1. ECU Visa presentation 2017

2. Visa Talk 2017 Q&A Who we are All the Visa categories
Different English language tests
Visa Options for graduates
- 485
- company sponsored/march 2018 changes
- skills assessments
- points test
- EOI process & estimates
- State sponsorships
What happens to your visa if you stop study
More study options
Extra time to stay in Australia
Common scenarios
Q&A

3. Who we are

4. How many visas are there ?

5. Permanent Visas
Permanent Visas
Permanent Visas

7. 485 visa – Post Study Stream
First student visa applied for & granted on or after 5th November 2011
Have completed a bachelor, masters or doctorate
Can count a Grad Dip or Grad Cert that LEADS (packaged, nested or articulating course) to one of those above
Meet 2 year study rule (92 weeks) in last 6 months
Held student visa in last 6 months and aged under 50
6 average in IELTS (at least 5 in each band) unless exempt
Processing around 2-4 months. Granted for
bachelors degree, honours degree, masters by coursework degree
masters (extended) degree  – your visa is valid for two years
masters degree by research – your visa is valid for three years
doctoral degree – your visa is valid for four years
DIBP Fee (1 person) $1500

8. 485 Visa – Graduate Stream 485 Visa
6 average in IELTS (At least 5 in each band) , unless exempt
Apply for a Skills assessment in occupation on current SOL
Meet 2 year study rule (92 weeks, related courses)
Held student visa in last 6 months
Under 50
Apply within 6 months of completing studies
Processing around 2-4 months, granted for further 18 months
DIBP Fee (1 person) $1500

9. 457 visa
457 Visa
Highly Skilled Job Offer. Job on MLTSSL - 4 year visa, STSOL - 2 year visa
Wage above $53,900 and Market Rate
IELTS 5 Average (at least 4.5 average in each) unless exempt
Company meets 1% or 2% training, compared to payroll
Labour Market Testing (unless exemptions)
Trades and some other occupations may need skills assessment, else meet ANZSCO skill level
Don't change ABNs in process if want 186/187 later
Processing 3-6 months
DIBP Fees $1080 ( 1 person) -visa $420- sponsor$330-nomination

10. New 457 replacement From March 2018
Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) Visa
From March 2018
Highly skilled job offer in STSOL or MLTSSL occupation
Will need 2 years fulltime work experience in occupation
IELTS 5 Average (at least 4.5 average in each) unless exempt
Labour market testing unless trade obligation applies
STSOL occupations give 2 year visas (no PR visa pathway)
MLTSSL occupations give 4 year visas (PR after 3 years)
Salary of at least $53,900* or higher of if market rate higher
DIBP Fees (1 person) STSOL - $1150, MLTSSL- $2400
DIBP Training Fees
$1200 per year (business t/o less than $10mill
$1800 per year (business t/o more than $10mill)

11. 187 RSMS 187 – RSMS (outside Perth metro area) (Direct Entry)
Two year highly skilled job offer - business operating
Two weeks advertising
Wage - "average for that position"
Must have skills for the job (either skills assessment or ANZSCO)
IELTS of 6,6,6,6 unless exempt
Under 50 years of age
Must stay with them for two years else risk cancellation
DON'T Change ABNs in visa Process
We CANNOT guarantee that if your visa is not granted by March 2018 and your occupation comes off the RSMS list in March 2018, that you will not be affected
We need to talk to your employer for 10 minutes prior to signing up
Processing around months
DIBP Fee $3670 (1 person) State Govt $200

12. New 186/187 replacement visa NEW Permanent Visa From March 2018
Highly skilled job offer in MLTSSL occupation
Will need 3 years fulltime work experience in occupation
IELTS 6 in each, or similar unless exemptions
Salary of at least $53,900* or higher of if market rate higher ??
DIBP Fees (1 person) STSOL - $3670 ??
DIBP Training Fees
$3000 (business t/o less than $10mill
$5000 (business t/o more than $10mill)
Iscah Fee $4200+GST

13. 187 example Retail Manager
Primary Tasks : (80% of time doing these tasks )
determining stock levels, product mix and service standards
setting prices and formulating / implementing purchasing and marketing policies
promoting and advertising for the establishment
maintaining stock and financial records
controlling selection, training and supervision of staff
undertaking budgeting for the establishment.
Secondary Tasks :
selling goods and services to customers and advising them on product use
taking inventory of goods for sale and ordering new stock
ensuring that goods and services are correctly priced and displayed. 
Must be the top person in the business
Owner not involved
7 people fulltime = about a 70% chance
Ideal qual is a business/management diploma or higher

14. Skills Assessing Bodies
A full skills assessment (not provisional) is needed for any points test application
Identify
the occupation your qualification relates to
Who the skills assessing body is
What you need to meet their criteria
Some require work experience, professional year, english language marks, academic content
For example :
Computing graduates (ACS), Accounting (CPA etc), Nurse (AHPRA/ANMAC), teaching (AITSL), general degrees (Vetassess)

15. Example: IT graduate ACS - Australian graduates - Permanent visa
Have completed a degree or higher in Australia closely related to one of the following occupations on SOL (or additional State Sponsored Occup)
ICT business Analyst
Systems Analyst
Analyst Programmer
Developer Programmer
Software Engineer
Computer Network and Systems Engineer
ICT Security Specialist
If Australian qual is a 3 year bachelor degree then at least 33% of the course needs to be ICT content
If Australian qual is a Post Grad Diploma or a Masters following an overseas bachelor degree majoring in ICT then You need 33% of ICT content in the Australian qualification.
If Australian qual is a Post Grad Diploma or a Masters NOT following an overseas bachelor degree majoring in ICT then the Australian qualification needs to be at least 18 months and have at least 1 year of ICT content
65% of the above ICT content needs to closely relate to the nominated occupation used in your 485 application
1 year of relevant work experience (20 hours per week) completed after the completion date of the relevant degree, or Completion of an ACS Professional Year Program.

16. Points Test (189,489 family)

17. 189 points test – IT graduate
Age (if aged 25-32)
English (if PTE 79+ in each)
Study 2 years in Australia
Degree qualification
Professional Year (ACS)
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Total

18. EOI process  Lodge EOI  Tick State Sponsorship
Expression of Interest (EOI) is a demand driven system related mostly to the points test
 Lodge EOI
 Tick State Sponsorship
 Receive State Govt Invitation
 Apply for State Sponsorship
Obtain State Sponsorship
 Receive DIBP Invitation
 Lodge Visa Application (within 2 months)

19. How many points do I need ?

20. Invitations 4th October 2017
Occupation ID
Description
Points score
Visa date of effect
2211
Accountants
N/A
2212
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers 75
02/08/ am
2334
Electronics Engineer 65
26/08/2017  11.42 am
2335
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers
23/03/2017  9.24 am
2339
Other Engineering Professionals 70
01/10/ pm
2611
ICT Business and System Analysts
04/07/ pm
2613
Software and Applications Programmers
08/04/2017  10.41 pm
2631
Computer Network Professionals
26/02/2017  7.21 am ​

22. Skill Select Hints
Always lodge separate EOIs for each visa subclass. Don’t group 489, 190, 189 together on the same one EOI.
If you update your points lodge a NEW EOI each time (they only last 2 years)
Consider lodging a new EOI (even if your points don’t change) every few months. Then if you get an invite, withdraw all the unneeded EOIs

23. State Sponsorship (489 and 190)
Nearly all states and territories require you to have studied, worked, have job offers or relatives in their state
WA sponsors just a few medical positions and needs 12 months fulltime work experience
NSW only state that you can look to. They need generally high English marks and maybe work experience for the 190 visa

24. Students who stop study and apply for another visa
If completed course that COE was granted for - normally no cancellation of student visa
Any other application DIBP would normally cancel student visa
That will cancel all Bridging visas you hold
Would usually be granted a bridging visa E for rest of visa process
This allows no return to Australia if you travel overseas
Normally has no work permission. Can sometimes apply for work if in financial hardship

25. Other study pathways - Teacher
Teacher Skills Assessment (AITSL)
Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher, Secondary School, Special Needs, Hearing impaired, Sight impaired, Special Education Teachers all on SOL
4 years degree or higher qualifications including 12 months teaching qual with at least 45 days supervised teaching practice
IELTS Academic, less than 2 years old: Reading 7, Writing 7, Speaking 8, Listening 8
Or exemption if ALL the required study is University study in Australia, Canada, Ireland, NZ, UK or USA.
Likely pathway to be a Masters program now in WA

26. Other study pathways - Nurse
Nurse Skills assessment - Australian graduates - ANMAC
Usually a 3 year bachelor degree
Can start process with AHPRA 4-6 weeks before completing studies
Need english language requirements of
IELTS equivalent to 7,7,7,7 or comparable marks with TOEFL, OET or PTE
Marks can be spread over 2 tests within 6 months, but there is a minimum mark in each band required
English results less than 2 years old
Complete Australian qualification in Nursing and/or Midwifery
If want to avoid english language Register with NMBA
English language exemption (Australia, Canada, NZ, Ireland, South Africa, UK, USA studies at school/post schooling
Complete the online modified skills assessment form.

27. Extra time to stay in Australia
Apply for a student visa
Try and enrol in a college that refunds tuition fees if you are not granted a student visa
If student visa refused (do not provide FALSE information) then you can lodge an appeal to the AAT (costs around $1700) and takes around 10 months
After that can lodge an appeal to the Federal Court (takes around 2 years)
All that time can stay on a bridging visa A which normally allows fulltime work
If need to lodge a skilled application in this time then need to obtain a bridging visa B for a couple of days to lodge overseas application
Then can return to Australia as part of your appeal and usually stay in Australia for the processing (bridging visa A or later a bridging visa E)
Note : we are not encouraging you to lodge a student visa and be refused. Simply advising you of what happens after that…

28. How can I get extra points ?
Improved english scores. PTE is generally half to a full mark easier than the IELTS test
NAATI test (may be a Hindi course in WA shortly)
Professional year
Work experience, partner points, state sponsorship

29. Australia wants less skilled migrants …

30. Where is the migration program heading ?
Federal Government still want 170,000 migrants each year. And again 110,000 of them skilled
For political reasons only, they do not want as many of the visas given directly through company sponsorship. Hence the 2 and 3 year work rule from March 2018.
This in future years will probably be relaxed back as companies simply won’t be able to find skilled labour when needed
In the meantime there will be a gap in 18 months time of around 30,000 that needs to be filled through other skilled visas
Likely to be a regional skilled visa of some kind to fill this gap.

31. Common Questions
How many points will I need as an Accountant for a 189 visa ?
75 points if they fix the fake invites. May drop to 70 points if they fix the double/triple invites.
If I apply for an RSMS visa what happens if my Occupation comes off the occupations list during processing ?
Unless there is some saving provision you will be refused your application

32. If I am sponsored by NSW for a 489 or 190 visa do I need to move to that area ? No…. If I increase my EOI points from 60 to 65 points will this change my EOI effective date ? Yes

33. visa@iscah.com Iscah contact details www.iscah.com
We will give a copy of this visa presentation to your student guild to distribute
Else you can us for a copy and any visa questions to

34. Thanks …