Australian Immigration News 16th March. The New Genuine Student Requirement details released + more 

I appreciate that! Thanks for your support!

Hah I'd be the last person they want, they want yes people.

Just about, but now they want on record that students have agreed to go home after studying

@@ailsaustralia with GTE they wanted to be convinced that a student will return and that is why the Govt wanted to know links to own country, family etc. but... but...now they want the applicant to be honest and state if they wish to stay in the country into the future but in GSR they want the applicant to assure they will return. Amazing contradictions!

Someone has to try at least, thanks for the support

Fantastic news well done Aman!!!! Thanks for your kind words of support!

You are lucky to get visa grant before they run out of quotas this financial year, congratulations!

@@estellebright2579 Thank u😊

Congratulations! Amen to the prayers

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Tony!

Thanks for your support!

Much appreciated!

Yes we wonder that too sometimes

I think they will but of course there is uncertainty so fingers crossed

Thankyou much appreciated Piya!

Your welcome

Not really, it is worse

@@ailsaustralia universities were on hold for this policy and not allowing students to pay fee and also not issuing Coe's. I hope so now they will work smoothly and allow students to pay a fee and give them Coe's so they can proceed for a visa.

@@ailsaustraliamostly this is just for ending the uncertainty. Whether GS is worse or not is another debate for another day.

Thanks Gabriel for the valuable insight. Keep us posted where we can learn more about this please

Will do!

That is awesome! Thanks for the feedback and sharing your good news!

No, and that is something we want to address

Thanks for the support

Your welcome

So nice of you

Unfortunately it is not likely to improve

Yeah I know, just another delay on purpose of this government to try and make themselves look good

@@ailsaustralia That's true. Its frustrating and also disappointing to not be able to join my husband and start our lives.

They are clearly setting things up to restrict that movement yes.

At this rate not sure, sorry

@@ailsaustralia all good. Thank you for letting me know though 😄

@@ailsaustralia do you do online sessions or on call sessions ?

Yes Estelle it is indeed. They are so unaccountable it makes you want to scream

Hi Estelle, is there anyway to know if the state sponsorship is still valid or not?😢

@@nguyenanhtuan1196 hello. Please contact a registered migration agent or lawyer to resolve your concern. Thanks.

@@nguyenanhtuan1196 please contact a registered migration lawyer/agent to address your concern. Thanks.

Thanks!

Looks like it but we shall have to wait and see

Probably they are full up for this year but hard to tell. yes we will be on it

Yes we will, thanks for the suggestion

Yes that is always a yearly cycle of how the system works

As long as it was valid at the time of invitation you do not need to worry if it expires

They maybe waiting till they bring in the new points test, that is what we fear.

harder for former international students to be competative will be one of the changes, stay tuned for more

Its a good question but it seems to apply to only new applications after the 23rd.

As long as they were valid at the time of invitation is the main thing. Please book a time if you are not sure

Thank you

understood

There are limited circumstances where you could, please speak to someone regarding what they are

@@ailsaustralia Thank you for your response. Can you answer the first question too?

@@anasarshad9329 there always is, and the number is provided in migration planning level. Granted, said number is not JUST for 491 but you will have the idea.

I don't think it will make much difference but if you can it maybe better

Lately about 12 months for straight forward cases. Good luck and thanks for being first to view!

@@ailsaustralia wow I'm a physiotherapist, I hope it won't take that long! they actually asked me for medical examination and consent for release of police record from NZ, 5 weeks after I sent my application on December last year..so I hope its soon! Thank you! first viewer yay! )))

@@ailsaustralia I got it today! It took 3 months

Planning levels for this coming FY year will probably be the same or a little less than last

by issuing fewer invites next financial year. This is one of the likely actions DOHA would take. We hope this is not the case but with the score change imminent, it is hard to not believe DOHA giving as few of these, according to Clare O'Neil, "low bar PR", while they work on a new points test table. Fingers crossed they issue good 189 invites next FY but I would not hold my breath for it.

Next year invites would get grants in 25-26 ... I doubt pts score will change much... 491 and 190 seat allocations will increase...189 rounds should happen next FY in good numbers

​@@estellebright2579states quota will increase and most people receiving invites will get grant in 25-26 FY... 189 should have considerable rounds as there is literally no backlog.... So I blv next year should be fruitful... As for pts test change , I doubt it will come before 25-26...

The reason states got less quota this year was to remove backlog... Backlog is reduced considerably... And they need a good pipeline for 25-26 also

Depends upon the EOI. Occupations must be on the same list to claim 10 points. SInce yours appear to be on the same list it should be fine

yep I'm afraid so and yeah I know, it sucks

Wish I could tell you but nothing yet, stay tuned

This is complicated and we cannot advise here, please book a time to discuss

Probably not

After 23rd March all new applications use the GSR

Sorry we canot say

Good question, I could not see the point of issuing that new instrument

Below is just my personal opinion. 1. I don't think so, especially for those applications which are deemed invalid. 2. I highly doubt it. The cap is the cap and they are unlikely to raise it. 3. They have stated in migration strategy they will abolish 476. I don't see it opening a new intake for 476, which would otherwise directly contradict what they have announced a few months ago at that point. 4. Only if DOHA is ok to accept new applications, which I have a hard time seeing it from happening. 5. Given there is no update of any sort between LIN 24/015 and the one they repealed IMMI 14/010, I would not choose to believe DOHA would open 476 again in 2024-2025 FY. What I think is the likely outcome is they repeal the previous legislative instrument with LIN24/015 but makes no change to its content because otherwise the old one would expire before DOHA can finalize all the 3735 subclass 476 applications they decide to process and grant/refuse during the end of financial year 2023-2024, meaning case officers would have no in force legal basis to assess applications against prescribed criteria. In short, they just "renew" that legislative instrument.

No it does not mean that, they will be carried over into the next financial year

If you did not claim points for partner points I don't see any issues. Please book a time if you need help and thanks for the positive feedback

Yes just another example of how you should not rely solely on their website

Oh they will bring it in for it suits this new Ministers intentions

Her intentions are misguided.... I hope she is out in the next elections

lately they have been running targeted selections so they can invite who ever they choose

Sorry to tell you, its when they have time to get to you again which sometimes takes a while

@@ailsaustralia Thank you for replying. To my surprise I got S56 for PCC in only 3 working days after my lodgement. Does it mean they have assessed my case completely?

​@@ailsaustraliayour reply means alot.

@@dhavalvelariya considering PCC is a mandatory document (from my memory) you must submit during the 190 application process, I would guess DOHA system has made it easy for case officers to spot missing critical documents and send out s56 fairly quickly without processing it further. We would not know for sure how they would process each visa applications exactly but s56 doesn’t mean much for your 190 in my opinion.

​​@@estellebright2579Thank you for the insight. I had few more doubts, is there anyway i can reach you?

Fair Work Australia can give you information about pay rates.

The backlog has alot to do with it but they also maybe waiting for reforms to the points test

@@ailsaustralia Interesting. Is there a time these reforms are expected to be in place? And will it affect alreaded submitted EOIs?

@@failedrift no one knows when these reforms are expected to happen, but when it does happen, all uninvited EOIs will very likely adapt to new points test system just like what happened in 2018 when they adjust partner points to "not disadvantage single applicants", and all uninvited EOI got their points updated automatically.

where are you bro

perhaps they have filled the quota for this FY so may have to be carried over to the next

Probably a few months more so be prepared

@@ailsaustralia approx???

Canada is on the yes list for Australia, so you should be fine as a Canadian citizen.

There is more probablility is will be granted for what they call level one countries

Sure you can but they will have their own selection process

He can obtain his skill assessment whilst studying, there is no problems in that. Please book a time if you need further assistance

Hard to say, a targeted one yes, but perhaps not a general one

Since we don't know any details about how they are going to start the age restriction yet, sorry cannot advise. Stay tuned for more details

Thank you so much and looking forward having more updates from your end.

Hey mate, we are in a similar situation. The visa has been granted but the course has been deferred due to this age restriction. How did you proceed ? Did you ask for a refund by asking the DoH to cancel your visa prior?

I am in the same situation and totally confused. Hopefully smthg favourable comes through

many things to consider yes and cannot answer them all here but unless people have jobs in their occupation then future will be difficult.

You have to do an FOI for those figures

State invitation is not the same as DOHA invitation, and that is also separate from actual visa grant. Migration planning level outlines how many visas they are going to grant each FY, not how many invitations they are issuing. If you need more proof of that, consider the 8 Dec 2022 invites of 35000, which shoots over the planning level of around 30000, and that’s on top of two big rounds of 11000 in Aug and Oct of the same year, totalling 57000. If we also count the last 189 invitations issued on May 2023 (7353), that’s about 65000, double the planning level. 190 works the same way, but add state and territory government as the extra step.

@@estellebright2579thank you. We can access planning level outlines. However, I could not find precise information on ceiling of visa grant in each subclass in a FY. Gathering data from invitation rounds make it more confusing and difficult to draw specific conclusion. Therefore, I am looking for ceiling of visa grant (PR) per FY, if such information is available

@@phubdorji7465 Karl had a video talking about what visa subclass is included in each visa category mentioned in the planning level. In a nutshell, Skilled Independent is about 189. State/Territory Nominated is for 190. Regional is for 491/494/887/187 (last 2 I am not 100% sure). I suggest you watch that video if you are interested in that topic.

@@estellebright2579sure. I am aware of all subclasses included in planning level. In fact, I have lodged SC190 in last year. Since I have been waiting for grant, I am trying to determine if my visa could be grant this FY.

Sorry to hear that and I was not aware that had already begun

407 does require at least one year of work experience or study but of course there are many components of the 407 visa

soo on my case, i will be eligable to go for 407 visa or not sir

It really does not matter but since visa processing seems slow perhaps September is better

@@ailsaustralia actually i don't have much options for September intake. Only few universities with high fee are offering courses.

Most probably but we will have to wait and see. Fingers crossed for you

They have the right to make it hard if they wish but as long as everyone knows the rules and are not misled

Difficult but you can search the DOHA page; immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/employing-and-sponsoring-someone/sponsoring-workers/nominating-a-position/labour-agreements/list-of-current-labour-agreements

It will be, they wil have to learn their lesson the hard way

Yes they probably will

as above

Please watch this weeks video

I’m talking about the immigration department

Thanks for the clarification. yes I know it is beyond imagination

but they are tightening the rules on student visas as well, inc limiting how many students can come. And I mean both Canada and UK.

They probably will

Visa refusals will always affect student visa applications

Yes they can do much better

Thanks!

Yes the BVB will still be valid and you must return within 21 days to appeal

But you think that my refusal will have right to appeal even my visa decision was made while I was outside Australia? I have applied onshore though just travelling on a BVB. Thank you

Yes many will

Thanks!!!

those 491 applicants already live，work，or studied in regional area for years but still wasting time on waiting for visa to be granted. Think about how many years it takes for an oversea student to have 191，could be 6 to 10 years in this situation. And given that 491 visa applicants are who really make contribution to regional area but do not get benefits of permanent residency，this just prove that Australian just want foreigners as poor servant to them rather than build this country a better place

I absolutely agree with you. `time spent in regional areas already should contribute to that three year period.

@@ailsaustraliayes，this is reason for 491 visa is much less attractive than other options. Applicants with 491 nominated will keep seeking opportunities in 190 or 189 until 491 is granted and this causing wasting of time for both authority and applicant. Please say something for 491

@@xuyanyue7459 yet still, it is MUCH better than applying temporary visas one after the other to maintain ongoing residence. It has a clear pathway for permanent residency and you just need to do the right thing. 189 and 190 both are extremely competitive and is generally not an option for some extremely popular occupations such as some IT ones and Accountants. For some people, 491 could be their only hope for Australian PR. I am not saying 191 not counting regional residency during 491 processing but only after 491 grant is fair, but while you were waiting for the visa grant, your BVA/BVC has no condition, meaning you don't have to live in regional before your 491 is being granted. I totally agree there should be a change to this injustice, but I am just addressing the issue from the other perspective.

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@estellebright2579​​⁠​⁠​⁠I get you bro，waiting is better than nothing. Actually，not only hot occupation is competitive，every occupation is competitive except for childcare and nursing and few other occupation. In this case，the clear pathway you mentioned is everyone spend 2 years to go to study childcare. And this is happening, people go after welcomed occupations but go to other industries after PR is granted. Keeping sending a lot of easy PR to those so called “in demand occupations” is a cure worse than the disease. I’m just putting childcare as an example here, it is been years for people studying childcare to have minimum score of 65 and get PR. Have Home Affair ever seriously investigated how many people leaves their nominated occupation after PR is granted? I don’t think so all their decision is a result of drinking coffee and reading reports from nowhere. They never doing their research. If Australia really needs a lot of babysitters, the child care should be put on so much restrictions as 491 visa doing: if they not working in nursing or childcare, no PR after 5 year. At least this can make some change. Again, I agree with you on PR is competitive. But restrictions should be put on those easy PRs, instead of putting on people that can only get a 491 because of limited allocation number to 189 or 190. And you mentioned that bridging visa has no condition of where applicants can live. But where to live is not a problem, maybe the applicant love regional areas. The time for people can really get a true PR is what it matters

Not that I know of, will update next week

Hope they will give more details soon

Most likely

People will vote with their wallet. Question is how many.

Sure why not. If they give you an offer letter that will be a good sign

They are closing the portal from tomorrow night onwards