The Australian Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) has released a new Skilled Occupation List, effective as of 11 March 2019. This introduces changes to both the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) and the Medium to Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL). The following visa subclasses were affected by the changes: Subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage [...]
Coming in just behind the ubiquitous New York City, Melbourne has been ranked by Time Out as the world’s second-best city to live in. The Time Out Index is based on a survey of 34,000 people in 48 major cities around the world, and includes input from city experts and Time Out staff. The main [...]
Here at Expat International, we’ve had a busy start to the New Year. With Sydney and Melbourne housing prices continuing to fall, and the demand for skilled workers increasing in Australia, we’ve been taking on many new assignees excited to move down under. It’s no surprise business is good for clients in Australia, considering the [...]
The necessary legislation regarding immigration and social security for EU withdrawal is subject to parliamentary approval. The proposed Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination Bill would revoke the currently implemented Immigration Regulations of 2016 in the UK. The UK Home Office published a policy on January 28, 2019 regarding the proposals for how it will [...]
Revisions have been released for Australia’s Working Holiday (WH) Visa Program. These changes were initially announced in September 2016. Of note are the following: · The upper age limit for applicants of the WHV program has been raised to 35 years of age, from a previous 31 years of age, for Irish and Canadian passport holders, [...]
Expat International is pleased to have received recognition at the Annual Graebel Relocation Conference held last October in Denver, Colorado. Expat is a valued partner of Graebel, and assists them with their global high quality personalized relocation services. Graebel services many Fortune 500 companies and Global 100 companies as well. Expat International received a Superior [...]
Throughout Expat International’s 35 year history, we have always worked hard to make the mobility process easier, reduce stress for the assignee, improve the efficiency of our team and save costs for our clients. With advances in web and mobile technologies, we have seen significant changes in the expectations our clients have about how and [...]
The long-heralded imposition of the Skilling Australians Fund levy will become effective August 12, 2018, and payable for employer-sponsored nomination applications for temporary or permanent skilled work visas. SAF will be managed by the Department of Education and Training, to underwrite skills development of Australians. It replaces the previous requirement of nominating employers to [...]
The most recent Department statistics show that on 31 March 2018 there were 194,875 people in Australia on bridging visas, up by 41,066 on the same date last year and the number keeps on rising due to the government’s lack of action on finalising most substantive* applications already in the pipeline. While the Department of [...]
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