Substantial changes to the general skilled migration program announced 22 December 2009 The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship announced changes to the General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program on 8 February 2010. Read More
Changes to General Skilled Migration (GSM) skills requirements 22 December 2009 DIAC and the skills assessing bodies have announced changes to the permanent residency eligibility requirements that will come into effect on 1 January 2010. In this article we summarise these changes. Read More
Removing “No Further Stay” Conditions 8 December 2009 Visa conditions 8503, 8534 and 8535 are referred to as “no further stay” conditions. Read More
Restrictions on “reusing” health examination results 8 December 2009 The ‘re-use’ policy allows applicants to ‘re-use’ previous health examination reports for future visa applications, provided that the reports are still valid. Read More
Working in a closely related Skilled Occupation in Australia 8 December 2009 An applicant is eligible to receive 10 points towards their points tested skilled migration application if they can show they have been employed in that skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation in Australia for a period totalling at least 12 months in the 48 months immediately before the day on which the application was made. Read More
Significant changes to VETASSESS skills assessment requirements 8 December 2009 VETASSESS is an assessing body that conducts assessments for people applying to migrate to Australia under the Australian Government’s points tested General Skilled Migration Program (“GSM”) and Employer Nomination Scheme (“ENS”). Read More