Interim Allocations
The government has recently announced interim allocations for the below visas, prior to the Federal Budget on 6th October 2020. To date however, NSW for example, is still not accepting nominations for the s190 or 491 visa.
|
State or Territory |
subclass 190 |
subclass 491 & 489 |
Business And Investment visas |
|
ACT |
250 |
45 |
4 |
|
NSW |
550 |
150 |
200 |
|
VIC |
600 |
200 |
400 |
|
QLD |
200 |
200 |
160 |
|
NT |
80 |
80 |
5 |
|
WA |
200 |
40 |
70 |
|
SA |
300 |
600 |
180 |
|
TAS |
250 |
400 |
5 |
|
Total |
2430 |
1715 |
1024 |
Australian Government endorsed events (COVID-19 Pandemic event) 408 visa
A reminder regarding the availability of the above visa. It is available under the following circumstances:
- If you want to remain in Australia if you have no other visa options and are unable to depart Australia due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
- If you want to remain in Australia to continue your work in critical sectors including agriculture, food processing, health care, aged care, disability care and child care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You need to have a current visa that expires in 28 days or fewer, or your last substantive temporary visa expired fewer than 28 days ago and:
– either have evidence from your employer that you have ongoing work in a critical sector and that an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident cannot fill the position, or demonstrate you can’t meet the requirements of any other visa
– maintain adequate health insurance during your stay in Australia.
Family members can be included in this application.
Latest Immigration Statistics
The Department has published the detailed outcomes from the 2019-20 Migration Program.
The total places granted for the permanent migration program in 2019-20 is 140,366. The total places granted in the humanitarian program in 2019-20 is 13,171.
In summary of the total amounts for the migration program:
- Seventy per cent of the visas were granted through the skilled stream with 95,843 places in total, this includes 4,109 places under the highly skilled Global Talent – Independent program which launched in November 2019.
- There were 23,372 regional places delivered, from the 25,000 places allocated.
- There were 41,961 places granted in the Family program, including 37,118 Partner visas.
- There were 81 places in the Special Eligibility stream.
- There were 2,481 places in the Child stream.
- Two-thirds of permanent visas were granted to individuals already in Australia who transitioned from a temporary visa to permanent residency.
- This outcome is within the planning ceiling of 160,000 places set through the Government’s budget process.
- COVID-19 had a significant impact on the outcome of the 2019–20 Migration Program, due to the disruption to supporting services such as English Language testing, biometrics and health and character checking. Categories that reached planning ceilings were Distinguished Talent and Skilled Work Regional (within the Regional category). Delivery in the Family Stream and Business Innovation and Investment category has been particularly impacted.
- Overall Migration Program lodgements dropped by 12.3 per cent from 198,710 in 2018–19 to 174,170 in 2019–20. This was predominantly due to reductions in lodgements of 13.3 per cent in the Family stream and in Skilled Independent category of 67.4 per cent.
Adrian Felton (MARN:0105680)
Please contact us if you require any further information, or are interested in applying for this visa.