No one invited to apply for thousands of Australian permanent residency visas

Thousands of international students who graduated from Sydney and Melbourne-based universities and colleges moved into Tasmania last year to be privileged with the state nomination for Australian permanent residency. During the program year 2018-2019, the Department of Home Affairs sent not a single invitation on couples of occupations owing thousands of quotas for Australian permanent residency visas as per occupation celling previously made public.

 No one invited to apply for thousands of Australian permanent residency visas - NepaliPageMany international students are now struggling to get an invitation to remain in Australia.

This shows a mismatch between what Australia wants and what international students are being prepared for. International students and Australian permanent residency aspirants who graduated and skilled in popular occupations such as Accounting, Nursing, Information Technology, and Engineering are now struggling to get an invitation as well as a nomination for state and regional migration. But, on the other hand, thousands of permanent residency visa quotas freezing without sending a single invitation. Figures released by the Department of Home Affairs confirms Livestock Farmers, Other Specialist Managers, Actors, Dancers, and Other Entertainers, Music Professionals, Artistic Directors, and Media Producers and Presenters, Economists, Geologists, Geophysicists, and Hydro-geologists did not get any invitations during the program year 2018-2019. Other occupations Environmental Scientists, Barristers, Sheet metal Trades Workers, Precision Metal Trades Workers, Panel beaters, Boat Builders and Shipwrights, Sports Coaches, Instructors, and Officials and Sportspersons also did not get any invitations.

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The following table shows the occupation ceilings for the 2018-19 program year.

 

Occupation ID Description Occupation Ceiling Value 2018-19 Invitations to 11/06/2019
1213 Livestock Farmers 4,841 0
1331 Construction Managers 5,982 54
1332 Engineering Managers 1,131 22
1341 Child Care Centre Managers 1,000 <5
1342 Health and Welfare Services Managers 1,302 16
1399 Other Specialist Managers 2,615 0
2111 Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers 1,000 0
2112 Music Professionals 1,000 0
2121 Artistic Directors, and Media Producers and Presenters 1,000 0
2211 Accountants* 3,753 2,679
2212 Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers* 1,342 957
2241 Actuaries, Mathematicians and Statisticians 1,000 85
2243 Economists 1,000 0
2245 Land Economists and Valuers 1,000 36
2247 Management consultant 3,894 231
2321 Architects and Landscape Architects 1,251 300
2322 Cartographers and Surveyors 1,000 74
2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 1,000 437
2332 Civil Engineering Professionals 3,510 1,327
2333 Electrical Engineers 1,000 631
2334 Electronics Engineers* 300 214
2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers* 1,780 1,267
2336 Mining Engineers 1,000 <5
2339 Other Engineering Professionals* 700 502
2341 Agricultural and Forestry Scientists 1,000 117
2342 Chemists, and Food and Wine Scientists 1,000 6
2343 Environmental Scientists 1,716 0
2344 Geologists, Geophysicists and Hydrogeologists 1,000 0
2345 Life Scientists 1,000 9
2346 Medical Laboratory Scientists 1,600 137
2347 Veterinarians 1,000 80
2349 Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals 1,000 17
2411 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers 2,488 211
2414 Secondary School Teachers 8,480 362
2415 Special Education Teachers 1,000 7
2421 University Lecturers and Tutors 2,907 8
2512 Medical Imaging Professionals 1,224 25
2514 Optometrists and Orthoptists 1,000 8
2519 Other Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals 1,000 <5
2521 Chiropractors and Osteopaths 1,000 25
2524 Occupational Therapists 1,227 58
2525 Physiotherapists 1,613 88
2526 Podiatrists 1,000 8
2527 Speech Professionals and Audiologists 1,000 45
2531 General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers 3,348 287
2533 Internal Medicine Specialists 1,000 33
2534 Psychiatrists 1,000 10
2535 Surgeons 1,000 11
2539 Other Medical Practitioners 1,145 616

International students and Australian permanent residency aspirants who graduated and skilled in popular occupations such as Accounting, Nursing, Information Technology, and Engineering are now struggling to get an invitation as well as a nomination for state and regional migration.

 

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2541 Midwives 1,000 20
2544 Registered Nurses 17,322 1,656
2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts* 1,466 1,045
2612 Multimedia Specialists and Web Developers 1,000 <5
2613 Software and Applications Programmers* 7,271 5,186
2621 Database and Systems Administrators and ICT Security Specialists 2,660 1,106
2631 Computer Network Professionals* 2,167 1,518
2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 1,000 717
2711 Barristers 1,000 0
2713 Solicitors 3,770 147
2723 Psychologists 2,228 57
2725 Social Workers 2,125 211
3122 Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 1,000 89
3123 Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 1,000 10
3132 Telecommunications Technical Specialists 1,000 19
3211 Automotive Electricians 1,000 <5
3212 Motor Mechanics 6,099 22
3222 Sheetmetal Trades Workers 1,000 0
3223 Structural Steel and Welding Trades Workers 4,639 9
3232 Metal Fitters and Machinists 6,989 12
3233 Precision Metal Trades Workers 1,000 0
3241 Panelbeaters 1,000 0
3311 Bricklayers and Stonemasons 1,594 13
3312 Carpenters and Joiners 8,372 18
3322 Painting Trades Workers 3,277 5
3331 Glaziers 1,000 <5
3332 Plasterers 2,081 <5
3334 Wall and Floor Tilers 1,259 <5
3341 Plumbers 5,766 11
3411 Electricians 9,303 34
3421 Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics 1,836 <5
3422 Electrical Distribution Trades Workers 1,019 <5
3423 Electronics Trades Workers 1,769 35
3513 Chefs 2,821 76
3611 Animal Attendants and Trainers 1,045 0
3941 Cabinetmakers 1,421 <5
3991 Boat Builders and Shipwrights 1,000 0
4523 Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials 2,701 0
4524 Sportspersons 1,000 0

*Occupations that are subject to pro-rata arrangements. For Accountants (2211) the occupational ceiling also reflects volumes in other skilled visa categories.

Source: Department of Home Affairs

 

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