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koleefem05:
#NT has recommenced Designated Area Migration (DAMA) whereby employers operating NT that have been approved for #DAMA can sponsor overseas workers. A number of occupations are available and lower English requirements apply.

https://business.nt.gov.au/business/migration-information-for-business/northern-territory-designated-area-migration-agreement

Ishilove:
May God remove us from modern slavery

IamZod:
I bank with Ecobank and i won't be mincing words if i say am highly disappointed with their services.

Their mobile app in a manner of speaking is frustrating.
One can't access account details.
Can't recharge.
Can't make tranfers and even the debit card mastercard selects online payment transactions to carry.

In this time and age, one would expect more from a finanacial institution that brands itself the 'pan African bank'.

Benito8998:
K
Shut up! It's like ur a staff of that stupid bank.

miniziter:
I hate this bank

leochuks1990:
Their ecobank online (internet banking) is one of the best in the industry

tunlex01:
Thanks , please what was your mode of paying for the assessment?

VETASSESS
Skills Recognition - General Occupations
Level 5, 478 Albert Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Australia

tunlex01:
I assessed as a CSM.
The amount is AUD 880 which excludes the cost of sending your transcript.
Vetassess website is explicit, pls read through. Also confirm on Aussie's job sites that your JD is in sync with what is obtainable in Australia job market.
Documents:
Transcript
Degree certificate
Your company organogram showing your role and position
Employment letter
Bank statement/pay slip/pension statement/tax clearance
Passport/Birth certificate
Reference letter
CV

Kenfrey1993:
Thanks so much. Your info helps a lot. I sent you a mail please could you check ur inbox.

jazinogold:
wats ur occupation

bornlegend:
Please go through and if possible Corroborate this news

Australia Immigration News | Latest News on Australia Immigration | www.a2zimmi.com Your One Stop Immigration Gateway

After an extremely long period of time, A highly positive news from Australia has arrived today with the statement of Mathias Cormann, the Finance Minister of Australia, that has put a full stop on the rumors about the decrease in ceiling in next financial year 2018-2019.

On Friday 4th May 2018, the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, said that the government had no plans to change the permanent migration figure of 190,000 people a year with the exact statement as "We have made it very clear we’re not proposing to reduce that 190,000 number but it is a ceiling, it’s not a target.”

This Statement came after the opposition of any plan to reduce the immigration levels, promoting a migration compact to keep permanent immigration at its current level of about 190,000 a year by the business groups and Australia's union movement.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions, The Australian Industry Group and a suite of national peak bodies have declared that they jointly “affirm that Australia’s permanent migration program is essential to Australian society and economy and do not support any reduction to the scheme”.

From 2013 onwards every year Australia has a yearly PR intake of about 190,000. Other than this a quota of 16250 is taken under humanitarian program.

The whole discussion regarding the reduction in migrants count was started in the beginning of this year when the former prime minister Tony Abbott appealed for the new annual target for immigration count to be 110000 instead of 190000, and the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, raised the concern of having a cut in immigration count by 20000. The given reason to decrease this count was the extra pressure on infrastructural requirements on the major cities of Australia and failure to groom the same at the same pace, by the increase in population density due to migration.

In the last decade the visas issued always remained close to the given target as a ceiling in each financial year. Last year it was about 183608 out of 190000 and the discrepancy of 6392 was the highest of the decade which was around 1600 collectively for all the previous nine years.

From November 2017, onwards there was a big slowdown in the Invitations Count and it remained consistently at 300 for 189 Skilled Independent Visa sub category. The scenario for other two streams 190 and 489 (State Nominated Programs and Regional Provisional Visa Sub Class) even remained worse as only five Invitations under 489 category and around 1000 for all the eight states were given under 190 sub class. These three visa streams are the main Skilled Immigration categories through which, almost 60 percent of the whole migration requirement is fulfilled.

So this will make the 2017-2018 to be the year with the highest discrepancy ever in the last twelve years, which makes this year as a dead year as far as the Australian Immigration for Skilled Workers is concerned. Right now, only two months before the Australian fiscal year closure the required ceiling is unfilled by a huge percentage of more than 50 percent in most of the profiles so it comes as a big failure of all time in the whole migration mechanism of Australia.

As these Skilled Immigration streams are totally point based and due to decrease in invitations in each draw the point cutoff is touching the sky with a requirement of 80 points for most of the profiles. From the last few months there was a big silence from the officials of home affairs as well as associated government bodies of Australia, that was creating a feel of fear and panic in the applicants across the globe. So hopefully along with this news, in the coming draws we will also see a rapid increase in the count of invitations and eventually a trail trend in the points requirement.

I hope this could bring a glimpse of smile on the faces of all my dear friends, those who keep on asking regarding their chances of getting Visas under current competitive circumstances. We at www.a2zimmi.com urge them and all immigration aspirants to be positive and proactive as Australia actually needs the deserving ones to be there on skilled migration Visas. Brain Drain through skilled migration is the best mantra followed by Australia as well as Canada for talent acquisition from the developing nations to fulfill their human resource requirements at almost no cost for preparing such talented resources and also compliments the needs of the migrants.

So I am Closing it here and will come up again soon with more updates and announcements regarding the Australian Immigration.

Ceiling & Invitation Update

Gurmeet Sharma

Contact us at: +91-7888646717, for having any immigration related information.

POSTED BY: GURMEET SHARMA

bellong:
This is not true.

It is a pathway to permanent resident visa. It was initially designed for people who cannot meet up with the 60 points minimum but have considerable experience that can help develop regional areas.

You get to apply for PR after two years on the visa if you have been employed for at least 12 months on the visa. No visa 489 holder will be sent home except the person decides to return home himself/herself.

cuteyem:
Also. I understand that the financial year 2018 - 2019 begins from 1st of July 2018 and that a number of changes might occur (a number of occupations may be taken out of the mltssl). Last year about 200 occupations were taken out. Based on this is it advisable to proceed still or do we just wait to see the new list? (that is for those of us still in the early stages who might be impacted by changes if they occur)

Tadell:
Why not convince him?
But there must be a way.
@ solitin40 It's not every one that can afford the student route you know.