Australia has now entered its new financial year. This means that the General Skilled Migration (GSM) is now closed until the new budgets are released for the 2020/2021 financial year.
Due to COVID-19, the Commonwealth Government allocation of state nomination places for 2020/2021 has been delayed. Therefore State and Territory governments cannot nominate applicants under the Subclass 190 and Subclass 491 categories until the new financial years SkillSelect quotas are allocated. However, Subclass 189 is still open and applicants can still submit under this category.
The 2020/2021 GSM program is scheduled to re-open from early next August 2020.
So what can you do in the meantime?
It is advisable that you start working on your documents and completing the necessary assessments. Below are some guidelines to follow to ensure you are prepared once the quotas allocated.
Visa and Immigration Assessment
Before you can apply you need to know if you qualify and which visa you qualify for. This is a very simple and painless process that Oak Tree Immigration does absolutely FREE. During your assessment, one of our experienced Relocation Consultants will analyze your profile to ensure that the best route to Australia is advised to you. Should you not qualify for Australia they will advise on another destination that will suit your profile better. Once you are aware of which visa category or destination you qualify for, you can now start working on the following points.
Document gathering
For any immigration process, document evidence is the most important part. It is of vital importance that all your documents are in order and prepared correctly and in a timeous manner. At Oak Tree Immigration our clients are given a personalized documentation list to ensure that there is no guesswork when it comes to gathering the necessary documents for your visa submission. Once we receive all your documents we will conduct a review and advise if any documents are require to be amended to ensure that every document is accepted as the point of submission.
English Language Preparation and Tests
Any applicant interested in immigrating to Australia from South Africa is required to write an English language assessment. There are 2 main tests that an applicant can take, IELTS and PTE. Your English language plays a vital part in your overall points score. To ensure that our clients score as high as possible, Oak Tree Immigration ensures that their clients are prepared for either test. We do this by providing them with mock exams and study material at no extra cost.
For teachers, their English test is a vital part of their visa application we have structured an Online IELTS Preparation course with a well-known IELTS preparation school. This course is valued at R2,500.00 but for our clients, this course is FREE.
Skills Assessment
Before you can submit your application you need to have your qualifications and skills assessed with the assessing authority that oversees your occupation. This is to ensure that your qualifications and skills will be accepted by the required authorities so that you can be registered with them. This will ultimately make searching for work easier once our visa is approved. This can be an overwhelming process for most applicants, however, if you have followed our document checklist provided at the beginning of your processes you should be all set for this process. Oak Tree Immigration managers this entire process on behalf of our clients. All our clients need to do is ensure that they have provided us with all the documents required for a successful outcome.
All the steps above can take between 3 – 6 months to complete.
Once you have completed all the above steps you are ready to submit your visa application once the budgets for Australia’s new financial year are released. For either the Subclass 189, 190, or 491 or in some cases all of these categories.
Should you wish to find out more about this process or if you qualify, complete your FREE ASSESSMENT or email us to info@oaktreeimmigration.com
