Western Australia Immigration Matters FY 2024-2025

Ozdrims · September 2023

Mukhang wala 😆

Ozdrims · October 2023

Invitation rounds is happening today

samisumi20 · October 2023

Mukhang nagamit na ni WA ang lahat ng allocation for SC 190 based on recent invitation round. Hopefully may increase sa allocations

boyscientistph · October 2023

Hope someone can give some insights on this:

My friend received a pre-invitation last October 17 for visa subclass 190.
However, after checking the state nomination requirements she ticks all of them except the contract of employment part.
She is applying offshore. Occupation is industrial pharmacist.
Obviously, she won't be able to complete the application for nomination as she won't be able to provide required documentation for employment contract.

Ozdrims · November 2023

@boyscientistph said:
Hope someone can give some insights on this:

My friend received a pre-invitation last October 17 for visa subclass 190.
However, after checking the state nomination requirements she ticks all of them except the contract of employment part.
She is applying offshore. Occupation is industrial pharmacist.
Obviously, she won't be able to complete the application for nomination as she won't be able to provide required documentation for employment contract.

This is the sad truth po, job offer is required. Unless your friend can get an employer willing to provide a job offer within the 28days application window.

RheaMARN1171933 · November 2023

@Ozdrims said:

@boyscientistph said:
Hope someone can give some insights on this:

My friend received a pre-invitation last October 17 for visa subclass 190.
However, after checking the state nomination requirements she ticks all of them except the contract of employment part.
She is applying offshore. Occupation is industrial pharmacist.
Obviously, she won't be able to complete the application for nomination as she won't be able to provide required documentation for employment contract.

This is the sad truth po, job offer is required. Unless your friend can get an employer willing to provide a job offer within the 28days application window.

Only 491 doesn’t require employment contract. Such a shame that the allocation will be wasted. Unfortunately no way around it.

Ozdrims · December 2023

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WA FY Allocation = 2350 places

WA has issued 4188 preinvites so far this FY.

Last year WA issued 3X the number of preinvites vs. number of actual allocation used (multiple invites per person, 6M contract missing etc.). So a 33% utilisation ratio.

We can assume a higher, closer to 40% utilisation this FY as applicants are more cautious and conservative.

So WA has consumed 0.4 X 4188 ~= 1675 allocation used so far.

Remaining = 2350 - 1650 = 500

→ WA will likely do one more small round this FY (between 300 to 500 places)

Likely in Jan/Feb/Mar, and then it will go silent till June 2024, in terms of preinvites (unless state allocation is replenshied by DHA).

Good luck to all

smartvisaguide

Ozdrims · February 3

WA migration has closed a day ago and I may not seen an invite coming in into this platform. Anyone had the invite but did not share here , i guess others will feel it is a personal choice though, i can say WA is pretty much shut off to Offshore applicants even to construction professionals who they said is an urgent need ,with what i can quote from the WA Premier ,** they can't reach these professionals in offshore due to the reduced quotas.** It is true to the core ,a reality for many now .

It will help others who are in this journey to be aware of the political aspect can have ripple effects to future applicants. We could have used this insight to be able to use other migration pathways and not rely on one single state, although it may feel that many of certain requirements fits you, it is disadvantageous to set filters and choose a single state in this domain.

Ozdrims · March 19

Although WA is closed at the moment is good and a perfect time to launch an expression of interest when all other applicants are busy getting the buzz around other states still open. In this case, you will gain seniority in regard to EOI initial date of submission for next FY once WA opens up

Ozdrims · June 17

Cook demands 10,000 more skilled migrants to WA after Commonwealth migration program slashed numbers to 2350

Ms McGurk said WA, as the ‘engine room’ of the nation, needed more skilled workers. Credit: Andrew Ritchie/The West Australian
The Cook Government has told its Federal counterparts it wants thousands of more skilled workers to head west under a Commonwealth migration program that has slashed numbers to just 2350.

WA has nominated 10,000 as the number of skilled workers it wants to bring in during 2024-25, with bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, surveyors and health care workers just some of the jobs that are high on the list of priorities.
With WA’s population set to hit three million by the end of the year, WA is desperate for skilled workers to build houses and work in specialised areas, such as health.

“We are committed to creating local jobs for local people, but skilled migration is also a necessary part of the mix to fill vacancies and keep our economy strong,” Training and Workforce Development Minister Simone McGurk said.
“Small and medium-sized businesses, in particular, have made it clear to us that attracting key skilled workers to Western Australia is absolutely critical.”

Under the State Nominated Migration Program, the Commonwealth allocates visas to the States.
In 2022-23, WA was allocated 8140 places in the program.
But that was slashed to 2350 for this financial year, despite WA requesting an increase to 10,000 places.
It’s understood the Cook Government has again asked for 10,000 places for 2024-25.

“The State Government continues to push for a return to an appropriate number of State Nominated Migration Program places to meet the needs of our growing economy and housing industry,” Ms McGurk said.

“We have consistently asked the Commonwealth Government to provide 10,000 places for the SNMP so we can attract the bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, roof carpenters, cabinetmakers, glaziers, surveyors, plasterers, health care workers and other skilled workers that WA needs.”

Earlier this year, WA Premier Roger Cook said calls for more allocations on the migration program had been ignored.
Despite the Premier writing to the Prime Minister earlier this year requesting an increase to WA’s SNMP allocation this year — it remained at 2350.

“At its recent ministerial migration round-table, the Albanese Government advised it was unlikely that allocations will be increased substantially from current levels going forward,” Mr Cook said.

CCIWA economist Aaron Morey said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed “to heed” the requests from WA for more skilled migration places.
“This is right up there with one of the key concerns of WA businesses,” Mr Morey said.

“Businesses are concerned about increased costs of doing business, but they are still acutely aware of the struggle it is to get skilled workers into WA.
“We call on the Federal Government to heed the call of the State Government and respond by providing them the places that they have asked for.”

Ms McGurk said WA, as the “engine room” of the nation, needed more skilled workers.

“Everyone knows WA is the engine room of the economy and vastly different from the eastern States,” she said.

“We ask the Commonwealth to restore our SNMP allocation, which allows WA to set its own priorities for skilled migration and target nomination of eligible migrants — so we can get the skilled workers we so desperately need for those job vacancies that can’t be filled in the current environment.”

(Source: West Australian newspaper)

Ozdrims · June 30

WA skilled migration: 10,000 new workers approved in new deal between Federal and State governments

WA Minister for Training Simone McGurk has welcomed a revised migration program which will allow 10,000 skilled workers into the state. Credit: Andrew Ritchie/The West Australian

WA has scored a massive victory against Canberra after the Albanese Government folded and agreed to allow 10,000 overseas skilled workers to come west to help address crippling labour shortages in key areas.

In a stunning about-face, Federal Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has buckled to repeated requests from the Cook Government to increase the number of places available under a Commonwealth migration program that had slashed numbers from 8140 places in 2022-23 to just 2350 in the 2023-2024 financial year.

Earlier this year, a frustrated Roger Cook said calls for more allocations on the State Nominated Migration Program had fallen on deaf ears with the Premier revealing he had written to the Prime Minister pleading WA’s case for more overseas skilled workers.
The breakthrough came earlier this week when the State and Federal Governments agreed on a new deal which will see 5000 skilled migration places available under the State Migration Program and another 5000 places under a newly established WA Designated Migration Agreement. regional and metropolitan areas to sponsor workers from overseas when standard temporary or permanent visa programs are not available.

WA’s SOS for overseas skilled workers will target occupations in the State’s beleaguered building industry such as electricians, plasterers, carpenters and joiners, plumbers, wall and floor tilers, glaziers and bricklayers. The period will be for the financial year starting on Monday, July 1.

Cardiologists, clinical psychologists, dentists, midwives, occupational therapists, registered nurses, sonographers, speech pathologists and surgeons are among the other occupations that qualify.

“Western Australia is the economic powerhouse of Australia and that makes our State an attractive place to live, work and play,” Mr Cook said.

“We are committed to continuing to create quality local jobs for local people, but to keep our economy strong and build homes we need to bring in skilled workers.

“My Government is particularly focused on boosting our construction workforce to speed up delivery of homes, and this agreement with the Commonwealth sends a signal to overseas markets that Western Australia is open for business.”
Mr Giles said the new agreement “works to get the balance right between bringing migration back to sustainable levels and addressing labour shortfalls in key areas like healthcare and construction”.

“Our Government is committed to working with our counterparts to rebuild a migration system that works for all Australians, which recognises the unique skills needs and opportunities of WA,” Mr Giles said. “These changes sit alongside the Government’s efforts to bring migration back down to normal levels.”
The WA Government is desperate to get more skilled workers into the State, particularly in the building industry which is struggling to keep up with demands of a growing population which is set to hit three million by the end of this year.

There were just 2409 properties available for rent in Perth at the end of May, with the average rent now at $650 a week, while new figures show there are now 20,284 applications for government housing in WA.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief economist Aaron Morey said the Federal Government needed “to heed” requests from WA for more skilled migration places.

WA Training and Workforce Development minister Simone McGurk — who has been lobbying the Commonwealth for more skilled worker places — said securing places for 10,000 skilled workers would help WA “fill the many positions that can’t be filled locally”.
“Our Government has worked incredibly hard over the last 12 months to press our case that our State often runs counter-cyclical to the rest of the country and cuts to the State Nominated Migration Program were detrimental to our economy,” Ms McGurk said.

(Source The West Australian newspaper)

Ozdrims · June 30

Woah! Uulan ng invites! 👆🏻

naksuyaaa · June 30

So we can expect more state allocation for WA this coming FY, right?

Ozdrims · June 30

@naksuyaaa yes 👍 good luck 🤞🏼

Ozdrims · September 13

Western Australia is conducting an invitation round! Good luck!

casssie · September 13

OFFICIAL UPDATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (WA) INVITATION ROUND (held on 13 Sep 2024)

Analysis: Invites issued to onshore applicants only related to the occupations under priority WA industry sectors only, including Building and Construction; Healthcare and Social Assistance; Hospitality and Tourism; Education and Training.

Total 796 Invitations issued by Migration WA in this round, the breakdown of which is as follows:

Visa subclass 190 = 371
General stream sch 1 = 100
General stream sch 2 = 100
Graduate stream (Higher education) = 125
Graduate stream (VET) = 46

Visa subclass 491 = 425
General stream sch 1 = 100
General stream sch 2 = 100
Graduate stream (Higher education) = 125
Graduate stream (VET) = 100

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Ozdrims · September 13

Last Invited Occupation per Stream and Points Score (minimum) for WA Round 13 Sept 2024
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Eyyy lang eyyy WA 😅

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6F1XAemLqQSxbVbD/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Morantevic13 · September 14

Ang taas ng cutoff sa WA. May pag asa pa ba haha. Arch draftsperson 85 - 190. Onshore. Parang gusto ko tuloy mag take ng naati

Ozdrims · September 14

@Morantevic13 said:
Ang taas ng cutoff sa WA. May pag asa pa ba haha. Arch draftsperson 85 - 190. Onshore. Parang gusto ko tuloy mag take ng naati

90 points yung cut off sa Archi Draftsperson , 5 points will make a big difference lalo na very limited sila mag invite per occupation. Currently the cut off may remain atleast the same or higher if di sila mag -invite in bulk.
Sa estimates around 10 invites per occupation lang ang na iinvite if equally distributed.

IF may invites all the months na may invitation round for your occupation

may 33 na 90 pointers and 61 na 85 pointers as of 31 Aug 2024

if they have a 30% residency rate for instate applicants there are

around 11 -onshore that are sitting in 90 points and

20 onshore applicants na 85 pointers.

Increasing 5 points will make your profile competitive in my opinion.

Morantevic13 · September 14

@Ozdrims said:

@Morantevic13 said:
Ang taas ng cutoff sa WA. May pag asa pa ba haha. Arch draftsperson 85 - 190. Onshore. Parang gusto ko tuloy mag take ng naati

90 points yung cut off sa Archi Draftsperson , 5 points will make a big difference lalo na very limited sila mag invite per occupation. Currently the cut off may remain atleast the same or higher if di sila mag -invite in bulk.
Sa estimates around 10 invites per occupation lang ang na iinvite if equally distributed.

IF may invites all the months na may invitation round for your occupation

may 33 na 90 pointers and 61 na 85 pointers as of 31 Aug 2024

if they have a 30% residency rate for instate applicants there are

around 11 -onshore that are sitting in 90 points and

20 onshore applicants na 85 pointers.

Increasing 5 points will make your profile competitive in my opinion.

Thanks sa trend analysis. Same case din sa 491, right? I have 95 points doon otherwise wala ng choice kundi mag take ng naati.

Ozdrims · September 14

@Morantevic13 said:

@Ozdrims said:

@Morantevic13 said:
Ang taas ng cutoff sa WA. May pag asa pa ba haha. Arch draftsperson 85 - 190. Onshore. Parang gusto ko tuloy mag take ng naati

90 points yung cut off sa Archi Draftsperson , 5 points will make a big difference lalo na very limited sila mag invite per occupation. Currently the cut off may remain atleast the same or higher if di sila mag -invite in bulk.
Sa estimates around 10 invites per occupation lang ang na iinvite if equally distributed.

IF may invites all the months na may invitation round for your occupation

may 33 na 90 pointers and 61 na 85 pointers as of 31 Aug 2024

if they have a 30% residency rate for instate applicants there are

around 11 -onshore that are sitting in 90 points and

20 onshore applicants na 85 pointers.

Increasing 5 points will make your profile competitive in my opinion.

Thanks sa trend analysis. Same case din sa 491, right? I have 95 points doon otherwise wala ng choice kundi mag take ng naati.

Si WA kasi hindi naman clear if 190 or 491 but most likely 190 cut-off yan, 100 pointers naman sa 491

Ozdrims · September 14

Stiff na yung competition sa WA , na build up pa yung pressure since last year maraming interstate ang naglipatan na sa WA - with the limited spots mas competitive sya because of much attention and same prerogative na mag move sa WA and I will get invited- that spike the volume of demand drastically surpassing NSW levels then kaunti pa din ang supply of invitations even though it doubled from last year it also leaves offshore applicants a much less of a chance. (this is evident with building and construction )

To upkeep with the current trend- many are towards the Game Theory perspective- leaning towards maximizing their points to get ahead of the pact. While hindi lahat can do that, try all the best to give it a shot!

Morantevic13 · September 14

@Ozdrims said:
Stiff na yung competition sa WA , na build up pa yung pressure since last year maraming interstate ang naglipatan na sa WA - with the limited spots mas competitive sya because of much attention and same prerogative na mag move sa WA and I will get invited- that spike the volume of demand drastically surpassing NSW levels then kaunti pa din ang supply of invitations even though it doubled from last year it also leaves offshore applicants a much less of a chance. (this is evident with building and construction )

To upkeep with the current trend- many are towards the Game Theory perspective- leaning towards maximizing their points to get ahead of the pact. While hindi lahat can do that, try all the best to give it a shot!

I’ll give my best shot. Onshore na ko lubusin ko na. Thanks!

fmp_921 · September 14

@Morantevic13 said:

@Ozdrims said:
Stiff na yung competition sa WA , na build up pa yung pressure since last year maraming interstate ang naglipatan na sa WA - with the limited spots mas competitive sya because of much attention and same prerogative na mag move sa WA and I will get invited- that spike the volume of demand drastically surpassing NSW levels then kaunti pa din ang supply of invitations even though it doubled from last year it also leaves offshore applicants a much less of a chance. (this is evident with building and construction )

To upkeep with the current trend- many are towards the Game Theory perspective- leaning towards maximizing their points to get ahead of the pact. While hindi lahat can do that, try all the best to give it a shot!

I’ll give my best shot. Onshore na ko lubusin ko na. Thanks!

If may pera naman po try NAATI. That 5pts will make a difference lalo onshore kna at sa WA pa. Priority list pa rin ang Bldg and Construction. Good luck po!

casssie · October 17

Ozdrims · October 17

Congratulations sa mga nainvite! 📣

https://migration.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/October%202024%20SNMP%20Invite%20Round%20-%20Last%20Invited%20By%20Occupation.pdf

Morantevic13 · November 20

Got invited 491 WA!!!

Thanks sa mga supports dito. May NAATI exam pa naman ako next week biglang tinamad nako mag review haha.

CantThinkAnyUserName · November 20

@Morantevic13 said:
Got invited 491 WA!!!

Thanks sa mga supports dito. May NAATI exam pa naman ako next week biglang tinamad nako mag review haha.

Congrats! pati ba 190? parang 491 palang yung mga nakita kong nainvite.

Ozdrims · November 20

@CantThinkAnyUserName said:

@Morantevic13 said:
Got invited 491 WA!!!

Thanks sa mga supports dito. May NAATI exam pa naman ako next week biglang tinamad nako mag review haha.

Congrats! pati ba 190? parang 491 palang yung mga nakita kong nainvite.