07/02/2020
Take care if you are thinking of Tasmania - 491 refusals - an explanation from the Tasmanian State Govt
In regard to subclass 491 nomination, we are currently in a situation where the number of people we expect to seek nomination between now and the end of June 2020 will greatly exceed our remaining nomination quota.
This is particularly the case in relation to the Tasmanian Graduate category, where enrolments in one year business and management courses have increased dramatically during the past 18 months and it is very likely that majority of these students will seek Tasmanian nomination upon their graduation.
In response, we are carefully managing our quota for the remainder of the year to ensure that we are able to nominate candidates who are best able to contribute to Tasmania’s skills needs and economic growth.
This is not a different approach to that which we have employed in the past, the only variation recently being the increased pressure on our quota raising the baseline standard to be competitive and therefore nominated.
We strongly encourage all prospective Tasmanian Graduate category applicants to read this information carefully before applying – https://www.migration.tas.gov.au/graduates
Realistically, merely studying a one year course in an area unrelated to Tasmania’s skills needs combined with unskilled employment is, on its own, unlikely to result in nomination. (Source: Tasmania State Government)
