Skilled Regional visa (subclass 489) Points Requirements

Points Required for Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489).

Invitation rounds for subclass 489 visas are normally run on the 11th day of each month.

Subclass 489 State/Territory Nominated Processing Time.

75% of State/Territory Nominated 489’s took up to 10 months and 10% took over 15 months in July 2019.… Read the rest

Australian Visitor Visa Rejection Rate

90,000 Visitor Visas to Australia Rejected in a single year.

The above heading is from a 2016 news report.  90,000 sounds like a lot of Visa rejections, at first glance. But how bad is it really ?

That figure of 90,000 came from a calculation based on the Dec 2014 … Read the rest

Australian Citizenship Grants 2017-18

Australian Citizenship Grants by Conferral in 2017-18.

80,649 people became Australian Citizens by conferral in the year 2017-18.  That was an average of 6,720 citizenship grants per month.

The largest nationality group was Indian, followed by the UK and the Philippines.  The numbers for the top ten nationalities were:

No. … Read the rest

Student Visa Grant Rates 2018

Australian Student Visa Grant Rates 2018.

Student Visa Application and Grant numbers.

For the first 6 months of the 2018-19 program year to 31 December 2018, there were:

220,753 student visa applications lodged.
185,447 student visas granted.

The lowest Grant Rate was for the ‘Vocational Education and Training Sector’, applied … Read the rest

Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) Points Requirements

Points Required for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189).

Invitation rounds for subclass 189 visas are normally run on the 11th day of each month.

Points needed in the August 2019 Subclass 189 visa allocation round:

0 visa invitations with 70 Points
0 visa invitations with 75 points
0 visa invitations … Read the rest

Fiance Immigration into Australia

The ideal route for the Pre Marriage subclass 300 (PMV) visa?.

Apply for PMV (Subclass 300) Prospective Marriage visa at a cost of $7,715 (July 2019)

Then immediately apply for a 12 month Visitor Visa on the grounds of wanting to spend as much time as possible living … Read the rest

When to do the Second Stage Partner Visa Application

When can you do the Second Stage Partner Visa Application?

You can apply for the Second Stage Partner Visa (801 or 100) at about 24 months after the first stage (820 or 309) was applied for. Note: That is 24 months after it was applied for, not after it was Read the rest

Mortgage on a Temporary Partner Visa 820

Can you get a Mortgage while on a subclass 820 Visa?.

Can you get a Home Loan on a Temporary Partner Visa 820?.

You are in Australia, with your Australian partner, and it is time to get a Mortgage to buy the new home, but can your income be taken … Read the rest

Australian Work and Holiday visa from India

Is the Australian Work and Holiday visa available for India?.

Some migration agents in India are advertising that Indians are now eligible for a Work and Holiday visa to Australia.

Apparently they have already begun submitting applications for some of their paying clients .

However….

The Immigration section of the … Read the rest

Partner Visa for Australia 820 and 309

Onshore Partner Visa 820 and Offshore Partner Visa 309.

There are two types of Partner visas for Australia, the Onshore applications  (subclasses 820 and 801) and the Offshore applications (subclasses 309 and 100). They both allow the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New … Read the rest