482 visa “perfect storm”: Budget cuts, strong demand and visa delays

482 visa “perfect storm”: Budget cuts, strong demand and visa delays

A media report dives into processing delays for the subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage visa and coming budget cuts at a time when Australian employers are frustrated. Priority processing directions could be adjusted to compensate but a long-term solution may not be so simple.

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2022-23 Budget: More skilled migrants, less business skills, partner visas uncapped

2022-23 Budget: More skilled migrants, less business skills, partner visas uncapped

The Federal Budget handed down last night reinstated the pre-eminence of skilled migration, boosting permanent migration numbers to pre-pandemic levels. Despite the number of places remaining at 160,000, partner visas will no longer be subject to a ceiling.

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491/494/190 visas: Bar from further application lifts from 13 November 2021; Hong Kong pathway to PR from 5 March 2022

491/494/190 visas: Bar from further application lifts from 13 November 2021; Hong Kong pathway to PR from 5 March 2022

For the first time in many years three skilled visas have been added to the small list of visas for those affected by the infamous section 48 bar from 13 November 2021. New streams for the 189 and 191 permanent visas have been registered for Hong Kong and British National (Overseas) passport holders to apply from 5 March 2022.

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2020-21 program year exceeds planning level, 72,376 partner visas granted

2020-21 program year exceeds planning level, 72,376 partner visas granted

The report for the 202-21 migration program year was released with the not unsurprising result of over 70,000 partner visas granted, leaving under 65,000 still to be processed. Other outcomes also surprised.

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