There are 2 days to enter July, Australia's new fiscal year starts on July 1 every year, and in the 2024-25 new fiscal year, who will be the mainstream of Australian skilled migration? Is it a 189 visa, a 190 visa or a 491 visa?
It can be seen from the quota for the new fiscal year released by the Australian Immigration Bureau earlier that compared with the data of the 23-24 fiscal year, the first thing to be excluded from the mainstream PK in the new fiscal year is the 189 independent skilled migration category invited by the federation.
The quota of Australia's 189 independent skilled migration visa has been directly cut from more than 30,000 in the last fiscal year to 16,900, the number has been reduced by nearly half.
At present, the backlog of 190 state sponsored skilled immigrants is very large, and under the limited quota system, many people will change to 190 after the 189 quota is reduced in the new fiscal year, so the congestion of this track in the future can be imagined.
In fact, the fierce competition for 190 state guarantees has begun to emerge from this fiscal year, and now 190 applications are almost all rolled up to 85+, except for some shortage positions that are still in the middle and low score areas.
(190 trial backlog as of the end of April 24)
In this way, the answer is obvious, it can only be 491 visa! In the face of overcrowding in Australia's three major cities, 491 is the only priority policy among the skilled migration types that can directly and effectively address the polarization of the population.
After all, the continuous influx of new immigrants into the three major cities is unacceptable to Australians who are accustomed to enjoying a life of abundant resources, and what the government needs to do is to guide new immigrants to remote areas of Australia.
In fact, all areas except Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are currently defined as remote areas, including Canberra, Adelaide, Wollongong, Perth and other bustling metropolises.
In terms of the advantages of the 491 visa policy, you can get three times the EOI bonus of 190 (5 points for 190 state sponsorship and 15 points for 491 regional sponsorship), and the positions you can apply for are more extensive.
Because many people will be more worried about the problem of residence, and they are relatively unfamiliar with remote areas in Australia, and the early 491 visa to permanent residence requires a minimum annual salary, so the acceptance of the 491 visa was not as good as the 190 visa.
However, with the simplification of the 491 to permanent residence requirements and the abolition of the minimum annual salary requirement of 3 years, the number of applications for the 491 visa has increased significantly.
Those who are familiar with Australia's skilled immigration policy know that most of the 189 visa applicants will submit a 190 visa application at the same time, and friends who have applied for a 190 visa but are not confident in high scores will also be equipped with a 491 visa guarantee.
I believe that in the near future, even 190 friends with high EOI scores may choose to configure the 491 visa out of the idea of landing in Australia urgently, or considering the success rate.
After all, whether it is at the policy level, application psychology, immigration success rate and practicality, the 491 visa is definitely the mainstream of Australian skilled immigration in the new fiscal year.