Smart Visa Guide by SSA Migration

🚨 Student visa changes from 2 October 2026 🇦🇺

1️⃣ Most Student visa holders must now apply for their next Student visa from outside Australia, and be outside Australia when it's granted.

2️⃣ Holders of 17 listed visas (including Visitor, WHV, 485 and 482) must apply for a Student visa from outside Australia.

3️⃣ Limited exemptions still allow some students to apply onshore: doctoral students, students affected by provider default, students finishing their course, students progressing to a higher course, Defence/DFAT sponsored students and school students.

4️⃣ Changing colleges? You now need 12 months of your main course before transferring (until 30 June 2027). This includes current students, and exceptions apply.

👨‍👩‍👧 Family can only be included in limited cases and must apply at the same time as the student.

📅 Lodged before 2 October? The old rules apply.

Swipe through 👉 and get your options reviewed before you lodge. Link in bio 🔗

General information only, not personal migration advice. Smart Visa Guide · MARN 1573980.

Australia's next 189 invitation round is expected by 30 September 2026… and more rounds will follow. 🇦🇺

Is your EOI ready? ✅
📊 Update your points
📝 Check your skills assessment
🗣️ Review your English test

Healthcare, teaching, trades… be ready for every round. 💪

📲 Get your EOI reviewed before you lodge.

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MARN 1573980

Engineers at 90 points or more. Still waiting. 😩
Engineering Manager? Invited close to 80. ⚡
Mechanical, electrical, civil — you might already qualify and not know it. ⚙️
✅ No management degree needed
✅ No engineering degree needed
⏳ 3 yrs engineering + 2 yrs as Engineering Manager
👤 Must be the senior engineering role in your org or division
🏛️ Assessed by IML, Low points. High bar. 🎯

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Some dreams got closer this week. Some just ended. 🇦🇺
Tasmania redrew the line 👇
⚡ A few months living in Tasmania no longer cuts it — longer employment now scores far higher

⏱️ TSE Gold: hard 30 hrs/week. Under that, you don't qualify.
❌ Offshore 491 pathway — zero invites this year. Not fewer. None.
📅 ROIs reopen 17 Aug · invites from 20 Aug
🎟️ 2,050 places
Sent an ROI recently? It may be worth withdrawing and starting again ⚠️

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CPM skills assessment—Senior Project Engineer (Civil) (133111): 10 years on-site and still got rejected. 😔

Not his experience — his org chart. It showed him working with his team (as an engineer), not managing them.

Construction is a priority occupation under Direction 119, so getting a skills assessment most likely means an invite. 🇦🇺

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