Australia State Nomination Allocation 2024-2025

Australia State Nomination Allocation 2024/2025

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Nomination allocations are the number of new primary applicants each state or territory can nominate in a program year. These allocations are given for the states to nominate the 190 – Skilled Nominated Visa or 491 – Skilled Work Regional Visa.

 For the year 2024-25, all states EXCEPT Queensland had an increased of allocations comparing to the previous financial year. Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia had an increase of more than 50% for their allocations.  This is followed by Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia which had an increase of more than 30% from the previous year allocations. New South Wales has 5000 nomination places which is an increase of 17% in allocations.

 Comparing to last financial year, there are more nomination places up for grabs and you stand a higher chance to get an Invitation to Apply from these states depending on your job occupation.

Australia State Nomination Allocation 2024/2025
Parent Visa

Immigration NZ’s Parent Category restart: Just 2 per cent chance of being selected

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Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has announced that August 8th will mark the day when it will pick expressions of interest (EOIs) from a queue of numerous individuals seeking to sponsor their parents for migration to New Zealand. Currently, the queue comprises 5,000 applicants who have entered since the restart of the Parent Visa Category on October 12th last year. However, only 500 visas are annually approved.

INZ’s Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Vaughn, explained that this category allows New Zealand residents and citizens to sponsor their parents for residence, thereby supporting skilled migration. Yet, some immigration lawyers have criticized the program’s low success rate, pointing out that the limited number of visas (500) corresponds to approximately 250 expressions of interest, considering each typically represents around two people. Consequently, the odds of obtaining a visa are approximately 2%.

To address this, INZ is implementing a selection process from two separate queues: one for EOIs submitted before October 12th and another for those after that date. The agency has not disclosed the size of the first queue but has announced plans to select enough to reach 2000 visa approvals annually until no EOIs remain.

The selection process prioritizes the oldest EOIs, with some applicants having waited since November 3, 2014. For the second queue involving EOIs received from October 12, 2022, selections will be made at random until the 500 visa approvals per year quota is reached.

On August 8th, INZ will choose 200 EOIs from the ballot. To be included in this selection, expressions must be submitted before August 1, 2023