Month: May 2016

Changes to the SOL & CSOL from July 1st 2016

Category : Immigration News

As usual there will be changes to the occupations on the lists coming in to effect on July 1st 2016.

There was much speculation about Accountants, but they appear to have escaped being removed from SOL. We will have to wait and see if they have reduced the number of places allocated to them for next year.

For anyone who is in one of the negatively effected occupations, you either need to get invited before July 1st, or consider either looking at state sponsorship, or changing your strategy from skilled migration to employer sponsorship.

Occupations moved from SOL to CSOL

  • 233611  Mining Engineers (excluding Petroleum)
  • 233612  Petroleum Engineers
  • 234912  Metallurgists
  • 251311  Environmental Health Officers
  • 251312  Occupational Health & Safety Advisers
  • 411211  Dental Hygienists
  • 411212  Dental Prosthetists
  • 411213  Dental Technicians
  • 411213  Dental Therapists

Occupations added to the SOL

  • 251912  Orthotist or Prosthetist
  • 25 2711  Audiologists

Two occupations closed, and high points required for 3 others.

Category : Uncategorized

Immigration have updated their skill select results for April.

They have closed the doors for the 489 in the following occupations:

  • ICT Business and Systems Analysts
  • Accountants
  • Software and Applications Programmers.

They have also updated the points required for these occupations if pursuing a 189:

  • ICT Business and Systems Analysts – 70 points
  • Accountants – 70 points
  • Software and Applications Programmers – 65 points

These changes reflect the high level of competition for the remaining places. We hope for anyone effected that this will go back to normal next year, but everyone is also expecting the amount of places for Accountants to reduce next year, so it’s not certain at this stage.

In related news, the following two occupations have filled their quota’s, so there’s no more invitations this year for:

  • 2212 – Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasures
  • 2339 – Other Engineering Professionals