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Importance Of Getting A Registered Australia Migration Agent

Importance Of Getting A Registered Australia Migration Agent

Doing the Australia Immigration application by yourself can be so stressful. It is important to take the correct steps right at the very beginning to avoid hindrances that could cost you time and money. The best way to begin is with the help of a registered Australia migration agent. Why should you trust a professional when migrating to Australia?

Registered Migration Agents are Legally Qualified

Being regulated by Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), agents are required to follow certain rules and regulations to hold their credentials. Each agent must prove that they possess the required legal knowledge to do the job by advancing their area of specialization. MARA also monitors conduct to ensure that all agents provide accurate advice and caliber service to their clients.

Registered Migration Agents Know all the Challenges

Migration agents, especially those who are well established and reputable, totally understand how challenging the application may be, from getting a positive skills assessment to getting the visa approval. With hundreds and thousands of application handled year after year, they have come across unique cases, and are able to do a tailor-made assistance based on the present eligibility of the applicant.

Registered Migration Agents Care about your Outcome, not your Money

To be a registered migration agent, one has to be fully committed to successful outcomes of their clients. One has to empathize about your goals and hopes for the future. You must be careful whom you trust when your future is at risk. Do your homework properly and see who are the trustworthy in the market; the one who is so established and have assisted families migrate to Australia successfully.

In using migration agents, you should have a peace of mind knowing that your application is going to be represented professionally. Choose a reputable agent, and not someone who gives you unending guarantees, as immigration process if full of uncertainties. To book a consultation with us, call +65 6299 0245. We will assess your family’s criteria against the ever-changing rules and regulations pertaining to migrating to Australia from Singapore or elsewhere.

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Australia Pr Application Is Getting Tougher: So What?

Australia Pr Application Is Getting Tougher: So What?

It is no doubt that Australia Immigration rules and regulations are getting tougher each year. Come new fiscal year and whatever the results of the national election going to be, we are still expecting some changes to happen in its immigration legislative.

While it may seem like impossible for you now to penetrate into the nation already as an Australian Permanent Resident (PR), we beg to disagree.

Responsibilities of a Registered Migration Agent

NTRUST, as the most established Australia Registered migration agency in Singapore, always aims to help families migrate to Australia, be it through the skilled migration program or partner visa route. As being regulated with the Migration Agents Registration Authorities (MARA), we are restricted to provide in the best of our abilities based on the present circumstances of our clients and of course on the legislation. We strongly represent our clients’ case to the immigration department, ensuring that our success records will not be compromised. Housing multiple migration agents, we take pride in ensuring we are up to date with the current immigration rules and regulations for us to provide only legal and truthful advice.

Immigration Application Options

Just because Australia Immigration legislation is getting tougher, it doesn’t mean it is the end of your Australian dream life. Despite the changes, there are still other options, if not a direct PR visa, that can help you roll over to a permanent residency in the long run. For example, the Subclass489 – Designated Area Sponsorship which only requires you to stay in the sponsoring regional area for two years with one year full-time employment for you to apply for a PR later on. We, as your trusted Immigration agency, we are bound to provide you application options pertaining to your present circumstances.

To know your eligibility criteria for an Australian PR, call +65 6299 0245 to meet our consultant for a professional consultation.

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Australia Immigration: What You Should Know?

Australia Immigration: What You Should Know?

The new fiscal year in Australia is yet to begin, but a number of Immigration rules and regulation changes are already out. Truth be told, but it is really not easy now as opposed to processing your application four to six years ago.

While Australia has been welcoming thousands of migrants each year, the government conducts yearly reviews of its legislation to address both population growth and Australian citizens’ employability rate. It may impress upon that the nation is making it tougher and tougher for people wanting to migrate to Australia from Singapore or elsewhere to penetrate, but immigration specialists such as NTRUST advocates in favour of your criteria, providing not just temporary solutions.

Rules and regulations are very dynamic, and knowing your eligibility criteria or consulting with as soon as possible is vital before your application might get compromised by the ever-changing legislation.

Below are the things that you should now in preparation for the new fiscal year coming on 1st July 2019:

Revised General Skilled Migration (GSM) Points System

  • The Department of Home Affairs (DHA)expressed their intention of revising the points system, not to make it even more difficult for applicants, but to help migrants-to-be to accumulate more points as possible. These changes will be awarded to applicants who have the ability to make the greatest economic contribution to Australia. Starting 16th November 2019, the new points system will include the following:
    • 15 points for applicants nominated under the new Subclass 491 – Regional Visa through State or Territory government or sponsored by a family member residing in regional Australia
    • 10 points for applicants with Australian Masters by research or Doctorate of at least 2 academic years in a relevant field of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or specified Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
    • 10 points for applicants who do not have a spouse or de facto relationship
    • 10 points for applicants with a positive skills assessment, minimum of competent English and below 45 years old.
    • 5 points for applicants with a spouse or de facto partner who doesn’t have a skillset, but has at least a competent level of English

Three New Visa Subclasses

  • With the goal to decongest major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, starting November 2019, Subclass 489 – Skilled Regional will be replaced by Subclass 491 – Skilled Work Regional (Provisional), Subclass 187 – Regional Sponsored Migration will be replaced by Subclass 494 – Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional). These two new visas require holders to live and work in a regional area for three years before they can roll it over to a permanent residency visa in which will be named Subclass 191 – Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional).

There’s still time to make it to the existing visa subclasses, but you will need to start your Australia PR application as soon as possible. Call +65 6299 0245 to book an appointment and consult with us. It is important that your casework will be assessed by MARA Registered Migration Agency only.  

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Australia Immigration Update: Changes To The Points System

Australia Immigration Update: Changes To The Points System

Australia Immigration Update: Changes To The Points System

The current points system will be revised and will take effect in November 2019

It will introduce a revised points system for the subclass 491 visa as well as existing General Skilled Migration (489,189,190) visas. Points will be given for attributes that are linked with the applicant’s ability to make the greatest economic contribution, keeping the main purpose of the skilled migration programme — to maximise the economic benefits of migration to Australia and to only approved high caliber applicants.

The changes to the points test are to introduce:

  • 10 points for having a skilled spouse or de facto partner;
    · 15 points for applicants nominated by a State or Territory government or sponsored by a family member residing in regional Australia;
    · 10 points for having certain STEM qualifications;
    · 10 points for applicants who do not have a spouse or de facto partner; and
    · 5 points for applicants with a spouse or de facto partner who has competent English.

    To roll the current visa over to Permanent Residence (Subclass 191) you will need to fulfil the following:

– must have a regional provisional visa when they apply for the SC191 visa, and have held that visa for at least three years;
– have earned a minimum income for at least three years as the holder of a regional provisional visa; and
– have complied with the conditions of the regional provisional visa.
 
There will be a NEW ordering system for ALL points test applicants as follows:

If all other points claims are equal, invitations for points tested visas will be ranked by the Migration Points Test as described below:

  • First – primary applicants with a skilled spouse or de facto partner
    · Equal First – primary applicants without a spouse or de facto partner
    · Second – Primary applicants with a spouse or de facto partner who can demonstrate competent English but does not have the skills for skilled partner points (age and skills)
    · Third – Primary applicants with a partner who is ineligible for either competent English or Skilled partner points. These applicants will be ranked below all other cohorts, if all other points claims are equal.

Other Notes:
If you are granted this New Regional visa you cannot be granted any other permanent visa of any category for 3 years.

You are free to move to other states but you must reside in Regional Australia until qualifying for Permanent Residence.

Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00578/Explanatory%20Statement/Text

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Australia Immigration: Expect The Unexpected

Australia Immigration: Expect The Unexpected

The new fiscal year,2019-2020, has yet to begin and new government officials are unidentified yet, but a number of changes on the Australia Visa Application process have been implemented already.

Certainly, Australia has been welcoming thousands of migrants each year. However, with the goal to address nation’s population growth and to protect Australian citizens’ employability rate as well, revisions such as new Immigration cap, modification of Skilled Occupation Lists, and regular reviews of the regulations are being set by the government, making it more tougher for people planning to migrate to Australia from Singapore or elsewhere to meet the criteria.

What to expect?

Reality is Australian Immigration rules and regulations are getting tougher and tougher. Prior to the new fiscal year which is on 1st July 2019, the government has expressed its intention of reducing this year’s cap from 190,000 to 160,000 migrant intakes. Furthermore, with the goal to decongest major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, the government will introduce new regional visas that require migrants to live in regional areas for a minimum of three years as a necessity for their permanent residency. The process is extremely dynamic; you might be eligible today, but your eligibility criteria might have been affected following the ever changing legislative changes. We always advise applicants to seize every opportunity while it is still available. We have been dedicated to assisting each applicant to the best of our abilities, providing them the most feasible options for them to make it to the cut.

What to do?

Whilst it is normal to feel worried that your criteria might be compromised sooner or later, there’s no other way but just to jump onto it while there are still available options for your family. We will take you through the application right from the very beginning until you got your new Australian visa. Also, seeking assistance is at utmost importance now, especially that the rules and regulations now are not as easy as they were five to eight years from now. Your friends and colleagues applications may be so smooth when they did the application a few years back, but their eligibility criteria may be different now compared to yours against the present rules and regulations.

Being registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), we are regulated to only provide professional advice based on your present circumstances. With the mission to always provide assistance to families fulfill their dream life in Australia, NTRUST will be dedicated to representing your family’s application from assessing your eligibility criteria to the day we receive your approved Australian Visa. To know if you are eligible or not, book a professional consultation with us by calling +65 6299 0245.