Visa 190 Close While Opening of Visa 491 in South Australia

As the new skilled regional visas will be introduced on 16th November 2019, the state nominated 190 visa application system will be closed to the immigration of South Australia on 15th November 2019 from 11 am. The application system of this Subclass visa will be re-opening in the first week of December.

There is a need to pay and submit for the 190 visa application before the system being closed if you have just started a state nomination application under the 190 visa category.

All the applications that are not complete and still pending will be deleted from 11 am on 15th Nov. 2019. These incomplete applications include those applications that are saved but not submitted and applications that submitted but still pending for payment.

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Latest GSM changes done by South Australia March 2019

This is to announce that South Australia has recently introduced concessions for international students residing in the state for continuous period since March 2012. These include offering the nomination for the subclass 489 visa to students who meet the conditions. The changes are already into effect.

As per the changes introduced, any international student (current or former students) who has been living in SA since March 2012 will be offered state nomination.

Also, International Students will be offered a state nomination if they have been working in South Australia for at least 3 months provided you are working for at least 40 hours a fortnight in any occupation in the state. Additionally, students who have completed a 1-year course in the state will also qualify for state nomination.

SA will offer state nomination to international students who can obtain a skill assessment and the work experience requirement will be waived off if the student is able to obtain a minimum GPA of 6.

Also read– South Australia offers incentives to attract skilled migrants for Australia PR

The above requirement is similar to for international students applying for the Subclass 190 Visa. These changes will help foreign students spend more time in SA as compared to other Visa routes, as per SBS News.

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Immigration South Australia Immigration Report 2018!

Let us find out how the year 2018 went by for South Australia in terms of immigration programs in this very busy program year.

1. General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program:

Immigration SA has processed 2,569 nominations under the GSM program for 2017/18, now currently tracking at 1,909 year to date for the first half of the current financial year.

The state has also conducted 58 support service events that were attended by over 2,100 newly arrived migrants. The events included monthly “Welcome to SA” information sessions, employments workshops and spotlight seminars.

From January to December (YTD) we have responded to over 7200 enquiries (email, phone or online enquiries), completed 879 qualification assessments, and 15 overseas skilled trades people in licensed trades received a subsidy to undertake skills gap training to advance to a full trade license.

Also read– State and Territory Nominations For The Month of September 2018-2019

2. Business Migration

Immigration SA’s Business Migration Program is famous and over the past 12 months. The business migration team held an impressive 684 face-to-face client meetings in addition to welcoming 17 delegations of potential clients to South Australia from China and Malaysia.

3. International Graduates

Immigration SA was very active in connecting with International graduates and thus has invited many students for permanent residency as well. Immigration SA has attended three university career expos along with targeted seminars to inform hundreds of students the immigration process and options available for students seeking to make SA their home.

4. New Visa

Immigration SA launched a new pilot program to attract the best and brightest entrepreneurs to South Australia. The state was selected as the pilot state for the three-year Supporting Innovation in South Australia visa to encourage budding foreign entrepreneurs, with business ideas centred around emerging industries-such as space, cyber security, big data, agribusiness, medical technology and robotics.

5. Upgrade to online system

Earlier this year, Immigration SA underwent a major upgrade to online application system. The new process now offers one platform for migration agents and clients to manage their application status and meeting requests through the Immigration SA Apply website. A smarter application process has been created by Immigration SA to invite skill migrants and business migrants.

Immigration SA is open to accept online applications. However, the office is closed from 21st December 2018 and will re-open on January 2, 2019.

To know more about South Australia Immigration Program and different PR programs it is suggested to fill the free assessment form and one of the visa and immigration experts of Aptech Global will contact you soon to discuss Australia PR case.

Read more- Immigration SA Updated Processing Time for Australia PR Visa 2018

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South Australia Introduces New Business Visa For Permanent Residency

The new special visa is aimed to improve the economy of South Australia. This visa was launched on November 21. This pilot scheme is planned for three years till the end of November 2021. The visa will have no cap for the next three years, as confirmed by the Department of Home Affairs.

What is special about this visa? How is it different from other visas?

The Business Visa does not require any investment unlike other business and investment visas that has mandatory minimum investment requirement. The other Business Visas available in Australia require a minimum investment of at least $200,000.

The Visa Subclass 408 is a temporary visa that is approved by Federal Government and will allow the visa holders to stay in Australia for 3 years. Also, the visa holders will also be able to include their family members in their visa applications.

To apply for New Australia Business Visa, the applicants must be less than 45 years of age, and an endorsement from the South Australian State Government that allows you to establish a business in the state. The applicants are also required to submit a strong business plan to the state government.

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The endorsement by the State Government gives the assurance that only genuine entrepreneurs have access to apply for subclass 408 Visa.

Read more- South Australia Occupation list latest updates 30th October, 2018

Steven Marshall, Premier of SA says that this new visa will help create jobs in the state. Also, new investments will be targeted, as per SBS. This visa is also one of the routes for Permanent Residence in Australia.

There is also positive light is seen as this visa category will encourage more investment in sectors that has the maximum growth potential. The sectors include defense technology and advances manufacturing. The Federal Government is also planning to enter the naval shipbuilding program in SA.

A total of $400,000 budget has been allocated to these programs by the South Australian Government.

The English requirement for this visa has also been kept very low that is IELTS 5 bands in each module of reading, writing, listening and speaking as compared to other visa categories.

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The applicants who are an entrepreneurs having strong business plans may apply for Subclass 408 to set up their business in South Australia. The business proposal will be evaluated by either The State or The Federal Government. The applicants who are able to sustain their business venture in Australia will be able to apply for Australian Permanent Residency.

Australia has many immigration programs for the migrants willing to settle on permanent basis. You may fill the free assessment form to know the visa category best suitable for you.

Read more about- How to apply for Australia Business Visa Subclass 890

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South Australia will introduce New Visa to Boost Economy!

There is a good news for the people who want to establish business in Australia. The Australian Government is planning to introduce new business visa which will not require any mandatory funding and an applicant only needs to demonstrate ‘vocational English’.

Due to large number of people with a state nomination from South Australia moving to other parts of the country, like Sydney and Melbourne for better opportunities, the federal government will start a new visa to foster entrepreneurship and improve the state’s economy before its national roll out next year.

The first state to pilot this visa will be South Australia.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said, “The Turnbull Government is focused on increasing job opportunities and standards of living for Australians and we are doing this by fostering business growth and investment in Australia.”

Most probably, foreign entrepreneurs and investors having an innovative idea along with a supporting business plan will be able to apply for a temporary visa to establish themselves in Australia.

There will be no capital backing under the proposed visa as compared to the existing entrepreneur visa which requires a capital backing of $200,000.

The applicant business proposals will be examined by the State or Federal Government authorities before granting a temporary visa. Those applicants who are successful in establishing their business venture in Australia will become eligible to apply for South Australia State Sponsorship.

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Mr. Dutton also added that encouraging the new entrepreneurs to take forward innovative ideas in Australia will lead to growing jobs in the future.

To apply for South Australia Immigration, all applicants must be under 45 years of age and must have a vocational English level (score of 5 bands in each four components of IELTS).

South Australian Liberal leader Steven Marshall said, “We are confident that this arrangement can lead to participants applying for permanent residence in South Australia as they develop their business plans into successful enterprises creating new companies and jobs in our state.”

He further added, “These arrangements will also encourage more investment in those sectors of our economy with the greatest capacity to grow, including advanced manufacturing and defence technology following the Federal Government’s decision to centre the naval ship building program in South Australia.”

Well, the exact time for the introduction of this visa is not clear.

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