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Insights & advice on Australian migration

Helpful articles written in plain English to guide you through the migration process.

Direction 119 lasted eight weeks. Here's exactly what replaced it.

Direction 119 governed Australia's skilled visa processing order for eight weeks before being formally revoked on 19 September 2026. Reading the full text of its replacements, Directions 121 and 122, shows more changed than a first glance suggests.

19 September 20268 min read

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Fees & costs

The year Australian visas got noticeably more expensive

Student visas at $2,500, graduate visas at $5,750, a partner visa at $11,710, a tribunal review at $3,727. A plain look at what an application costs in 2026 before anyone has done any work.

2 September 20265 min read

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Skilled migration

Why 65 points gets you into the pool, not out of it

In a single invitation round in June 2026, a carpenter was invited on 65 points and a urologist needed 100. The published results explain more about skilled migration than any points calculator will.

26 August 20266 min read

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Skilled migration

Regional places were cut by more than half. Here is what changes.

The 2026-27 program kept its 185,000 places and quietly moved nearly 19,000 of them out of the regional category. If a subclass 491 was your plan, this is worth ten minutes.

14 August 20266 min read

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