Monthly Archives: July 2017

New Permanent Visa Options for New Zealand Citizens

From the 1st of July 2017, the Government has introduced a new Visa pathway under the Subclass 189 Independent Skilled Visa. The new pathway is specifically relevant to New Zealand Citizens living in Australia. To qualify under this new pathway, applicants will need to have lived in Australia for a period of 5 years and [...]

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Age Reduction for Multiple Visa Categories

On 1 July 2017, the maximum age for primary applicant was reduced to under 45 for multiple Skilled Visas such as Subclass 189, 190 and 489 as well as applicants applying under the Direct Entry Pathway of the Subclass 186. The Government has also proposed to reduced the age to under 45 for applicants applying [...]

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Extensive Changes to the Subclass 457 Visa Program

In April 2017, the Government introduced extensive changes to the Subclass 457 Visa Program and announced that the visa would be replaced by a new system in March 2018. In July 2017, further changes were implemented with ongoing changes to be introduced in December 2017. One of the major changes was the massive reduction of [...]

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Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Short-term Skilled Occupation List replaced SOL and CSOL

In April 2017 the Government introduced extensive changes to the Subclass 457 Visa Program including the introduction of new Occupations Lists. On 1 July 2017, the new Occupations Lists were again changed and introduced to multiple Visa Program including General Skilled and Employer Nominated Permanent Residency Visa. Unlike, the previous Skilled Occupations List and Consolidated [...]

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