of the advantages of applicants who are eager to move or live within the said regional areas will have, access to the dedicated 25,000 regional places, priority processing on regional visas, have access to regional occupations lists, and international students who studies in regional areas will have the eligibility to get an additional year on a post-study work visa. These changes will imply to applicants who are wishing to apply to subclass 491 & 494 from the date it has been introduced.
The New Point System:
Sourced from: Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs
One of the biggest changes that have also been implemented by the Federal Government on the 16thof November 2019 is the new visa points system. The changes to the points test includes; 10points if you are single or your partner is an Australian Permanent Resident or Australian Citizen, 15 points for applicants who are being sponsored for a Skilled Work Regional or sponsored by a family member and that if the minister have approved that sponsorship, & 5 points if the applicants spouse or de facto partner is also an applicant and who has competent English. Some of these changes are relevant to Subclasses 489,189 and 190visas, as well as the new Subclass 491.
These new changes have now been finalised since the announcement on the 16thof November and many applicants have been moving their way to go to regional areas to claim extra points as well as amending their applications with the new points system. To know more about these changes and need any assistance with processing your applications through, please visit us at address 45 Ryan Street, Footscray VIC 3011 or call us at 0415 994 531.
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