The Tasmanian Government (Migration Tasmania) has officially announced that the 2026–27 Skilled Migration State Nomination Program will open for new Registrations of Interest (ROIs) on 17 August 2026. Whether you are studying, working in Tasmania, or planning your pathway to Australian permanent residency, here is a simplified breakdown of everything you need to know about the new program year. Who Should Pay Attention? Tasmanian Graduates: International students currently st

Migration Tasmania has formally issued its program update for July 2026, outlining the state nomination allocation for the 2026–27 financial year and setting out administrative arrangements for upcoming and pending applications. This official announcement provides essential guidance for prospective applicants, current candidates with lodged nominations, and those seeking to adjust their visa pathway strategy. Overview of 2026–27 Program Allocations For the 2026–27 program yea

The recent invitation round for the Skilled Independent visa (Subclass 189) issued 10,000 invitation to conclude the 25-26 fiscal year, presents a comprehensive overview of Australia’s targeted skilled migration intake across multiple sectors, including trades, healthcare, engineering, sciences, and professional services. The published data outlines the minimum points scores required for a wide range of occupations, reflecting distinct thresholds across different occupational

The landscape of Australian immigration underwent a significant recalibration on 1 July 2026. Following the legislative rollout of the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026, the Department of Home Affairs enacted a sweeping restructuring of its Visa Application Charges (VAC) for the 2026–27 financial year.

Published: May 2026 The Australian Department of Home Affairs has officially released the Permanent Migration Program planning levels for the 2026–27 financial year. It marks one of the most aggressive structural shifts in immigration policy over the last decade. At the macro level, the overall permanent migration ceiling remains capped at 185,000 places, maintaining the traditional 70:30 split between the Skilled and Family streams. However, looking at the internal allocati

In the financial year 2024/2025, the cap for parent and other family visas is total 9000. The contributory parent visas including permanent and temporary visas (sc143, sc864, sc173, sc884) is capped for 6800 visas. While the non-contributory parent visas (sc103, sc804) is capped for 1700 visas. The other family visas including remaining relative visas and carer visas is capped for only 500 visas. The current visa assessment for contributory visas is for the queue realse date

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Following the increasing English language requirements for student visa and temporary graduate visa, the government reduced the language...

From 01July2024, the visitor visa holders and temporary graduate visa holders will not be eligible to extend their stay in Australia by...

​​​From 10 May 2024, the minimum financial requirement increased for the new Student and Student Guardian visa applications.

The points test discussion paper was released on April 2024 aiming to invite submissions to the review of the points test addressed in...

​​​​​​​The draft International Education and Skills Strategic Framework was released by the Minister for Education, Minister for Skills...

Genuine Student (GS) requirement is effective for student visa applications lodged on and after 23 March 2024. GS criteria. Give details...

The new changes to English Language Requirements for Student and Temporary Graduate visas will take effect for the visa applications...

A certain visas eligibility and assessing policies with the conditiong of COVID-19 Concession Period were ceased on 25 November 2023 as...

From 27Nov2023, Partner visas and Temporary Graduate visas applicants are allowed to be either in or outside Australia at the time of...

From August 9, skill assessment application fee for general professional occupations will increase in line with movements in inflation....

Form 01July2023, the permitted work hours for visa holders of Subclass 500 (Student) visa, or a bridging visa granted on the basis of a...

From 01July2023, The visa application charges for Australian visas will increase for the majority of visas.

For those with sc491 and sc494 visa holders, the pathway to the Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191) is easier than...