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The Federal Government has now unveiled the details of a new plan, announcing it will introduce two new permanent residence visa streams for Hong Kong and British National Overseas passport holders already in Australia.

Both would be eligible for the permanent residency pathways.
The two new streams will provide a substantially easier path to permanent residency.

The subclass 191 - Hong Kong (regional) stream would focus on those who have lived, worked or studied in regional areas, could apply after three years.
While the subclass 189 Hong Kong stream is open to other applicants, eligible after four years of local residency. The visas would allow for dependents to be included.

They also won't have to meet minimum income requirements or hold one of the jobs on Australia's current skills shortages list.

The government estimates that just under 9,000 Hong Kong passport holders in Australia — including temporary skilled, temporary graduate and student visa holders — will be eligible to apply from March 5, 2022.

Please contact us for detailed information.
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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

【South Australia Skilled Migration】
Engineering occupations to open to offshore applicants

To manage South Australia’s COVID recovery response, an additional 24 Engineering occupations ( see below) will be open to applicants currently residing offshore from Tuesday 2 November 2021.

The minimum requirements for state nomination for these occupations include:
• You must have at least eight years work experience in the nominated or closely related occupation
• You must demonstrate a Superior English level, unless you hold an eligible passport from a country where the primary language is English (the United Kingdom, the United States of America, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada)
• You must score at least 85 points for the Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) in the Department of Home Affairs' points test.
For South Australian state nomination, prospective applicants must meet the Department of Home Affairs requirements, state-specific occupation requirements and have skills in an occupation that is available on our Skilled Occupation List. Offshore applicants meeting the minimum published requirements can lodge a Registration of Interest (ROI) from 10am, ACST, Tuesday 2 November 2021.

Please note that state nomination is a competitive process. There is no guarantee of receiving an invitation to apply for state nomination after lodging an ROI, even if the minimum requirements are satisfied. South Australia cannot indicate the likelihood of invitation or answer enquiries on this matter.

Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.
Email: [email protected] or
Tel: + 61 3 9005 1992

【Update for Global Processing for certain visas】

Global visa processing times are updated. Latest processing times of popular visas please refer to the following picture.

Get processing times for other visas here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-processing-times/global-visa-processing-times

Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.
Email: [email protected] or
Tel: + 61 3 9005 1992

【Important changes to PTE test】

From November 16, PTE Academic and PTE Academic UKVI tests will take just two hours to complete, instead of three hours. There are no changes to the overall format, question types or scoring scale; there will simply be fewer questions to answer. So, you can prepare in the same way.

Most importantly, the test is still accepted by all the same universities and professional bodies including 3,000+ academic institutions worldwide and by the UK, Australia and New Zealand governments for visa and immigration purposes*.

Note: this change applies to PTE Academic, PTE Academic UKVI and PTE Academic Online. There are no changes to PTE Home.

*PTE Academic Online is not recognized for visa and immigration purposes.

Source: https://www.pearsonpte.com/pte-improved

Please contact us for detailed information.
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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

【ACT GOVERNMENT NOMINATION UPDATES】

ACT Invitation Round took place on 13 September 2021 Invitations were issued as follows:

457 / 482 visa holders: 3 invitations
• 190 nominations: 3 invitations
• 491 nominations: 0 invitation

Matrix nominating Critical occupations:50 invitations
• 190 nominations: 1 invitation
• 491 nominations: 49 invitations

Matrix nominating Small Business Owners: 0 invitation
• 190 nominations: 0 invitation
• 491 nominations: 0 invitation

Contact us now to find out, our highly experienced Migration Agent and staff members can advise you if you are eligible.

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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

🆕【VICTORIA STATE GOVERNMENT NOMINATION UPDATES】

Victoria Target Sector Updated as follows:

Subclass 190

To be selected to apply for subclass 190 nomination in the digital sector, you must be working in one of the focus segments below:

AgriTech
Artificial intelligence
Cyber security
Digital games
EduTech
Energy and resources tech
FinTech
GPS imaging and geospatial
Health and Medtech
Robotics and automation
Smart cities and infrastructure tech
Transport tech

Applicants who aren’t working in one of the segments above may still be selected if they are using their digital skills in another target sector. For example, a software engineer working in medical research.

Subclass 491
Applicants working in any segment of the digital sector will be considered for selection for subclass 491 visa nomination.

Contact us now to find out, our highly experienced Migration Agent and staff members can advise you if you are eligible.
Please feel free to drop a line by [email protected] or
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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

【Highly skilled chefs and cooks are now eligible for Subclass 190 visa】- Skilled Nominated visa under Workforce Skills Pathway with the Victorian State Government

A Workforce Skills Pathway addresses a state-wide or region-wide skill gap and may have its own unique selection criteria. Any targeted occupations will be highly skilled.

If you are eligible to apply or have been asked to apply under a Workforce Skills Pathway, you do not need to be working in a target sector to be selected to apply for visa nomination.

To assist Hospitality industry address labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Victorian Government has established the Hospitality pathway for highly skilled chefs and cooks.

Are you eligible under the Workforce Skills Pathway?

Contact us now to find out, our highly experienced Migration Agent and staff members can advise you if you are eligible.

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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

If your visa is about to expire and you are ready to return home, but you need to stay in Australia for some time to avoid the outbreak, there is now a free visa to apply for! 👇

If your visa is about to expire, or if your last substantive visa expired for less than 28 days, you can consider getting a 408 visa (COVID-19 Pandemic Event).

As long as you work in a critical sector as following, you can apply for a full-time work visa for 1 year:
• Agricultural
• Food processing
• Health care
• Aged care
• Disability care
• Child care
• Tourism and Hospitality

Applicants who are not in the above industries can also apply.
Please contact us for detailed information.
Email: [email protected] or
Tel: + 61 3 9005 1992

Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

【Temporary relaxation of working hours for student visa holders】

To support the supply of certain services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force will take a flexible approach to student visa holders, including those working beyond their usual work limitations, but only in the sectors below.

You can work for more than 40 hours a fortnight if you are employed:
• by an aged care Approved Provider or Commonwealth-funded aged care service provider with a RACS ID or a NAPS ID, before 8 September 2020
• by a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme provider
• enrolled in a health care related course and you are supporting the health effort against COVID-19, as directed by health officials
• in the agriculture sector
• in the tourism and hospitality sector

These are temporary measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be reviewed by the Government. Continue to check our website for updates on these arrangements.

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Whether you just need some friendly advice or whether you need comprehensive application guidance and education counselling, Smart Choice Education & Migration can offer the right level of assistance for you.

【GOOD NEWS!】ADMISSIONS TO THE AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES 2021-2022 INTAKES ARE OPEN!
ENROL NOW TO GET A GENEROUS GIFT！！:)
Event Date: 7/04/2021- 30/09/2021

Eligibility:
Course application for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in any of TAFEs or Universities through Smart Choice Education and Migration and successfully enrol for the courses. (Student need to be in Australia when apply for the course).

What we will provide:
• NO Service fee of applying for courses in universities
• Student can choose to apply for up to 3 universities simultaneously!
• Student visa renewal with no service fee after successful enrolment！！

What you will get:
(You can only choose one of the gifts below!)
• AIRPODS PRO
• Samsung Galaxy Buds
• Bose Soundlink Speaker
• Asus Gaming Monitor
• 40'' FULL HD TV
• Switch Lite

[Note] Submission of the course application have no impacts on future decisions. If the offer expires, it will automatically expire. Students can choose to change their major or extend it should situation changes. After completing ️4 semesters in Bachelor course, you can apply for Master Degree Course in advance and get a conditional offer, which will give yourself more time to accept the offer!

Apply now to get a head start !!! 🙂
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Yesterday our professional education consultant Catherine visited The University of Adelaide College, Melbourne Campus for supporting their March intake. See picture of our fabulous team and the beautiful Melbourne Campus of The University of Adelaide College.
Well done to all the awesome hardworking Team! 😊
Programs and Intakes
【The University of Adelaide College, Melbourne Campus】 upcoming intakes would be 16th July and 12th Nov offering Foundation, Degree
Transfer/Diploma and Pre-Master’s Programs packaged with the following degrees:
• Bachelor of Commerce (Major in Accounting, Corporate Finance and Marketing)
• Bachelor of IT
• Master of Accounting
• Master of Accounting and Finance
• Master of Professional Accounting (1.5 years)
• Master of Applied Finance (1.5 years)
• Master of Finance
• Master of Computing and Innovation
【Alternative assessment 】
The students who are impacted by COVID are not required to successfully complete their Year 11/12 this year and aggregated score can be used*.
• Foundation Studies Program applicants: can apply with Year 10 results and part of Year 11 results
• Degree Transfer applicants: can apply with Year 11 results and part of Year 12 results
*Kindly note, if the student’s bachelor destination requires prerequisites, they are required to complete their Year 11/12 and pass relevant subjects (ATAR not required).
Please feel free to contact us if we could help with anything further. Thank you!
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