A message to International Students from the Study Melbourne Student Centre:
Your doctor or the clinic / test site where you were tested will contact you by phone or SMS to tell you your results, regardless if it is positive or negative. If you have symptoms, you must return home immediately after the test and remain in self-isolation until you receive your test result. If separate quarantine accommodation is necessary, this is free and at no cost to you.
NSW Treasury will begin accepting for NSW nomination for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) on Monday 15 June 2020.
NSW Treasury will stop accepting applications at 5pm Tuesday 23 June 2020.
Applications will be assessed by the end of the financial year; Tuesday 30 June 2020.
Changing visa conditions for employees in NZ
If you provided an essential business or service at Alert Level 4, you can apply for a short-term change inwork visa conditions on behalf of your employees. This short term Variation of Conditions ends at 11.59PM,Wednesday, 24 June. After this, the conditions set out inthe original visa – including the role, employer and hoursof work or study – apply.
Job Ready Program (JRP) Applications
From 11 June 2020, TRA is streamlining the way applications and documents are submitted to Trades Recognition Service (TRA)for all steps of the JRP.
The New Zealand Government has introduced a Bill to temporarily amend immigration legislation to support the quick and efficient management of visa changes during COVID-19.
The Bill will enable the government to amend visa conditions for groups of people, extend visas of groups of people for varying periods of time (enabling processing to be staggered), stop people overseas from making applications while it is not possible to travel to New Zealand due to border restrictions, and refuse entry to people entering New Zealand.
