Published by Admin on February 8th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
Australia is looking for immigrants to come work in their hospitality and tourism industry. These industries are short staffed; The Australian Government needs to attract 36,000 cooks, waiters, and bartenders as soon as possible.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen confirmed the government is also looking for another 56,000 hospitality workers to immigrate to Australia by 2015. Experts say high-paying mining jobs are luring away Australian workers from the retail, hospitality, and tourism industry.
“Tourism injects around $35 billion a year into the Australian economy and the Government is acting to ensure labour and skills issues impacting on the tourism industry’s competitiveness are addressed under the National Long-Term Tourism Strategy, Tourism 2020,” said Australian Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson.
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Published by Admin on January 27th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
Accountants looking to emigrate to Australia can apply under the General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program. You will need to meet the basic requirements for GSM, pass the Australian immigration Points Test and pass a skills assessment for your particular occupation to qualify for an Australian visa.
It is important to note that beginning 1 July 2012, Australian immigration will be introducing huge changes to their skilled migration program. It is expected that under the Australian immigration system fewer people will qualify and processing times will be longer. If you wish to come under the current skilled immigration programme you should apply for a skills assessment as soon as possible. You need to be ready with your skills assessment and, have passed the English language test before you can submit your immigration application.
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Published by Admin on January 19th, 2012 in Australian Immigration, Canadian Immigration
The “Down Under Live” and “Canada Live” expos will be held next month in the UK providing detailed information of immigration and employment opportunities for Australia, New Zealand and Canada and will take place in three different cities across the UK. If you are interested in immigration to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada you should seriously consider visiting an Immigration Expo.
Recent government statistics have shown that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are the top destinations for people migrating from the UK. Importantly, Australia and New Zealand have been experiencing extreme skills shortages in various industries. There are plenty of opportunities for new immigrants with the right skills and qualifications.
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Published by Admin on January 17th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
The Australian Defence Force is trying to recruit laid-off soldiers, sailors and air crew from the UK in order to fill their quota of new recruits. Those chosen will gain preferential treatment when it comes to Australian Immigration and Citizenship. The Australian Navy has sent a delegation to the UK to recruit some of the 5,000 Royal Navy staff due to lose their jobs over the next four years.
Many Australian engineers have been lured away from the military by the mining industry, which offers better pay and conditions. The UK’s Royal Navy has already announced plans to lay off about 1,020 sailors, a third of who are being made redundant compulsorily. The Australian Navy directly contacts redundant UK sailors and offer them “career transition options” for those interested in immigration to Australia.
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Published by Admin on January 13th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
New relaxed visa rules in Indonesia for four Middle Eastern countries could trigger an influx of people trafficking to Australia. Indonesia plans to relax visa rules for nationals of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan; The changes have raised concerns with Australian Immigration authorities that the new laws could cause a rise in people smuggling operations to Australia. This year, Australian immigration authorities have already intercepted two vessels trying to smuggle people into Australia.
Indonesia has typically been the main transit point for asylum seekers heading to Australia. Additionally, Afghanistan and Pakistan are two of the main sources of asylum seekers. The changes to the Indonesian immigration laws are aimed at promoting Indonesian tourism and come despite the four nations being listed on Indonesia’s so-called “red list” due to security fears.
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Published by Admin on December 23rd, 2011 in Australian Immigration
In a report released today by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in Australia, figures indicate that there has been an overall annual growth of 8.3 per cent in the Australian immigration’s first working holiday visa program.
The figures for the 2010/2011 program year indicate that DIAC approved a total of 162,980 Australian working holiday visa applications. The figure is an increase of 10,000 visa grants over the the 2009/10 year, which was the first year to see an overall decline in the number of Australia visa grants for working holiday makers.
A number of countries saw a particularly dramatic rise in Australian working holiday visas granted, with Ireland seeing the biggest increase with a substantial 87.4 per cent rise on the previous year, followed by Taiwan which saw an increase of 41 per cent.
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Published by Admin on December 20th, 2011 in Australian Immigration
Australian immigration from 1 July 2012 will be introducing significant changes to their skilled migration program. If you wish to come under the current skilled immigration programme you should apply for a skills assessment as soon as possible. You need to be ready with your skills assessment and, have passed the English language test before you can submit your immigration application.
Australian immigration’s new skilled worker program will be called the Skilled Migrant Selection Register, known as SkillSelect. This is similar to the New Zealand immigration system; You will have to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The SkillSelect will work as an electronic two-stage process where prospective visa applicants first submit a claim for skilled migration through an online EOI. Following this, they may then be invited to submit an Australian visa application on the basis of their EOI.
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Published by Admin on December 6th, 2011 in Australian Immigration, Global Visas
The Australian government has announced this week that more international students will be eligible for the Post-Study work visa as part of the Australian government’s response to the Knight Review of the student visa program.
Australian Immigration announced on November 30 the new Post-Study work visa program would be available for Bachelor or higher degree graduates starting in 2013, according to a joint press release from Chris Evans, Australian Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and Chris Bowen, Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.
“These changes bring Australia into line with arrangements in other countries and enable education providers to offer a more competitive package to international students who are seeking good quality and long-term study in Australia, regardless of their field of interest,”said Evans.
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Published by Admin on November 29th, 2011 in Australian Immigration, Global Visas
Canada has a large demand for doctors and dentists and those looking to emigrate can apply under the Federal Skilled Worker program. The program is for tradespeople, professionals and other skilled migrants who are not sponsored by an employer and have skills in occupations listed on the Priority Occupation List for the Canadian skilled worker visa category.
The government uses a Priority Occupation List with occupations deemed in demand by the Canadian Government; There is an ongoing national skills shortage in a number of areas. Skilled workers are people who are selected as permanent residents based on their ability to become economically established in Canada.
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Published by Admin on November 25th, 2011 in Australian Immigration, Global Visas
Currently registered nurses are in great demand in Australia and those looking to emigrate can apply under the General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program. Applicants will need to meet the basic requirements for GSM, pass the Australian immigration Points Test and pass an occupation skills assessment to qualify for an Australian visa.
GSM is for professionals and other skilled migrants who have skills in particular occupations required in Australia and who are not sponsored by an employer. Australian Immigration uses a Skilled Occupation List (SOL) as part of their points system. In order to qualify for skilled migration to Australia, you must nominate an occupation from the SOL.
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