Australia Visa Immigration Information

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship will receive additional funding of $359 million in the 2007-08 Budget to help meet the labour force needs of Australia’s economy, ensure we have a cohesive community and strong border security.

The Australian Government’s new citizenship test will ensure new Australian citizens are committed to Australia’s values and way of life.

The 2007-08 Budget provides funding of $123.6 million over five years to deliver the Australian Government’s new citizenship test, to be introduced in 2007.

The planning number for the Migration Programme will be set at 152,800 places in 2007-08. This level will strengthen our economy and maintain a strong cohesive community. Continue Reading »

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship today announced the capping of a series of Contributory Parent visa categories in light of continued high demand for these visas.

Caps are determined by the minister and used to ensure that the planning levels for various components of the migration program are not exceeded.

The numbers for particular subclasses were determined by the relative demand for each visa subclass as a proportion of the total planning level. Continue Reading »

Australia is known for its fine beaches and a really hot summer days wherein almost thousands of tourists has been attracted. People tend to spend their vacation in this country, not only because of the impeccable sceneries but also for the easiness of applying visas whether you needed a tourist visa for Australia or a desired visa of your own as long as you’re qualified in all requirements. However if you have a relatives in Australia you can ask them to go to Australia Embassy and help you take that visa.

Going in another country is quite difficult to most of us especially if our own home is our comfort zone. However Australia will make these things conceivable in a good way.

PREMIER Steve Bracks will push for an increase of 10,000 skilled migrants to Australia in the next financial year as skills shortages continue to bite in the regions.

Employer groups are urging the Federal Government to increase the skilled migrant program by 20,000 each year for the next two years, after the unemployment rate last month hit a 32-year low of 4.5 per cent.

The Federal Government last year froze skilled migration levels at 97,500 places in 2006-2007, claiming it would be “unwise” to have a big jump in the intake following a 20,000 increase the preceding year.…

While in office, the Howard Government has more than doubled the size of the migration program, while the number of skilled migrants has tripled. Continue Reading »

The Australians are coming and they’re after your body.

ICT skills are in such demand that “in Canberra, you can’t even hire bad people,” says IBRS analyst Kevin McIsaac.

McIsaac, who gave the keynote speach at an EMC information seminar in Wellington last week, says Australia will increasingly look our way to fill its depleted IT ranks.

“Because the Australian skills shortages are worse, it will look to New Zealand for those skills,” McIsaac says.

The shortage of ICT skills in New Zealand has been well documented but the situation is much worse in Australia.

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The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is being labelled the “success disease” and the Business Council of Australia has called on the new government to bring at least one million extra people into the workforce to lift productivity. Australia’s economic boom is fuelling demand for skilled Australian immigration.

The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is being labelled the “success disease” and the Business Council of Australia has called on the new government to bring at least one million extra people into the workforce to lift productivity. Australia’s economic boom is fuelling demand for skilled Australian immigration.

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Skilled South Africans are being transferred or head-hunted, writes Linda Vergnani.

Turn on the radio in Australia and you will hear the distinctive Afrikaans accent of Marius Kloppers who, as CEO of BHP Billiton, is spearheading the A147-billion takeover bid of BHP Billiton.

Kloppers is one of the SA corporate superstars who have lit up the Australian and international business firmament. Among the brightest is Gail Kelly, the new CEO of Westpac. Her earnings could top A12-million per year, making her the most highly paid businesswoman in Australia.

Kelly, who emigrated to the country with her family in 1997, is listed among the 50 most powerful women in global business by Fortune magazine.

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The estimated shortage of 10,000 workers across the ACT could double over the next three years when large numbers of baby boomers retire.

Public service job cutbacks in Tuesday week’s Federal budget, tipped to cost Canberra up to 3000 positions, is likely to have little impact on the capital’s worsening skills drought.

Today, The Canberra Times begins a three-part series on the extent of the ACT skills drought, which is worse here than anywhere else in Australia, and what could be done to fix it.

ACT Chamber of Commerce chief executive Chris Peters said business growth in the territory had been stalled for 18 months due to insufficient workers.

“About two years ago staff shortages were No13 on businesses lists of concerns. It’s been No1 for about 18 months, so it is the major impediment to business growth.”

The ACT Skills Commission and the chamber’s research shows the ACT will continue to be hardest hit of all Australian states and territories from a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers.

Access Economics research shows the ACT’s population is biased towards the 45 to 59 age group.

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