(not Internet Explorer)NEW CHANGES IN AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION
The new portal of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia SkillSelect.gov.au went live but currently offers hosts static content rather than a submissions portal.
Presently is offering a range of information on how the new initiative will operate.
The site is intended to be used by applicants for the submission of an expression of interest (EOI) in the new system.
The new, invitation-based program is not due for activation until July 1.
It explains the purpose of the SkillSelect program as being "an online system that enables skilled workers interested in migrating to Australia to record their details to be considered for a skilled visa".
The site also details the types of applicable initiatives that will require interested parties to register an EOI before being invited to apply for a visa.
These include independent skilled, family sponsored skilled, state or territory sponsored skilled or business skills programs.
For the workers, there is a dedicated section that aims to answer commonly asked questions, such as the requirements of an expression of interest and how to submit the information.
The site takes great care to point out that an EOI is not the same thing as a visa application and as such no bridging documents will be issued by the DIAC.
In addition to potential employees, the SkillSelect site has a separate section dedicated to employers considering taking on international workers.
The site also makes it clear that employers are free to pursue their own channels of international recruitment - however it does list a number of advantages that come with using the program.
According to the DIAC, the SkillSelect initiative will help to address skill shortages by collating a range of factors in one channel, allowing managers to peruse from a selection of pre-qualified applicants.
AUSTRALIA a continent, a country and an island
Australia or officially the Commonwealth of Australia
Capital Canberra
Official anthem Advance Australia Fair
Official language English
Political system Constitutional monarchy
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland (since 1952)
Governor-General Quentin Bryce (since 2008)
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Independence 1901
National Day January 26
Area 7,686,850 km ² (6th place World Ranking)
Population 20,180,878 instead. (World Rank 53)
Density of 2 inhabitants per km ²
GDP Total U.S. $ 718.4 billion
Per capita U.S. $ 34,359 (listed the 14th worldwide)
Currency Australian dollar (AUD)
Administrative Distribution
6 states and 2 federal territories
New South Wales >>>> Sydney
Queensland>>>> Brisbane
South Australia>>>>Adelaide
Tasmania>>>>Hobart
Victoria>>>>Melbourne
Western Australia>>>> Perth
Australian Capital Territory >>>> Canberra
Northern Territory >>>> Darwin
Administrative power
Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 Feb. 1952)
Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce (since 5 Sept. 2008)
Head of Government is the Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Executive power
It held by the Queen
It is exercised by the Governor General assisted by the Executive Federal Council led by Prime Minister
Federal Executive Council is accountable to the Parliament
Ministers are or should be made members of Parliament within three years
Sydney,Brisbane,Adelaide
Hobart,Melbourne,Perth
Canberra,Darwin,Alice Spring
Australian landscape
The highest Australian point is the Koscinsko Peak in the Australian Alps on the border between New South Wales and Victoria and has a height of 2228 m
The longest river is Darling River which has a length of 2739 kilometers
Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and is visible from outer space
The eucalyptus Mountain forests in Australia are the most efficient in the world in extracting the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
UNESCO World Heritage List included the following objectives in Australia
- 1981 The Great Barrier Reef
- 1981 Kakadu National Park
- 1981 Willandra lake systems
- 1982 Natural parks of western Tasmania
- 1982 Lord Howe Group of islands
- 1987 Rain forest reserves in eastern Australia
- 1987 Uluru National Park (Ayers Rock) - Kata Tjuta (Mount Olgas)
- 1988 National Rain Forrest in Queensland
- 1991 Shark Bay National Park in Western Australia
- 1992 Fraser Island
- 1994 The mammalian fossil site at Riversleigh / Naracoorte
- 1997 Heard and McDonald subantarctic island group
- 1997 Macquarie Island
- 2000 Greater Blue Mountains Area
- 2003 Purnululu National Park
- 2004 Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne
- 2007 Sydney Opera House
The Great Barrier Reef
It is composed of a real network of reefs, stretching over a distance exceeding 2,000 km, parallel to the northern banks of Australia, from Lady Elliot Island, located near Queensland's south banks up to Papua New Guinea .
National Park Uluru-Ayers Rock
Known as the red granite mountain is a 800 million years old monolith. The aborigines consider it as Holy Land and there are many legends about the apparition of this Australian rock formations in the middle of the desert. What makes it unique is the changing of the color from red to purple depending on time of day and the weather
Kakadu National Park
It is located in northern Australia. It is famous for its natural beauty and variety of flora and fauna. Kakadu National Park area of about 20,000 km ² can be divided into three main regions: the stony area, the lowland forests and the coastal marshes.
Vegetation
The vegetation is dominated by perennial plants with strong foliage, with leaves adapted for survival in arid regions. 600 species of eucalyptus and 800 species of acacia are known. Vegetation areas of Australia broadly correspond with climatic zones. The Rain Forests on the north coast and north-west contain palm trees, pines, tree ferns and mangroves in coastal marshes. Approximately 9% of Australia's surface is covered with subtropical and temperate forests, mostly on the east coast
Flora
Fauna
Australia has many unique species of animals: small and large kangaroos, koala bears and marsupial bears. The duck bill and ant-bill mammals that lays eggs (monotreme) are specific to Australia. Dingo is a member of the dogs family and is believed to have been introduced in Australia about 30,000 years ago. Birds are also very varied: the cock of eucalyptus, cockatoo, pound bird, parrots, rainbow lorikeet, kookaburra, and the Emu.
Australia State beginning
A chart of the sixteenth century recently discovered in a library in Los Angeles shows that the Portuguese were the ones who discovered Australia.
Portuguese seafarer Christopher de Mendonça was sent in 1522 south of present Indonesia, on a secret mission that was intended to discover a kind of "Golden Islands" mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo.
Map made by the Portuguese, and later taken to a French atlas of the mid-16th century, describes with maximum accuracy the east coast of the Australian continent. It is assumed that the Portuguese have kept secret the discovery of this new territory to prevent other European powers to colonize.
So far it is believed the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first European to see the Australian continent, in 1606. For a century, the Dutch have mapped the west coast and north, but without any attempt at colonization. Only in 1770 the Englishman James Cook landed on the continent, claiming it to the British Crown.
Australia was originally used by the British as a place to deport ordinary prisoners. On May 13th 1787, an English fleet left the Port of Portsmouth to Australia, under the command of Arthur Philip, who was to be the first Governor of the colony. They had on board about 1000 people. After nearly 8 months of sailing they reached Botany Bay in southern continent, on January 26th 1788, naming Sydney the spring of water found there, after the name of the colonies Minister. The beginning was hard, the provisions finished soon and the cultivated plants failed to catch due to existing drought. The Second fleet reached Botany Bay in 1792 . If the beginning, the relations with Aborigines islanders are good, but they will gradually deteriorate, leading to massacres especially by the white people. An important minority that has a special role is the Irish Catholics whe were in continuous conflict with the English. The English population, aware of their superiority to, gradually become the assimiltative force. A new settlement is formed in Paramatta.The second Governor is Francis Grose, who has an important role in developing the agriculture and the trade. After release, the prisoners were employed as laborers on officers farms, no longer wishing to repatriate to their home country. This is the signal of a new civilization and the the name of the colony is New South Wales. Beside the clashes with Aborigines, the English are in perpetual conflict with Catholic Irish. Their rebellion in March 1804 led to killing the Irish key leaders which temporarily relieve the situation.
A summary of historical events up to World War II
1606-Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon is the first European landing in Australia
Louis Vaez de Torres arrived in Australia navigating through Torres Strait
1642-Dutch explorer Abel Tasman made his first trip to Australia
1770-Captain James Cook land on the eastern side of Australia.
He claims New South Wales for Britain
1788-Captain Arthur Philip arrives in Sydney
26 January becomes the National Day of Australia
1801-1900-period of new discoveries on Australian territory and separation of States
1901-The official formation of federal states
1911-official declaration of the state capital Canberra
1941-Request for help in the World War II by the United States marks the cooling of relations with Great Britain
1944-Creation of the Liberal Party
Australia and immigration policy
Australia is a federal state with a population composed of around 160 ethnic groups.
The large number of people from different backgrounds is due mainly to massive migration after the Second World War, official statistics from 1997 registering 4.5 million citizens whose native language is not English, representing approximately 25% of the population. Since the early appearance of the phenomenon of immigration, after the establishment of the Federal State, the Australian authorities have not defined the newcomers as "minority" but "ethnic groups" which notion has perpetuated in time, aside of any subsequent policies adopted in this issue ..
In 1970, Malcolm Fraser, prime minister of the period, introduced the concept of "multiculturalism" to define the true structure of Australian society, thus abandoning the official policy of forced assimilation.
At the federal level institution that coordinates all activities in the field of ethnic and migration is the Ministry of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs ( "Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) - M.I.A.M. headed by a minister appointed by the ruling party. In each state, there is also a Minister who deals with this issue only in his State. They are in direct connection with the Federal Ministry, hence succeeding to apply a uniform policy on the entire territory of Australia.
At each center, for each ethnic group was created a coordinating committee called the "Steering Committee", which is chaired by a representative of the Ministry of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (M.I.A.M.) in the State and which is composed of all heads of associations and organizations of each ethnic group. They meet monthly to discuss issues related to ethnic community.
Australian Immigration Program for 2009-2010 includes 168,700 visas, of which 108,100 in the skilled category, 60,300 in family category and 300 special visa category. Family Visas were so increased by 3,800 places, including 2,500 places for partners / spouses, 1,000 for parents and 300 for children.
Critical Skills List (CSL) remains in place until mid year when a new SOL will be issued, trades on the list still getting priority visa processing. Also applications sponsored by states and employers have the highest degree of priority.
PROFESSIONS with the highest degree of PRIORITY are:
- IT specialists (CISSP, C + + / C # / C, Data Warehousing, Java, J2EE, Linux,. Net Technologies, Network Security / Firewall / Internet Security, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Solaris, Unix)
- engineers (chemical, civil, electrical, electronics, mechanical, production and enterprise, mining surveyor, engineer of maintenance of aircraft electrical and board machines, aircraft mechanical engineer, Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor)
- doctors (general, emergency medicine specialist, anesthesiologist, obstetrician-gynecologist, a radiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, psychiatrist, surgeon, pediatrician, dentist, speech therapist, ophthalmologist, pathologist, sonographer, podiatrist, other medical specialists-nec "not elsewhere classified" )
- nurses, pharmacists, midwives
- secondary school teachers
- accountants who achieved a score of 7 at IELTS test in each component
- architects and urban and regional planners
- specialists in electronics and electronic equipment
- wall and floor tilers
- gas fitters
Information on this material was found on the website of the Romanian AGERPRES
Global Australian Migration Services
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