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AUSTRALIAN MIGRATION REFORMS – WORKING FOR THE NATION

The Australian Government’s migration strategy sets out to reform Australia’s migration system as migrants continue to be an essential part of Australia’s economic and social fabric.

The Government will deliver 8 key actions, supported by more than 25 new policy commitments and existing commitments already made by Government in all Skilled Visa categories.

The ‘Key Action’ reforms will focus on:

  1. Targeting temporary skilled migration to address skills needs and promote worker mobility
  2. Reshaping permanent skilled migration to drive long-term prosperity.
  3. Strengthening the integrity and quality of international education.
  4. Tackling worker exploitation and the misuse of the visa system.
  5. Planning migration to get the right skills in the right places.
  6. Tailoring Regional Visas and the Working Holiday Maker Program to support regional Australia and its workers.
  7. Deepening our people-to-people ties in the Indo-Pacific.
  8. Simplifying the migration system to improve the experience for migrants and employers.

For further information and full details regarding specific visa categories and visa subclasses for all application pathways please select any of the ‘Main Menu Tabs’ that can be seen on the ‘Home’  page of our website.

Then please Click and Send Us a ‘FREE NO OBLIGATION ASSESSMENT’

PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR SC482 SKILLED WORKERS

The Australian Government’s changes for Temporary Residence Transition Stream (TSS) nomination requirements include:

  • allowing employers to nominate holders of all streams of TSS visas (including Short-term and Labour Agreement streams) and
  • reducing the period of time a TSS visa holder must hold their visa and work in their nominated position or occupation to be eligible to be nominated by their employer for the TRT stream to two out of the three years before nomination and
  • updating age exemptions for regional medical practitioner applicants and high income earning applicants aged 45 years and over to allow for a two-year pathway.

PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR ELIGIBLE REGIONAL VISA HOLDERS

If you hold a;

  • Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491) visa or a
  • Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) (subclass 494) visa.

You can transition to a Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191) permanent residence visa in Australia (if you meet the eligible requirements attached to your 491 or 494 visa) and there is no minimum income requirement to do so.

Primary applicants must provide notices of assessment issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for the previous three income years out of the five years of their eligible visa.

Check out the advice provided in the ‘Regional’ tab on the ‘Home’ page for further information on how to apply for a ‘491’ or a ‘494’ visa.

WORKING HOLIDAY MAKERS – 6-MONTH WORK LIMITATION

In 2022, the Department of Immigration temporarily relaxed the work limitation for a WHV holder. This meant they were given an exemption from the need to work for any one employer for 6 months.

2024 Update

The Department of Immigration made the decision to continue this exemption while consultation on the Working Holiday program settings and reform process is underway and revamped.

This exemption applies to anyone in Australia who holds:

  • ​any kind of WHM visa, regardless of when they arrive, or holds
  • a Bridging visa with condition 8547 imposed.

If you are considering the ‘Working Holiday Visa’ pathway to Australia, please ‘Hover’ over the ‘Skilled’ tab on the ‘Home’ page of our website and then select the ‘Orange – ‘Working Holiday Visa’ sub-menu. Alternatively just CLICK HERE to be redirected.

ARE YOU SKILLED

If you are Skilled Tradesperson OR Professional just select any of the ‘Skilled Visas’ ‘Employer’ or ‘Regional’ tabs on the main menu of our website and then any of the many ‘Orange’ sub-menus.
Then just send us a ‘NO OBLIGATION’ FREE ASSESSMENT’ from any page and we will expertly assess your eligibility.

PRIORITISING STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS.

The integrity of the international Student Visa Program in the education sector has been strengthened via a new evidence level framework to prioritise applications from International Students wishing to study in Australia provides the highest priority to;

  1. Student visa applications lodged outside Australia

  2. Certain higher Education, English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) studying at an ‘high-end’ education providers.
  3. Subsequent entrant applications lodged outside Australia that include an unmarried family member under 18 years​ (a subsequent entrant means an additional applicant who did not apply at the same time as the primary applicant.
  4. all Student Guardian visa applications (lodged in or outside Australia).

Also, any secondary applicant (spouse, de-facto partner or dependent child) who is included in the primary visa application will be given the same priority as the primary applicant.

For further information, please select the ‘Students’ menu tab on the ‘Home’ page of our website. Then select the relevant ‘Sub-menu tab’.

Now, please scroll down to select any of the ‘Blue’ Accordion’ bars that contain a vast array of additional information from our ‘Preferred’ partners.

Then just send us a ‘NO OBLIGATION’ FREE ASSESSMENT’ from any page and we will assess your eligibility.

PRIORITISING SKILLED VISA APPLICATIONS

The Australian Government supports businesses located in regional Australia who are sponsoring skilled workers and affords its ‘highest priority’ to occupations to be carried out in regional Australia.

Applicants for the ‘Employer Nominated (subclass 482) Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) Visa’ OR the ‘Employer Nominated (subclass 186) Permanent Visa’ OR the ‘Skilled Employer Sponsored (subclass 494) Regional (Provisional) Visa’ that will fill identified shortage occupations in regional Australia can now avail of this priority processing.

IMPORTANT:
Regional Australia
is now classified as all parts of Australia except the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, but outside these cities are regional. Even the cities of Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast are now regarded as ‘Regional’ for the purposes of a visa application in these categories.

Please select the ‘Employer’ or the ‘Regional’ menu tab and then the relevant ‘Sub-menu tab’ on the ‘Home Page’ of our website for more information.  Then just send us a ‘NO OBLIGATION’ FREE assessment from any page and we will assess your eligibility

SKILLED EMPLOYER SPONSORED VISA PROCESSING – NEW PRIORITY

The government plans to speed up the process for reviewing applications by IT professionals to just 7 days in the new Skills in Demand visa

If your proposed job that pays at least $135,000 per year, your application will be prioritised. This ‘Specialist Skills Pathway’ makes it easier for you to become a permanent resident.

Also in demand are likely to be Engineering Managers, Cyber Security Specialists and Software Engineers. This new streamlined approach and ‘Migration Strategy’ will quickly and easily bring highly skilled specialists to Australia.

If you are ‘Highly-Skilled just send us a ‘NO OBLIGATION’ FREE assessment from here and we will assess your eligibility

Nurses Urgently Needed in Australia?

Are you a qualified nurse? If so, please consider that the average nurse salary in Australia is $87,823 while most experienced workers make up to $121,997 per year?

Whilst in the United Kingdom for instance the average pay ranges from an entry level of $46,329, to a nurse with 20 + years’ experience who will earn $65,639.

Australia has always been the most appealing destination for nurses to build a successful career or to enjoy what Australia has to offer (such as, a great climate, a great environment and a great place to raise a family).

There are ample opportunities to be a part of the most trusted group of working professionals in the world and make a real difference in the life of vulnerable people

You could even apply to take a course in Nursing and give yourself not only the chance of Australian residency, but a Nursing qualification that will enhance your career.

An Enrolled Nurse qualification is a great place to start because it can be built upon (in Australia) and allow you to study for a ‘Bachelor of Nursing’. You could then build on that qualification by adding a ‘Master of Nursing’ to enhance your career further (and of course your earning potential) (the possibilities are endless).

NURSING AS A PROFESSION

If you are considering any of the above pathways to Australia, take a look at our dedicated Medical Professionals website page HERE. Then select any of the ‘drop-down’ menus to peruse further information regarding the many avenues at your disposal.

Then just send us a ‘NO OBLIGATION’ FREE assessment from this page and we will assess your eligibility

Nursing in Australia

Are you a Nurse (Registered or Enrolled) that is thinking of migrating to Australia? OR would you be willing to migrate to Australia as a Student and train to become one?

If so, take the worry out of this decision and use a highly-skilled migration agency that has over 40 years of experience between our United Kingdom representative Lesley Smith (see her contact details on the ‘Home’ page) and our principal John Kavanagh (email john@ascmigrationvisas.com.au)

To get precise and accurate information now about your immigration status, please complete a FREE ‘General Enquiry’ so that we can  set you on the journey to a new life in Australia.

WHY STUDY HEALTH CARE COURSES

Medical Practitioner 
(often referred to as a ‘Doctor’) plays a critical role in providing high-quality health care for Australians and are responsible for:

• diagnosing and treating physical and mental illnesses, disorders and injuries
• recommending preventative action
• referring patients to specialists, other health care workers, and social, welfare and support workers.

Doctors in Australia complete at least 4 years in a university or accredited medical school followed by a compulsory 12-month internship. Most doctors then spend several years training in a medical specialty, such as general practice, surgery or psychiatry.

International Doctors or Specialists
International medical graduates from outside of Australia or New Zealand must meet the requirements for either the:

• competent authority pathway – usually for non-specialists, but also specialists with qualifications from the UK, Ireland, USA, New Zealand and Canada
• specialist pathway – for specialists seeking specialist recognition or applying for an area-of-need specialist position
• standard pathway – for doctors not eligible for the other 2 pathways.

Nurses and Midwives
Nurses care for people (individuals, families, groups and communities) in all health and aged care settings. Nurses are the facilitators of the health and care systems and possess the qualifications, knowledge and skills to provide high quality care.

Nurses and midwives work with many other health professionals in the public and private health sectors such as;

• public hospitals
• private hospitals
• aged care (both residential and home)
• primary care practices including general practice
• community health services
• schools
• correctional facilities
• rural and remote communities
• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

Together, nurses and midwives make up more than half of Australia’s health workforce – and almost 90 per cent are women and they can use any of the following protected titles to describe themselves:

• enrolled nurse
• registered nurse
• nurse practitioner.

Enrolled nurse
Enrolled nurses (ENs) complete a 2-year Diploma of Nursing and then work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Typical duties include:

• regularly recording patients’ temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration
• providing interventions, treatments and therapies from patient care plans (including administering medicines)
• assisting registered nurses and other team members with health education activities
• working in multidisciplinary teams; and
• helping patients with their activities of daily living.

An enrolled nurse can become a registered nurse by completing further education.

Registered nurse
Registered nurses (RNs) complete a 3-year Bachelor of Nursing or 2-year Master of Nursing through a university. Their scope of practice can include:

• assessing patients
• developing a nursing care plan
• administering medicines
• providing specialised nursing care
• working in multidisciplinary teams
• supervising ENs and junior RNs
• undertaking regular professional development
• performing leadership and management roles such as being a nursing unit manager or team leader
• working in advanced nursing practice roles.

Nurse practitioner
Nurse practitioners (NPs) are RNs who have been endorsed. NPs practise independently in an advanced and extended clinical role, and can prescribe some medicines and must:
• be a registered nurse with no restrictions on practice.
• have 5,000 hours of experience at the advanced clinical nursing practice level in the past 6 years.
• have completed an approved program of study at a master degree level.

• State and territory governments employ most NPs in acute care settings.

Midwife
Midwives work collaboratively with many other health professionals. A midwife may practise and give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, birth and the first few weeks after birth in any setting including the home, community, public and private hospitals, birth centres, clinics or health units including Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

In Australia, midwives must have completed an approved course in midwifery through a university and their scope of practice includes:

• providing health support, care and advice to women before conception, and during pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period
• promoting natural childbirth and identifying complications for the woman and her baby
• consulting with other health professionals and referring to medical care or other health professions when required
• implementing emergency measures.

Endorsed Midwife
An endorsed midwife has done extra training and can prescribe certain medications and must:

• successfully complete an approved program of study that leads to an endorsement for scheduled medicines.
• register as a midwife in Australia without conditions.
• complete the equivalent of 3 years full-time clinical practice (5,000 hours) in the past 6 years.

Completed hours can be across the full continuity of midwifery care or in a specified context of practice. Recognised contexts of practice include antenatal, postnatal and antenatal and postnatal combined.

Aged Care
Aged care is the support provided to older people in their own home or in an aged care (nursing) home. It can include help with everyday living, health care, accommodation and equipment such as walking frames or ramps.

Different types of organisations provide aged care services in Australia, including:

a. not-for-profit organisations
b. government organisations
c. for-profit private companies.

Dentists
Dentists must complete a minimum 4-year undergraduate degree, or 4-year postgraduate master course and they must complete further training to specialise.

Dentists provide:

• assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management and preventive services
• diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries and abnormalities of teeth and gums
• restorative and preventive procedures
• surgery or other specialist services.

Medical and Health training in Australia
Health professions are either:

• regulated by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) through national boards that represent each profession.
• self-regulated and represented by health profession associations.

You can study or train in one of the regulated professions to complete an approved program of study. ASC Migration are very familiar with the requirements of each profession (which are very strict) so contact us now.

If you are a Doctor, Nurse or Medical Professional OR you are interested in studying to become one, please complete a General Enquiry and we will asses your eligibiity to be granted an Australian visa for Free.