Australian Immigration News: 7th Jan 23. NZ Express to Aus Citizenship! PYP validity issues and more

From the 1st of January 23, New Zealand Citizens who gain their Australian Permanent Residency through the 189 visa can apply for Australian Citizenship directly.
Professional Year Programs validity comes into contention.
And more.......

Current Policy Manual for PY Programs and claiming points.
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11. Australian professional year (PY)
11.1 About the professional year
Applicants are eligible for 5 points only if they have, in the relevant period, completed a PY. This is in recognition of the increased job readiness and greater employment outcomes of PY graduates.

Subregulation 2.26AC(6) provides that a professional year means a course specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing.

The PY is a structured professional development program combining formal learning and workplace experience. As the focus is on developing skills that will assist applicants to secure employment, PY courses will not be specified without industry support.

There are currently three PY programs for which points can be awarded:

The Professional Year Program provided by the Australian Computer Society which is available to information technology graduates;
The Professional Year Program provided by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), the Certified Practising Accountants Australia (CPAA) and the Institute of Public Accounting (IPA) which is available to accounting graduates;
The Professional Year Program provided by Engineers Australia which is available to engineering graduates.
If an applicant has claimed PY points and their details are not included in the relevant list of PY graduates, decision makers should email the GSM Program Support mailbox for further assistance.

11.2 Closely related occupations for PY
If a Professional Year provider has enrolled an applicant in a PY, officers can be satisfied that their occupation has been assessed by that provider as being a closely related occupation and no further assessment is required.

If officers have any concerns that an applicant’s skills assessment and degree/professional year are unrelated, please contact the GSM Program Support mailbox for further assistance.

11.3 English language and PY
For a number of occupations, PY peak bodies and providers exempt applicants from English language requirements if they have completed a PY. This may include occupations outside the unit group for that occupation. This is a separate requirement to awarding points for English language under Schedule 6D and is not a relevant consideration.

11.4 Work placement for PY
Applicants cannot claim the work placement component of their PY as skilled work experience for Schedule 6D points. This is due to the fact that the PY work experience is an internship and is considered a developmental program, not employment at a skilled level. See 10.3.1 Remuneration
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[dirgha.tarikaashishfeb]

Hi Mr. Karl,
I have been bothering you from sometime with my questions.
Please be informed that my husband and I finally received our PR for Victoria 190
Thanks for all your help and you have been really kind to answer all my questions.
Regards

[ChrisJohannsen]

Man if they don't even make post-2016 Kiwis apply for PR at all I will literally cry with joy. It's been so hard being on 461.

[dpyoo]

Never have I ever pressed a bell icon.
Just did today to your channel. 💗

[bhavnanda]

Appreciated for your efforts to explain the PY controversial issue in detail with facts. Thanks for your video karl.

[rajithadesilva]

Hi Karl, around Aug 2022 thr was news that TR holders in specific skill shortages( mentioned 10 skilled jobs) including ICT business analyst will hv 2 year extention of TR, but there is no news about it till now, could you pls give an update on it?

[amarnathkallam]

Hi Karl, thanks for providing the information on PY validity, appreciate your efforts.

Thanks you Karl

[khaledayyatt]

Thank you, Mr. Karl for your valuable information and nice videos

[mangalapinto]

Hey Karl, Happy New Year to you and to your team. Thanks for all the updates your are giving through your channel, so informative!!! Would like to know that roughly how long will take to grant the visa after the Further Assessment ? I lodged on 13th Oct 2022 and medical and biometrics were done and got updated by 31st of Oct 2022. Since then its on Further Assessment... Appreciate your thoughts on this...

[jacqepapara]

Happy New Year Mr Karl 🎇❤️ Thank you mate for the awesome updates....Kia Ora

[karla-ubxe]

Thanks for the shoutout 🎉🎉❤ keep us posted about Immigration changes.

[anilsunny]

Hi Karl,
A very happy New Year. Thanks to you for highlighting the significant increase in the processing time of 491 visa. Do you know how much time it will take to finalize a 491 visa for subsequent entrant ( infant)? I applied on 15 November, 2022 from offshore and also completed the health requirements on 21 November 2022. Still it's on received state.

Much appreciated

[keematpalsingh]

Hi Karl, thanks for providing genuine advice, I have been watching u from last few years, this is how other migrantion agents and lawyers should work,
Also, just asking my professional year completed on 16th September 2019, that means it will be validate till 16th September 2023 for migration purposes, ? Thanks

[navjotsidhu]

Hi Karl
A very Happy New Year. Thanks to you for highlighting the increase in timelines for 489 visa. This visa was abolished in 2019 and we applied before the deadline and it's only 48 months visa and they have increased the time to 48 months and only few applications are pending with the department. Without any update from the department, we are unable to figure out what's going with our applications.
Please intervene on our behalf and once we get our visa, we 489 applicants promise to see you.
One of the applicants of 489 subclass. Also this concern is from 300 applicants in our WhatsApp group.
Thanks again

[burak]

So does this mean we don't need to worry about the start dates of PYPs for the whole 48 months? If I look at my certificate I still have till July otherwise it's already expired?

[m.jimth.]

The date is wrong in the video title "23" not 🙂"22"

Thanks the information regarding PY is helpful.

[dnp]

Happy New Year Karl! Hope we get our grant soon 🤞

[Prishere]

Greetings, Karl, Best wishes to you, the team, and Sakura. Would you appreciate your perspective on whether non-IT, medical, and education sectors like Marketing get an invite in this financial year at 75-85 points for a 491 offshore from NSW, VIC, SA, or even ACT? It's so frustrating that even with 12 EOI lodged between two different occupations in the pool but not a single invite.

[manjukanda]

Many parents applied for PR 5yrs ago.... But we r still in a long queue.

[rishuadams]

Hey Karl, Happy new year to you and everyone! I have a question. My mother got a tourist visa 600 for three years, multi entries but with 3 months of continuous stay condition during every visit.
Can we request to amed the 3 months continue stay to 6 or 12 months?
Looking forward to your assistance.
Regards.

[Njaus]

Hi Karl - wish you a very happy new year. When can we expect another round of 189 and will it be as generous as last December round?