Moving To Australia

Episode Summary: There are many people who immigrate to Australia at a young age, leaving their family behind. At a later stage in their lives, they are now keen to bring their parents over to Australia, permanently. There is no easy pathway to permanent residence for parents. The process is quite complex, costly, lengthy and currently takes over 40 years for their PR to be approved. If one is not...

Episode Summary: Back in October 2023, we did a podcast on picking the right occupation for your skills assessment. We touched upon how relevant skills assessing authorities check that your skills meet the standards they set to work in a relevant occupation. We spoke at length about VETASSESS and how they go about assessing occupations that are NEC – not elsewhere classified. In April 2024, ACS –...

Episode Summary: Sumer Roy moved to Sydney, Australia in 2018 to pursue an MBA. About 2 months into University, he met with an accident and had to rush back home to Kolkata for his medical treatment. Upon returning he changed his program and enrolled in a master's program for a degree in professional accounting. In this podcast he talks about why he switched his program while at university, wo...

Episode Summary: The 2024-25 General Skilled Migration Program and State Nominated Migration Program allocations have been announced for: TAS, WA, SA, NT, VIC, QLD, ACT, NSW In this podcast we will look at what those numbers look like for each state and touch upon some key things that applicants need to know about the General skilled migration program and state nominated migration program. The tot...

Episode Summary: This week on Moving to Australia podcast, we sit down with Kelly Zhu, who secured her PR in Dec 2023 after her skills assessment was rejected by VETASSESS. Kelly moved to Australia from China in 2016 as a student. She graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Arts from Western Sydney University in 2020. Initially, the biggest adjustment she faced as a student was the transition from...

Episode Summary: This week on Moving to Australia podcast, we are talking to one of our clients, Sagnik Datta, who graduated from University of Wollongong and secured his Permanent Residency in 2024. Sagnik has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and received his master's in Business from Sydney Business School - Univ of Wollongong in 2019. Since then he has worked at Ikea, Rashays and...

Episode Summary: Aadil graduated with an MBA from UNSW Business School in 2004. In this episode he harkens back to 20 years of his life in Oz, firstly as a student and then as a professional financial advisor. The conversation kicks off with him opening up about his desire to have an overseas qualification and independent living. There were challenges for a couple of years as a student at UNSW. Wi...

Episode Summary: This week on our podcast, we have our first guest - Maksym Vasylkov - one of DMS's clients. Maksym moved to Australia on a Subclass 491 visa. He is a software engineer from Ukraine with 15 years of experience in the IT Industry. Maksym talks about his journey to Australia and why he fell in love with it. Since Feb 2024, he's been living in Darwin, which is the capital city...

Episode Summary: This week on the podcast, we shall be talking about the Subclass 407 Training visa, a temporary visa that allows individuals to take part in occupational training or professional development activities in Australia. The training program would allow someone to improve their skills for their job, area of tertiary study, or field or expertise. This can be an excellent alternative for...

Episode Summary: This week on Moving to Australia podcast, we talk about how a business in Australia that has a genuine need to fill a skilled position can become eligible to sponsor skilled workers from overseas. We begin the conversation by touching upon the need for businesses in Australia to source skilled workers from overseas in various industries: construction, hospitality, health, IT, trad...

Episode Summary: This week on Moving to Australia podcast, Amitava shares his insights on the key immigration highlights from the federal budget delivered by Jim Chalmers on 14 May 2024. We start the discussion with what the planning levels look like for the 24-25 program and its basic composition. We draw a contrast between each of skills stream category for the 24-25 program and the 23-24 progra...

Episode Summary: In today’s episode, we discuss the recent changes to the student visa program. As part of the new measures being introduced to the Australian Migration System one of the changes recommended was to bring in reforms that would directly impact International Students and Temporary Graduate Visa holders. For all applications lodged on and after the 23 March 2024, the government is now...

Episode Summary: The Temporary Skill Shortage visa lets an employer sponsor a suitably skilled worker to fill a position they can’t find a suitably skilled Australian to fill. There are many pathways available to someone on a 482 visa for permanent residency. Amitava begins the conversation by discussing how an employer in Australia can nominate an overseas worker for a TSS visa when they are unab...

Episode Summary: In this episode, we have a conversation about the great Kiwi exodus. Amitava reveals why so many New Zealanders are flocking to Oz. Many young professionals in the critical sector and health care industry from Wellington, Christchurch, or Auckland are keen to make the move from NZ. They find that wages in Australia are higher, the cost of living is lower than in NZ and the real es...

Episode Summary: Every visa, except a PR, comes with certain conditions when granted. Some conditions always apply, and some may apply depending on a range of criteria. These visa conditions apply not only to the primary applicant, but also to all the secondary applicants as well. A breach of any of the conditions that are imposed on an applicant's visa may result in the visa being revoked. On...

Episode Summary: There are many ways for skilled migrants to work and live in Australia and make it their permanent home. Regional Migration is one such way to make this move a possibility. The regional migration program consists of: • 2 skilled regional provisional visas that provide a pathway to permanent residence. • a skilled regional permanent resident visa (from November 2022) – subclass 191...

Episode Summary: When you lodge an EOI within a nominated occupation, your skills must meet the standards set by the DHA to work in that occupation. To prove your eligibility, an applicant must get their skills assessed by a skills assessing authority. If you don't get a positive assessment result you cannot apply for a skilled migration visa. Obtaining a suitable skills assessment is mandator...

Episode Summary: The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) is a section within the Department of Home Affairs. Under the Migration Act, this body is granted certain powers and responsibilities for registering and overseeing over 4500 migration agents who provide immigration assistance. In this episode Amitava talks in detail about their role in registering & overseeing...

Episode Summary: One of the objectives of the Migration Strategy is to streamline the temporary skilled migration.  It makes up 9% of Australia’s total temporary migration system. For the system to work more efficiently for both employers and overseas workers, the back-to-front system needs to be overhauled so that Australia can attract highly skilled workers from a rapidly growing pool of young s...

Episode Summary: On 23 May 2023, Australia and India entered into a Migration and Mobility Partnership Arrangement (MMPA). The MMPA is a bilateral framework that supports and promotes two-way migration and mobility between our two countries while addressing issues pertaining to illegal and irregular migration. The Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme or (‘MATES’) is a new s...

Episode Summary: When you apply for a visa, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​you and family members who apply for a visa with you might need to have health examinations to prove you meet the health requirement. If you fail to meet the health requirement, a visa processing offer may consider exercising a health waiver, if it is available for your visa subclass, and contact you to advise you of this and seek fu...

Episode Summary: This visa is for young adults who want an extended holiday in Australia and be able to work there to fund their stay. Australia's reciprocal Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program has been fostering stronger links between young people from Australia and around the world since 1975.  It allows young adults to have a 12 month holiday, during which they can undertake short-term work...

Episode Summary: If you have the business acumen to operate a new or existing business or have the resources to make a significant investment in Australia, then now would be the time to make the move. The Business Innovation & Investment Provisional Visa let's you stay in Australia for up to 5 years if invited to apply, bring eligible members of your family and apply for a permanent reside...

Episode Summary: Are you confused about what the right Skilled Occupation would be for you when it's time for your skills assessment? Can you relate your work experience with one of these: 1. You could have a Bachelors in Commerce or a Degree in Engineering but not Computer Science, and you have been working in IT for a few years. 2. You never went to culinary school but you have years of expe...

Episode Summary: A partner visa allows the partner or spouse of a sponsor - an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizens - to live in Australia. Getting this visa is the first step towards a permanent Partner visa. You apply for the temporary and the permanent partner visas together. To be eligible for a partner visa, one must demonstrate that they are in a...