Published by Admin on May 8th, 2012 in Australian Immigration, Move to Australia
Provisional guidelines on Australia’s new visa processing system, which will begin on the July 1st 2012 have been published. From the start of the month all applicants will be need to be invited before they can make an online submission through the Australian Government’s SkillSelect system.
Changes to the skilled migration application programme were announced last year, though the Australian Government weren’t detailed in their particulars on the changes. So, what do the changes to the SkillSelect mean for those hoping to move to the country?
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Published by Admin on March 19th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
According to Australian-based private educational chain Navitas Workforce Solutions, only one in two overseas-trained engineers can get work in their field. In order to address this issue they have teamed up with Engineers Australia to create a new program focusing not only on aspects of technical training but also workplace culture, communication and job-finding skills for Australian immigrant engineers. Engineers Australia is a national group of more than 85,000 members working in all disciplines of the engineering industry.
Currently, only 50 percent of overseas-born engineers working in Australia are working in their field of expertise, compared to 63 percent of Australian-born engineers, according to Engineers Australia statistics. In 2010 there were around 9,000 foreign-born engineers in Australia, of which about 2,500 are on Australian temporary visas under the General Skilled Migration Program (GSM).
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Published by Admin on March 7th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
A new report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week shows that immigrants have boosted Australia’s workforce skills. The report stated that two-thirds of all working age migrants possessed academic or trade qualifications in 2010–11.
According to the report, in 2011, 66 percent of all immigrants aged 15–64 years possessed academic qualifications or trade qualifications compared to 56 percent of those born in Australia.
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Published by Admin on March 2nd, 2012 in Australian Immigration
Young people from Australia and Argentina now have the opportunity to visit and work in each others countries under a new work and holiday arrangement that came into effect this week.
The new work and holiday arrangement, which was signed by the two governments in November last year, was set up to encourage cultural exchange and widen economic ties and links between the two countries. Under the new arrangement, university-educated Australians and Argentinians aged between 18 and 30 will be allowed to work and holiday in each others country for up to 12 months.
“This agreement reinforces our mutually beneficial relationship with Argentina, which is based on shared interests, greater economic cooperation, and growing trade and tourism links,” said Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen.
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Published by Admin on February 24th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
Australian universities have announced that there has been an increase in the number of Indian students applying for admission to its universities in the 2011 academic year. Ted Baillieu, premier of Australia’s Victoria province, said that the number of Indian students in Australia on student visas has increased due to easier visa rules.
“The new visa rules allow students to stay for a few years after completing their degree and work, so more students are applying,” he said.
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Published by Admin on February 20th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
According to Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship, there was an increase is short-term business trips last year. New figures show over 120,000 applications were made for the 456 subclass short stay business visa in the last quarter of 2011.
Under the 456 subclass visa, the holder can stay in Australia for three months to carry out business activities such as attending conferences, handling negotiations or delivering presentations.
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Published by Admin on February 16th, 2012 in Australian Immigration
Health care and social assistance workers are increasingly needed in Australia. The health care industry is one of Australia’s largest industries and employs approximately 1.2 million people, accounting for around 11 percent of the total Australian workforce.
The health care and social assistance industry has a large number of older workers, with nearly half of its workforce aged 45 years or older. This means many of these workers are likely to retire in the next decade or two, leaving Australia needing even more workers to fill labour shortages. The strong employment growth of recent years is also expected to continue resulting in even more labour shortages.
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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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