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		<title>Employers lament GFC staff cuts: survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A survey has just been undertaken by Sweeney Research on behalf of HUDSON,  a recruitment group in Australia, New Zealand as well as throughout Europe, USA, China, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. It has been suggested that businesses in Australia and New Zealand may have cut into the muscle when they tried to trim the fat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/employers-lament-gfc-staff-cuts-survey.htm</link>
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		<title>General Skilled Migration Visas &#8211; NEW Priority Processing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has announced new General Skilled Migration (GSM) processing priorities: Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) and the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS); Applications from people who are nominated by a state or territory government agency with a nominated occupation that is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/general-skilled-migration-visas-new-priority-processing.htm</link>
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		<title>Employer Sponsored Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Increase to the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) From 1 July 2010, the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT), was indexed by 5 per cent, in line with the Australia-wide increase in average weekly earnings. This will increase TSMIT from $45 220 to $47 480. The increase to the TSMIT will apply to all nomination [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/employer-sponsored-workers.htm</link>
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		<title>Annual Adjustment of Fees and Charges &#8211; 1 July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From 1 July 2010, the  Migration Regulations are amended to effect the annual adjustment of most fees and visa application charges (VACs).  This year, certain fees and charges under the Migration Regulations are increased by 1.8 percent, in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI).  The 2nd instalments of the VACs for Contributory Parent and Contributory Aged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/annual-adjustment-of-fees-and-charges-1-july-2010.htm</link>
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		<title>ASCO to ANZSCO – 01 July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From 1 July 2010, The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) will replace the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) as the standard used by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for information about occupations in all visa, settlement and citizenship programs. ANZSCO comprises the 1st edition (2006) and Revision 1 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/asco-to-anzsco-%e2%80%93-01-july-2010.htm</link>
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		<title>GSM POINTS FOR NEW SOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who have been following the continual changes within the GSM (General Skilled Migration) program will know and hopefully understand that the current SOL (Skilled Occupations List) or Form 1121i, available from www.immi.gov.au website, will be superseded on 01 JULY 2010. The new SOL has been available from previous entries made to this blog site. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Visa Funds &amp; Living Costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 01 January 2010, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) made an announcement that all International Students must now show evidence of funds to contribute to the cost of living and studying in Australia. DIAC acknowledges that all International Student have the opportunity to working a maximum of 20 hours during each semester and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/student-visa-funds-living-costs.htm</link>
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		<title>New Skilled Occupation List (SOL) Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has announced a new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) for the General Skilled Migration (GSM). The new SOL does not apply for non-GSM visas, such as ENS, RSMS or Subclass 457. The new SOL can be found here and is proposed to commence 1 July 2010. The new list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/new-skilled-occupation-list-sol-announced.htm</link>
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		<title>Australian General Skilled Migration Reforms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Evans, the Minister in charge of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), as per a previous entry to our blog site confirms, on the 8th February, made some sweeping changes to the GSM for Australia. I have down loaded part of his speech to hilight several points I believe my clients may be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/australian-general-skilled-migration-reforms.htm</link>
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		<title>General Skilled Migration &#8211; visa applications suspended</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some months now, we have been guiding our clients, and those who are just making general enquiries regarding their best chance of Emigrating to Australia, away from the &#8220;175&#8243;; 176&#8243; &#38; &#8220;475&#8243; skilled visas. Some time ago, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), made the announcement they had suspended reviewing these visas. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emigrateaustralia.com.au/general-skilled-migration-visa-applications-suspended.htm</link>
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