Study abroad in Australia every week there are a variety of major events happen, a week of events for you to choose the most important things!
Latest visa fee announcement
On Friday, the Home Office announced visa fees for fiscal year 2018 / 19 in a new LI. All kinds of visa application fees have risen in an all-round way, varying in number.
The biggest rise was for investment immigration visas, notably 188D (PIV), up 190 Australian dollars, and 188C, up $160.
Spousal visas also rose by A $160, while parental migrants did not rise much, such as 143 by $85, in line with the 1818, 190 and 489 increases.
Students signed a small increase of 15 Australian dollars, ordinary travel and working holidays increased by 10 Australian dollars.
Employer guarantee LMT
This week Xiao Xin opened up another rumor.
Australia`s government now accepts the employer`s job in LinkedIn to meet the LMT`s requirements, but it does not mean that the employer can guarantee the overseas workers as long as a six-month advertisement is made!
Government admits that LinkedIn ads are just a choice for employers, and that none of the other conditions should be met. And recruitment advertisements must also be at least 2, officially approved advertising channels must still have.
In addition, it has nothing to do with Chinese mainland applicants, so don`t be paced by certain corporate accounts, thinking that employer-guaranteed visas are loosening up again.
EOI`s latest Warfare
Whether hot or non-hot, the minimum invitation score has risen to 75 points in two consecutive rounds! Accounting and auditing are 80 starting points. All occupation quotas have not been used up, non-hot is a lot of surplus.
The final round of EOI invitations for the fiscal year is as follows:
Visa processing time May
This week, the Home Office announced a May visa review schedule.
Student signature
Overall speed up, especially in primary and secondary schools and accompanying guardianship visa. College class TAFE class speed up not much.
485 visa
The overall speed of the Graduate Work branch increased by almost a month.
The PSW branch slows down, and 75% of applications take 69 days to hear.
Skilled immigrant visa
189 still takes a long time, and the overall speed is down, and 90% will take 11 months. Approved at the end of March.
The 190 hearing was faster than 189, with the majority of those filed in the first half of the year being signed in about two months. The 190 filed on April 30 was approved this week.
The speed of the 489 states fell, and 90% took 12 months. This week, approval was submitted at the beginning of 2018.
Employer guaranteed visa
457 speed drops, 90% take 14 months!
186 both DE and TRT branches have slowed down, and most need to wait more than a year.
187 is also still tortoise speed, the vast majority of the DE branch should take 2 years to try!
Family reunification visa
Parents Immigrants 143: The waiting time continues to be extended,75% will need 44 months,90% will need to wait four years and a half!
Spousal migration: 300 and 309 take one year to one and a half years to hear, 100 one and a half years to two years. 820 a. 801 is not fast either, about 1.5 to 2 years, respectively.
petition for naturalization
Naturalization applications are still a long wait, with 75% of applications under the Conferral branch taking 14 months, the same as last month.
South Australia closed
The application for an investment immigration guarantee in South Australia was reopened on June 7, 2018, although the application for a guarantee of 190 μ 489 will be temporarily closed at 9 a.m. on June 25 and is expected to reopen within the first week of July (as determined in early July).
Applicants who have completed a state application are required to submit the application and pay the application fee before the system is shut down.
Starting at 9 a.m. on June 25, all incomplete applications will be deleted, including those that have been completed and stored in the system but have not yet been submitted, as well as those that have been submitted but have not yet been paid for.
South Australia RCB fluctuation
South Australia`s RCB has removed recruitment exemptions for certain occupations and visa categories, including:
University lecturers and medical professionals
Has worked for the approved 457 / 482 guaranteed employer for at least 12 months in the nominating position, as well as the nominees who wish to apply for 187 DE
All applications for RCB advice submitted since June 25, 2018 need to prove that priority is given to local Australian employment. Nominees are to be posted on one of the recruitment sites listed on the RCB advice list, as well as in other local newspapers.
Merger negotiations between South Australia and South Australia
South Australia has had a little bit of movement this week.
South Australia`s two leading universities, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, have begun formal merger talks, starting with a six-month partnership to discuss potential merger issues, with the presidents overseeing and drafting a joint report.
Formal proposals are expected to be submitted by the end of this year. At that time, the councils of the two schools will consider the content of the report and finalize the merits and feasibility of the merger.
Adelaide University was founded in 1874 and is a member of the G8. With 27000 students and 3800 employees, it generated about A $950 million last year.
Founded in 1991, the University of South Australia has 37000 students and 3000 employees, with a total revenue of more than A $600m last year.
The two schools have cooperated with each other in biomedical and other project areas, and have achieved some results. We will now continue to deepen cooperation and complement each other with a view to achieving a bolder leap forward.
Travel visa submission address
After last week`s introduction of changes in the way parents and spouses will be submitted for the new fiscal year, news of travel signatures has been heard this week.
With effect from 1 July, the mailing or express address of the travel visa has changed:
New Tourist stream address:
New Sponsored Family stream address:
QS Young University Rankings
Singapore`s Nanyang Polytechnic University topped the latest QS ranking of young universities in the world, while Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and South Korean Academy of Science and Technology ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
A young university refers to a school less than 50 years old, this time Australian institutions accounted for 1/5 of the TOP 50, the overall performance is good. Among them, Sydney University of Science and Technology is in the top 10.
