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June 6th, 2010 » Australia Immigration Articles

Australian Employer Sponsored Visas

Australian Employer Sponsored Visas – Proposed Changes
Australia is proposing changes to immigration laws to be able to limit certain occupations    Currently there are no specific limits on particular occupations and the new Act is not in force.
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Employer Sponsored Workers

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May 17th, 2010 » Australia Immigration Articles

Engineers in new Australian SOL

The new Australian Skilled Occupation List (SOL) has been released on 17 May 2010.
The new SOL list is proposed to take effect from 1 July 2010.

Minister’s announcement of new Skilled Occupations List – 17 May
On 17 May 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the list of occupations included in [...]

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May 13th, 2010 » Australia Immigration Articles, Jobs in Australia

Australian Visa Applications Stopped Temporarily

Applications for Australian general skilled migration (GSM) visas in some subclasses have been stopped temporarily.
The following announcement was made on May 7, 2010
Temporary suspension of Certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) Applications (Subclasses 175, 176 and 475 Only)
The Australian Government has decided to temporarily suspend the acceptance of certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa applications. This [...]

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February 8th, 2010 » Australia Immigration Articles

New Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – MODL and CSL out…

A streamlined Skilled Occupation List (SOL) will be part of the changes to the Australian skilled migration program. The Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) is to be scrapped immediately and the Critical Skills List (CSL) phased out…
Here is the statement for the Australian Minister of Immigration Chris Evans.

Migration reforms to deliver Australia’s skills needs
Monday, [...]

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November 13th, 2009 » Australia Skilled Migrant Success Stories

Indian Engineer overcomes local experience job barrier in Australia..

Civil Engineer Anil Reddy from India talks with Ailis Logan from Tribus Lingua about how he landed a great civil engineering job in Australia. Anil was told that he would not get a job as he had no local experience, but how do you get local expereince when you cannot get a job?  We get [...]

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