Lamont Migration Agency http://www.lamontmigration.com.au Work Visas and all other Visas - Free online assessment Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Net Overseas Migration Net overseas migration (NOM)

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its Migration Statistics for 2008-2009

 Over the past three years, NOM has more than doubled from 146,800 persons in 2005-06 to a preliminary NOM estimate of 298,900 persons in…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/net-overseas-migration/ Updated Priority Processing Arrangements for Skilled Migration Visas – Effective from 14 July 2010 There are new priority processing arrangements for certain skilled migration visas. These arrangements take account of the changes to the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) that came into effect on 1 July 2010, as well as the revocation of the Migration…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/updated-priority-processing-arrangements-for-skilled-migration-visas-effective-from-14-july-2010/ TRA Job Ready Program Fees Update Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) has advised the following new fee schedule for the Job Ready Program:
• Step 1 – Provisional Skills Assessment $300
• Step 2 – Job Ready Employment $500
- Additional Training $1200 (Estimated…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/tra-job-ready-program-fees-update/ New List of Skilled Occupations Intended to Replace the Current Skilled Occupation List It is intended that this list of occupations will form the new Skilled Occupation List, proposed to come into effect from 1 July 2010. The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship will be recommending that the Governor-General in Council make…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/new-list-of-skilled-occupations-intended-to-replace-the-current-skilled-occupation-list/ Lamont Migration Relocating to New Office As of Friday May 14 2010 Lamont Migration will relocate to their new office:

Suite 1, 42B Wantirna Road
Ringwood Victoria 3134
Australia

Please note the new Phone and Fax Number

Phone: 9879 3515
Fax: 9879…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/lamont-migration-relocating-to-new-office/ Temporary Suspension of offshore Skilled Migration The Minister for Immigration announced May 8 2010 a temporary suspension of certain general skilled migration visas. The move hopes to ensure that all offshore general skilled applications made after today are in accordance with the occupations included on the…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/temporary-suspension-of-offshore-skilled-migration/ Changes to Skills Assessment for Accountants, Finance Managers, Corporate Treasurers and External Auditors CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) have announced that, from 1 July 2010, the skills assessment criteria for General Skills Migration will be as follows:· A formal qualification assessed as being at least comparable to…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/changes-to-skills-assessment-for-accountants-finance-managers-corporate-treasurers-and-external-auditors/ Onshore International Students Changes
Q 1 Is my application for a Skilled—Graduate (subclass 485) visa affected by the changes to the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) announced by the government?
No. If you lodge your application for a subclass 485 visa before the…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/onshore-international-students-changes/ Changes to the General Skilled Migration Program Removal of the MODL
On 8 February 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the outcomes of a review of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL).
The review found that the existing MODL…

]]> http://www.lamontmigration.com.au/news/changes-to-the-general-skilled-migration-program/ Major shake up to Skilled Migration coming This article appeared in the Age newspaper this morning.

Skilled migration shake-up
YUKO NARUSHIMA
February 6, 2010
THE federal government is set to overhaul Australia’s skilled migration program, but industry bodies fear it will throw the flagging…

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