Waiting for INVITES (2021-2022)

JapsClouds · November 2021

@hikari said:
Hello everyone! received my 190 SA invite today

Congratulation! Kelan po kayo nag submit?

JapsClouds · November 2021

@msssevelyn said:

@JapsClouds said:
Good day. Ano na po nakalagay na status niyo sa "EOI Status"? Sakin kasi "SUBMITTED" parin since April 26, 2021.

SAME. I first submitted mine in Oct 2020, but my English test expired so date of effectivity was changed to June 2021. Status remained the same-- SUBMITTED pa rin.

Wow! Hopefully we get invited anytime soon na. Hoping for the best!

hikari · November 2021

@JapsClouds said:

@hikari said:
Hello everyone! received my 190 SA invite today

Congratulation! Kelan po kayo nag submit?

Heto po timeline ko:

Oct 6 - EOI (SA 190)
Nov 9 - ROI (SA) - high performing graduate stream
Nov 15 - received Pre-invite
Nov 25 - lodged the State Nomination application
Nov 29 - received ITA

mathilde9 · December 2021

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

Sali na din po ako!!!

JapsClouds · December 2021

@hikari said:

@JapsClouds said:

@hikari said:
Hello everyone! received my 190 SA invite today

Congratulation! Kelan po kayo nag submit?

Heto po timeline ko:

Oct 6 - EOI (SA 190)
Nov 9 - ROI (SA) - high performing graduate stream
Nov 15 - received Pre-invite
Nov 25 - lodged the State Nomination application
Nov 29 - received ITA

Woooow! Ang bilis. Congrats ulit! Looking forward to be invited din! Let's goooooo!

songhyeky0 · December 2021

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10309841/Australias-borders-open-skilled-migrants-international-students.html

How much of this benefits us uninvited intending migrants?

athelene · December 2021

@songhyeky0 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10309841/Australias-borders-open-skilled-migrants-international-students.html

How much of this benefits us uninvited intending migrants?

Unfortunately this news only specifies that the Australian border is open for those who already have a valid visa, and is unrelated to the PR/migration process. I believe Australian migration is still targeted towards those who are already onshore and has an occupation within the priority sectors, at least for this FY.

plasticeye · December 2021

@athelene said:

@songhyeky0 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10309841/Australias-borders-open-skilled-migrants-international-students.html

How much of this benefits us uninvited intending migrants?

Unfortunately this news only specifies that the Australian border is open for those who already have a valid visa, and is unrelated to the PR/migration process. I believe Australian migration is still targeted towards those who are already onshore and has an occupation within the priority sectors, at least for this FY.

sana mag start na sila mag process ule ng mga offshore kahit hindi sa priority sectors. may mga 24 months ng waiting for grants eh

athelene · December 2021

@plasticeye said:
sana mag start na sila mag process ule ng mga offshore kahit hindi sa priority sectors. may mga 24 months ng waiting for grants eh

i hope so, at least yung mga nakapaglodge na ng visa. hopefully there will be good news in the next few months

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

@plasticeye said:
sana mag start na sila mag process ule ng mga offshore kahit hindi sa priority sectors. may mga 24 months ng waiting for grants eh

Hopefully totoo yung mga prospects ngayon regarding the increase in migration levels. May plans daw kasing i-increase yung quota, which could mean, prediction ko lang naman, faster invites and grants. Haaay hopefully talaga totoo!

songhyeky0 · December 2021

@athelene said:

@songhyeky0 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10309841/Australias-borders-open-skilled-migrants-international-students.html

How much of this benefits us uninvited intending migrants?

Unfortunately this news only specifies that the Australian border is open for those who already have a valid visa, and is unrelated to the PR/migration process. I believe Australian migration is still targeted towards those who are already onshore and has an occupation within the priority sectors, at least for this FY.

You're probably right. I can't see the difference between them (with visa) and us (about to get a visa). We're both exposed to people with covid outside Australia. I don't see the use of opening the borders to people with visa only. The goal is let more productive people in the country for economic recovery. If they still only invite people onshore, why open the border to skilled migrants?

athelene · December 2021

@songhyeky0 said:

You're probably right. I can't see the difference between them (with visa) and us (about to get a visa). We're both exposed to people with covid outside Australia. I don't see the use of opening the borders to people with visa only. The goal is let more productive people in the country for economic recovery. If they still only invite people onshore, why open the border to skilled migrants?

As I have mentioned, those who are now allowed into the country are those who are stranded overseas or new migrants who have been issued visas already prior to border closure (maybe even those granted visas during the pandemic). The issue since border closure is that people can't get in even with a valid visa, so I'm assuming that's why migration programs have started focusing on onshore applicants. No one could tell how long this pandemic (and the resulting skill shortage onshore) will last, so states/territories had to adapt to what was available to them (hence prioritizing onshore applicants). Since the border is now open, I think it's only a matter of time before they restart processing offshore applications.

songhyeky0 · December 2021

@athelene said:

@songhyeky0 said:

You're probably right. I can't see the difference between them (with visa) and us (about to get a visa). We're both exposed to people with covid outside Australia. I don't see the use of opening the borders to people with visa only. The goal is let more productive people in the country for economic recovery. If they still only invite people onshore, why open the border to skilled migrants?

As I have mentioned, those who are now allowed into the country are those who are stranded overseas or new migrants who have been issued visas already prior to border closure (maybe even those granted visas during the pandemic). The issue since border closure is that people can't get in even with a valid visa, so I'm assuming that's why migration programs have started focusing on onshore applicants. No one could tell how long this pandemic (and the resulting skill shortage onshore) will last, so states/territories had to adapt to what was available to them (hence prioritizing onshore applicants). Since the border is now open, I think it's only a matter of time before they restart processing offshore applications.

I'm not saying what you have read is wrong. Im just saying the idea is flawed.

songhyeky0 · December 2021

The argument is flawed. You said they open it for skilled migrant with valid visa only. This idea is flawed in many ways.

songhyeky0 · December 2021

I can have a valid visa offshore too after I get invited, applied and get approved. I don't need to have my foot set on AU soil first to get a "valid visa".

songhyeky0 · December 2021

"those who are now allowed into the country are those who are stranded overseas or new migrants who have been issued visas already prior to border closure"

This is not what the news said. This is what the news said:

"More than 230,000 visa holders and 133,000 students are expected to touch down in the country from Wednesday after the Federal Government confirmed the borders would be lifted after a two-week hiatus".

This means not only issued prior to border closure, not only two years ago, not only a year ago, this means everyone with valid visa.

EricTC · December 2021

Let's just wait for official announcement than news headlines.

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

I've read this official document from DHA regarding the migration planning level for 2022-2023: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/how-to-engage-us-subsite/files/planning-australias-2022-23-migration-program.pdf

It's clearly stated na yung pinaka-main topic nila for discussion is the size of the quota. If magiging totoo yung government sa plans nila as what's indicated in the news, most likely they will increase the quota and thus, more grants. For some reason, naghohope ako na bumalik sa 2018-2019 trend, na (correct me if I'm wrong) fortnightly/monthly ang invitations tapos nakakakuha din ng invites ang 70-80 pointers ng mabilis.

MLBS · December 2021

@songhyeky0 said:
I can have a valid visa offshore too after I get invited, applied and get approved. I don't need to have my foot set on AU soil first to get a "valid visa".

I think @athelene just wanted to explain how the setup currently works. No one has control on how immigration puts out rules. All we can do is adjust.

songhyeky0 · December 2021

@mariusinbrisbane said:
I've read this official document from DHA regarding the migration planning level for 2022-2023: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/how-to-engage-us-subsite/files/planning-australias-2022-23-migration-program.pdf

It's clearly stated na yung pinaka-main topic nila for discussion is the size of the quota. If magiging totoo yung government sa plans nila as what's indicated in the news, most likely they will increase the quota and thus, more grants. For some reason, naghohope ako na bumalik sa 2018-2019 trend, na (correct me if I'm wrong) fortnightly/monthly ang invitations tapos nakakakuha din ng invites ang 70-80 pointers ng mabilis.

We can only hope for now. These are very interesting statistics.

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

@songhyeky0 said:
We can only hope for now. These are very interesting statistics.

Yup. I think they're leaning towards the direction of increased migration level, according to that document and the credible news articles from SBS, The Australian, and AFR.

Pero yes, for now, let's keep hoping nalang muna.

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

Saw this new news article: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/migration-expected-to-return-to-pre-covid-levels-next-financial-year-treasury-predicts/a701aab3-87da-4916-82a5-d3ee8be328a5

Ano po ba ang migration level nung 2018-2019 and 2019-2020? It seems ang plan nila for 2022-2023 is to return it to pre-COVID levels, which was around 180k. Eh yung 2021-2022 quota is 160k. So around 20k lang pala ang dagdag.

songhyeky0 · December 2021

@mariusinbrisbane said:
Saw this new news article: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/migration-expected-to-return-to-pre-covid-levels-next-financial-year-treasury-predicts/a701aab3-87da-4916-82a5-d3ee8be328a5

Ano po ba ang migration level nung 2018-2019 and 2019-2020? It seems ang plan nila for 2022-2023 is to return it to pre-COVID levels, which was around 180k. Eh yung 2021-2022 quota is 160k. So around 20k lang pala ang dagdag.

"Quota" has many "categories like Family and Skilled visas. The document you first posted says the proportion between Family and Skilled is too high this year. More migrants were issued family visas compared to skilled visas. If this proportion is switch back to the pre covid levels, meaning more skilled visas than family visas, it may be significant.

Captain_A · December 2021

@mariusinbrisbane said:
Saw this new news article: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/migration-expected-to-return-to-pre-covid-levels-next-financial-year-treasury-predicts/a701aab3-87da-4916-82a5-d3ee8be328a5

Ano po ba ang migration level nung 2018-2019 and 2019-2020? It seems ang plan nila for 2022-2023 is to return it to pre-COVID levels, which was around 180k. Eh yung 2021-2022 quota is 160k. So around 20k lang pala ang dagdag.

i remember for visa 189, 1000 invites are sent per month (pre-pandemic level) about 2018.
Now i see, last Oct 2021, only 200 were invited for 189.

so only 20% lang.

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

@songhyeky0 said:
"Quota" has many "categories like Family and Skilled visas. The document you first posted says the proportion between Family and Skilled is too high this year. More migrants were issued family visas compared to skilled visas. If this proportion is switch back to the pre covid levels, meaning more skilled visas than family visas, it may be significant.

Oh, I definitely missed that, thank you! That's good to know actually! I'm guessing pre-COVID levels favor mostly the skilled visa types and not family ones, correct?

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

@Captain_A said:
i remember for visa 189, 1000 invites are sent per month (pre-pandemic level) about 2018.
Now i see, last Oct 2021, only 200 were invited for 189.

so only 20% lang.

Opo, tapos tama po ba, yung 200 na yan, quarterly pa? Hopefully, when they talked about "bringing back to pre-COVID levels", sana pati yung invitation rounds maging monthly na din and more skilled visas will be issued.

Bridge · December 2021

Pasali po uli

Captain_A · December 2021

@mariusinbrisbane said:

@Captain_A said:
i remember for visa 189, 1000 invites are sent per month (pre-pandemic level) about 2018.
Now i see, last Oct 2021, only 200 were invited for 189.

so only 20% lang.

Opo, tapos tama po ba, yung 200 na yan, quarterly pa? Hopefully, when they talked about "bringing back to pre-COVID levels", sana pati yung invitation rounds maging monthly na din and more skilled visas will be issued.

i think this 200 is monthly

mariusinbrisbane · December 2021

@Captain_A said:
i think this 200 is monthly

I thought quarterly? Well, nonetheless, it's still very low compared to past years. Sana talaga maibalik na ang pre-COVID levels and invitation round frequency.