The
table below shows statistics since commencement of the SIV on 24 November 2012
until 31 August 2014.
Item
Total
Expressions of Interest (EOI) submitted through SkillSelect
1650
Invitations to apply for a SIV issued as a result of applicants being
nominated by a state or territory government
1382
Primary applications lodged
1172
Primary visas granted
386
As
of 31 August 2014:
·
45.8 per cent...
Monday, 22 September 2014
Review of the skilled migration and 400 series visa programmes
The Department has released further information related to the Review of the skilled migration and 400 series visa programmes.
There are four broad review terms of reference:
Review the effectiveness of the current skilled migration and 400 series visa programmes with the aim to reduce unnecessary red tape and impost on Australian business.
Explore and develop, in consultation with key stakeholders, new and innovative skilled migration visa models to support Australia’s short and long term skilled migration needs while...
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Diversity Visa Green Card lottery registration opening next month!
Want to make a permanent move to the United States and don’t
know how? Apply for the Diversity Visa Green Card lottery starting next month
for your chance to make your U.S. dream come true!
The United States Government grants 50,000 permanent
resident cards (green cards) each year to individuals from other countries with
low rates of immigration to the United States. This year’s Diversity Visa
lottery registration program (DV-2016) will be open from 1 October 2014 – 3
November 2014.
To qualify for the DV Lottery this year, applicants...
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Does the U.S. Visa Waiver Program Pose a Danger to National Security?
In the past couple of days, I have run across two opposing viewpoints in articles discussing the U.S. Visa Waiver Program:
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, from my home state of Hawaii, says "Americans are in great danger because many Europeans can visit for up to 90 days by registering online." She suggests "suspending British, French and German citizens from visa-free travel to the U.S. because of "large numbers" of Islamic extremists."
http://news.yahoo.com/us-lawmaker-time-europeans-apply-visas-160553968.html
U.S. Representative...
Monday, 15 September 2014
Subclass 457 - Government Review
At a
National Press Club lunch on 10 September 2014, the Minister for Immigration and Border
Protection, the Hon Scott Morrison, discussed the Government’s response to the
just released report by the panel conducting the Independent Review into
Integrity in the Subclass 457 programme.
The
Minister praised the report for its “balanced and measured” 22 recommendations.
Minister Morrison did not
give any details of the implementation date for the recommendations, but said
that the Government will give a detailed response “in the weeks and...
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