2020-21 Update for the Skilled & Business Visa – STATE & TERRITORY Nomination allocation
As a result of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, sectors such as medical, social, and economic have been severely affected and, as a consequence of these dramatic changes in these sectors, the migration programs in Australia have had a significant impact.
The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) has reported that, until the federal budget is released on the 6th of October 2020, states and territories have given a restricted allocation of positions for both Business Migration programs and the skilled subclass 491/190 nominations
Occupations which may be approved by the State as well as the territory Government, for the Subclass 491/190 are strictly limited and these allocations are to be used for the occupations which are crucial to the recovery of the economy after the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Key occupations and sectors of industries are as follows,
- people providing critical or specialist medical services, including air ambulance, medical evacuations and delivering critical medical supplies
- people with critical skills required to maintain the supply of essential goods and services (such as in medical technology, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, engineering and mining, supply chain logistics, agricultural technology, food production, and the maritime industry)
- people delivering services in sectors critical to Australia’s economic recovery (such as financial technology, large scale manufacturing, film and television production, and emerging technology), where no Australian worker is available
2020 -21 Victorian Visa nomination program update
The state of Victoria is getting prepared to re-open with new migration policies and nomination criteria to encourage the recovery of Victoria’s economy and the public health response
Applicants may wish to prepare their Expression of Interest (EOI) so that they are ready to proceed further once more information becomes available, EOI’s being lodged through the Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect System.
Make sure that the EOI is up to date before lodging an application with the Victorian Government
Interim allocation for the General Skilled and Business Migration programs in South Australia
The South Australian Government has stated that the Department of Home Affairs has allocated a “limited number of interim allocation places” to South Australian state for its General Skilled & Business Migration program for the year 2020-21. When they were making those allocations they have given priority for the occupations which are crucial to encourage the recovery of economic and public health of South Australia.
The full nomination allocations for 2020/21 will be determined later in the year as part of the 2020/21 Budget process which is due to take place in October 2020.
On the basis of the directions given by the Department Home Affairs, applications will be prioritized according to the followings,
- High-quality applications within the Business Innovation and Investment Program.
- Applicants who are critical to supporting the state’s response to the COVID19 pandemic, including individuals providing critical or specialist medical services, critical skills required to maintain the supply of essential goods and services; or delivering services in sectors critical to Australia’s economic recovery.
- Early consideration of onshore applications that satisfy the above criteria.
Applications which have been impacted by the budget including the following subclasses
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491)visa
- Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa
- Business Innovation stream (subclass 188A) (Provisional) visa
- Investor stream(subclass 188B) (Provisional) visa
- Significant Investor stream (subclass 188C)(Provisional) visa
- Entrepreneur stream (subclass 188E) (Provisional) visa
- Significant Business History (subclass 132A)(Permanent) visa
- Venture Capital Entrepreneur (subclass 132B) (Permanent) visa
