Changes to the General Skilled Migration Program Annouced
Mon, 8/02/10 – 3:59 | 5 Comments

Today, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced a number of changes to the General Skilled Migration program.
 Let’s look at the key changes. We’ll cover these changes in more detail further on …

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Fantasy Homes Down Under – UKTV Style looking for participants
Wednesday, 29 Oct, 2008 – 2:41 | 2 Comments
Fantasy Homes Down Under – UKTV Style looking for participants

Fantasy Homes Down Under is a new series coming soon to UKTV and we’ve been contacted by Sarah, a member of the Fantasy Homes down under team, who are looking for people to take part …

Australian First time home buyers the winners as grant increased
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 1:11 | No Comment
Australian First time home buyers the winners as grant increased

The federal government has announced a $10.4 billion package to help Australia counter the global economic crisis and first home buyers will be among the major beneficiaries.
The global financial crisis has entered into a new …

2008 – 2009 Migration Program numbers to reduce?
Friday, 10 Oct, 2008 – 5:38 | One Comment
2008 – 2009 Migration Program numbers to reduce?

It was only a few months ago back in June when I wrote with a cheerful tone about the increase in the number of places available for wannabe Aussies during the 2008 – 2009 Migration …

Australian Tourism office launches new walkabout campaign
Thursday, 9 Oct, 2008 – 2:31 | No Comment
Australian Tourism office launches new walkabout campaign

Do you remember the ‘Where the bloody hell are you ads’ which became more famous for Lara Bingles use of the word ‘bloody’ instead of the content itself?
Well, the guys at the Australian tourism office …

5000 Members and Counting
Saturday, 4 Oct, 2008 – 3:22 | One Comment
5000 Members and Counting

Way back in March 2006 I mulled over whether or not a forum would be a useful addition to our site.
Back in the day, Getting Down Under was a relitively new site. We only had …

Current Australian Immigration processing lead time as of October 2008
Wednesday, 1 Oct, 2008 – 0:00 | No Comment
Current Australian Immigration processing lead time as of October 2008

OK, October is finally here so time to post this months update. There appears to be progress in quite a few of the visa classes. Unfortunately Sub classes such as the 136 seem to be …

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