AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION NEWS
| AUGUST 2008 | ||
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| Australian Immigration Changes: Student Visa Assessment Levels | ||
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A number of changes have been made to the student visa assessment levels for Australian immigration. These changes will come into effect on September 1, 2008. |
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| Work and Holiday visa quotas with Thailand to be increased by Australia. | ||
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Australia continues to increase its Work and Holiday scheme through signing visa agreements with new countries as well as increasing visa quotas for countries that already participate in the program. |
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| Western Australia lures migrants with job huge offers. | ||
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Australia's West is now Australia's well paid West, and is selling itself to Kiwis to fill a chronic shortage of workers. |
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| Arroyo invites Australian PM to Asia Pacific Migration Forum. | ||
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be addressing the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development and the Philippine-Australian Ministerial Meeting (PAMM) in Manila this October. He will be in Manila on an invitation extended by his Philippine counterpart President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. |
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| Immigration Report Calls for Changes to Citizenship Test | ||
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It has been reported that a campaign to encourage Australian residents to take up citizenship and an overhaul of the qualifying test has been proposed in a report to Immigration Minister Chris Evans. |
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| Changes in Minimum Salary Level (MSL) for Sponsored workers | ||
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The Minimum Salary Level (MSL) for skilled workers has increased by 3.8% from the 1st of August 2008. |
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