Archive for August, 2009
The Australia Capital Territory (ACT) Sponsorships Are Back!
Posted by admin in Australia, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australian State Sponsored Visas, Moving to Australia, Working in Australia on August 31st, 2009
We have been waiting anxiously for the release of the new ACT State Sponsorship lists, and here they are:
ACT Sponsorship List of Occupations in Demand
ACT Sponsorship “Off List” of Quota Occupations
Thankfully, the ACT has clearly given a lot of consideration to the skills shortages in the ACT. And the news is good on all fronts – tradesmen/women, engineers, IT professionals, and health professionals are just some of the skilled workers required in the ACT. Here is more information about the ACT’s guidelines:
ACT (subclass 176 visa) Sponsorship Guidelines-September 09
ACT (subclass 886 visa) Sponsorship Guidelines- September 09
With a population of just over 300,000, the ACT is not so much as “territory” as it is a city. In fact, it comprises Australia’s Capital City, Canberra, it houses Australia’s High Court, and it is surrounded by great countryside.
The ACT has long been maligned by many as a boring bureaucratic hub, but it is in fact much more than that. As the seat of Government it has great job potentials, it is young, vibrant, safe, and within driving distance of Sydney and Melbourne.The ACT has the lowest unemployment rate and the highest paid salaries. And the ACT representatives are extremely keen to offer help and information so that all new migrants are well settled in on arrival to the ACT.
Click here for more information about moving to and living in the ACT and Canberra:
Live In Canberra.Com
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Australian Student Visa Changes for Some Nationals
Posted by admin in Australia, Australian Migration Legislation, Student Visas for Australia on August 21st, 2009
Every year thousands of international students travel to Australia to undertake study at a great range of Australian educational institutions. Last year the number of student visa applicants soared by 20% bringing the number of student visa applications to more than 360,00.
While Australia is keen to attract overseas students, the Department of Immigration has expressed concern about potentially fraudulent student visa applicants who use the student visa merely as a measure to enter Australia and then remain in Australia illegally.
As a result of these concerns, the Minister of Immigration has announced immediate changes to the Australian student visa requirements for Indian, Nepalase, Zimbabwean, Mauritian, Brazilian and Pakistani Australian student visa applicants.
The changes spell a tightening up of the visa application screening process for these passport holders and have been introduced as a measure to combat fraudulent visa applications. Nationals of the idenitified “high risk” countries will have to undergo more stringent checking processes prior to having their visas approved. Stricter measures may involve face to face interviews and checks to ensure that they are genuinely able to finance their studies in Australia.
The changes are in line with existing stricter processing of Chinese student visa applicants.
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New Zealand – Favourite Holiday Destination
Posted by admin in Holiday in Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand Working Holiday Visas on August 12th, 2009
According to the New Zealand Herald, New Zealand has become the favourite holiday and travel destination for Australians, overtaking even the traditional favourite the UK.
Polls by the Flight Centre show that Australians are ever more keen to visit New Zealand, as it is both a short haul destination and offers benefits such as a weak New Zealand dollar and a European type landscape. When these features add up, choosing NZ over the UK makes sense. Especially in these “recession” times when individuals are worried more about job security and so prefer to take shorter rather than the traditionally long, UK and Europe based holidays.
Click here to read the full story.
Proud to be a Convict
Posted by admin in Australia, Australian History, Moving to Australia on August 10th, 2009
During the 80 or so years when the UK shipped off its convicts to its colonies in the 18th and 19th Centuries, more than 165,000 were transported to Australia (initially known as New Holland) to found new penal settlements. For a long time Australians felt embarrassed to admit of a convict past, but now-days most are more likely to boast about such a colourful heritage. Besides, most convicts were transported to Australia for petty crimes, committed in hard times, such as a stolen loaf of bread or ribbon. In those days more serious crimes – 222 crimes were listed and included offences like cutting down someone else’s tree – led to the death by hanging.
So it is with great interest that Australians will be looking at the new information now available at the British national Archives and online at the Ancestry website: www.ancestry.co.uk. For the first time both are making new information regarding convicts’ actual convictions availble online. This should make for fascinating geneological research. Especially for those whose anscestors went on to become crucial to the successes of the new Australian settlements.
Click here to read more about the internet availability about your ancestors convictions.
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