{"id":4669,"date":"2021-10-04T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T03:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sevenmigration.com.au\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2021-10-04T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:36:29","slug":"migration-newsletter-edition-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/migration-newsletter-edition-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration Newsletter \u2013 Edition 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4669\" class=\"elementor elementor-4669\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58de73fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"83053\" data-id=\"58de73fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6efca387\" data-eae-slider=\"44731\" data-id=\"6efca387\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-137042d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"137042d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-1024x628.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4672\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-1024x628.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-1536x942.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4-16x10.png 16w, https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/capa-blog-seven-4.png 1972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e908cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e908cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello everyone!<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70303d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70303d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s finally a light at the end of the tunnel. This week, the Prime Minister has announced that international border restrictions will be lifted from November. But don&#8217;t buy your travel tickets just yet!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ad5c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36ad5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Border Restrictions<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes! The first step towards the normalisation of international travel to Australia has been taken. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that the travel restrictions to international travellers will be lifted from November, at least a month ahead of schedule!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But&#8230; (there&#8217;s always a but) international students and skilled migrants will have to wait a little bit longer, as this first phase will only be available to Australian citizens and permanent residents. Yet, it is a good indication of what it is going to be required to enter Australia, as the government may maintain the same rules that are being applied for Australian citizens or permanent residents, such as:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new rules for international travellers will apply only to Australian citizens or permanent residents who have been double vaccinated.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only vaccines accepted will be those already available in Australia (Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna), and also Sinovac and Covid Shield, widely used in Asia.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only states who have reached the 80% double vaccination target will be able to receive international travellers.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be a 7-day home quarantine requirement for Australian citizens and permanent residents who have been double vaccinated with an approved vaccine.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister has already flagged that the next step will be to also allow skilled migrants and international students. Stay tuned for the next chapters!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ae673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ae673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>The Return of International Students to NSW<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the above, New South Wales has already started a pilot program for the return of international students to the state. There will be a limit of 250 international students each fortnight from early December, and all of them will need to have been fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International students participating in the program will need to be invited by their education provider, who are more likely to invite those students who had already started the course and became stranded overseas when the borders closed. They will have to quarantine for 14 days at student accommodation in Sydney upon arrival.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc88869 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc88869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Offshore Applications in South Australia<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re not an Australian citizen, a permanent resident nor an international student who has been invited by your education provider to participate in the pilot program of NSW, we may still have good news for you! South Australia has announced that they will start considering applications from 70 occupations, even if the applicant is outside of Australia. Of course, they will only invite the best and brightest: applicants will need to have 8 years of experience in their occupation and also show a level of &#8216;Proficient Plus&#8217; English (7.5 on each band of IELTS, or 73 on PTE).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list? Here it is: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migration.sa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-09\/70-offshore-occupations.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.migration.sa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-09\/70-offshore-occupations.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0067ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0067ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">This week, we did a live about the topic with our Registered Migration Agents Nia Lopes and Alexandra Cacenote (in Portuguese).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">Watch it on the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/LiveOffshoreApplicationsSA\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/LiveOffshoreApplicationsSA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2620a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2620a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Queensland<\/b><\/h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This newsletter was delayed because we were waiting for the new Skilled Migration List of Queensland, which had been announced to be published in September. As the only state which hasn&#8217;t yet published its list and requirements for this new financial year, we were hoping to finally give good news to anyone intending to migrate through Queensland. We are now in October, and Queensland has now announced that&#8230; the program has been delayed, and they are unable to provide an opening date. Nice, Queensland &#x1F644;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f924a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f924a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>New South Wales again&#8230;<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The submission window for the 491 in NSW is open again! If you meet one of the 3 Streams of the program (refer to our Newsletter ed. 15), you are encouraged to submit your Registration of Interest (ROI) until the end of October. Please remember that the state is giving high priority to Stream 1!!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f28f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96f28f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See you next time!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ease of the border restrictions, return of the international students to NSW, offshore applications for visas in South Australia and more!<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s talk about the Skilled Visas on NSW and the State Migration Program in Tasmania and Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Also, we will go over the Australian Government&#8217;s plans regarding the skill shortage and a more competitive migration program overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4698,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions\/4698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sevenlawgroup.com.au\/enau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}