Australian Working Visa for Professionals: Australia hikes quota for skilled

NEW DELHI : Good news for Indian professionals. Australia has increased quota for highly skilled immigrants by 5,000, thereby raising the total number to 1,02,500 for 2007-08. Indians now are the third-largest group of immigrants, next to the British and New Zealanders. Indians make up 10% of new arrivals.

While 5,000 places have been added to the skilled migration stream, the family stream will remain at 2006-07 level of 50,000. Australia is facing labour shortage in the highly-skilled job segment. The country is also experiencing its lowest unemployment in 30 years. In this context, increasing the number of migrants to the country has become quite imperative.

The skilled migration programme allows foreign workers to enter Australia under various visa categories. Those with skills in labour-shortage sectors who have the required criteria can live and work in Australia without a sponsor. Others can come to work in Australia by being sponsored by an employer.

As the demand for foreign skilled workers increases, the Australian government has also put in place stringent laws to ensure that employers do not exploit the foreign lot.

Earlier this month, the Australian government announced changes in the Migration Act to this effect, which include new civil penalties for employers who flout the law, increased powers for the department of immigration and citizenship (DoIC) and the office of workplace services to investigate employers, and faster processing of applications for some employers.

For the prospective skilled immigrant worker, the changes will mean a higher English language proficiency requirement. Employers that fail to meet their sponsorship obligations will face tougher penalties.

The measures were introduced to ensure that foreign skilled workers are not paid less than the minimum salary or used in jobs for which they are overly qualified such as unskilled jobs or the ones that have not been listed under Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL).
Urmi A Goswami, The Economic Times.

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Canadian Immigration Guide Documents

Once you have contacted an Immigration Representative and verified its membership with the CSIC, I recommend proceeding as follows:

1 ) Arrange an Interview with the Representative.

It can be a personal or telephone interview. I recommend arranging a personal interview (face to face) so that you can meet your Representative and analyze his work environment. You should explain him or her about your situation, and your immigration objectives. He will most likely ask you several questions related to your work experience, education, age, etc. in order to evaluate your status and to know if you will meet the pass mark. You should ask your Representative his working method and timeline.

2) Fees

You should clarify with your Representative (from day one) everything related to the fees. Normally, you have to pay legal fees (for their consulting service) and also government fees (for the Canadian government). You should ask your agent for a convenient payment plan, which would be paying only a percentage of the legal fees when you start the process and the remaining amount once your visa is approved. I also recommend asking your Representative for a 100% money back guarantee, which would mean that in case your visa is not approved they should give you a full refund of the legal fees.

3) Supporting Documents

Your Representative should give you a checklist of all the supporting documents that you should gather in order to submit the application. Once you receive the checklist, you should be in constant communication with your representative to clarify any questions that you may have related to the documents. Since you will have to send the documents to your representative by mail or courier, you should confirm with him/her that the documents are correct before sending them.

4) Communication
I recommend always communicating in writing with your Representative (email), so that you can keep a record and evidence of your messages. By doing this, you will be able to proof everything that your Representative told you, in case you have to claim your money back if your visa is denied and you have a Money Back guarantee.

b) Applying by Yourself

You can also apply by yourself. The advantage is that you save the legal fees of the Representative, which sometimes can be 2 to 3 times the government fees. If you decide to apply by yourself, you only have to pay the government fees, which will be explained in the following sections. If you decide to apply by yourself, the following sections will be very useful, since I will provide a detailed explanation of the supporting documents that you need to gather in order to submit your application. Gathering the supporting documentation can sometimes is the most difficult part of the process.
The most important question is:

Then The Point Comes WHY CANADA ?

Are you looking for a better quality of life? Are you interested in better education for you and your family members? Are you looking for a better work environment? Are you interested in beautiful landscapes and peaceful surroundings? Well, in my opinion you have made an excellent decision when you though about Canada as an option to immigrate. We will walk together in one direction and with one goal in mind: starting your new life in this beautiful country. We will walk together, because we have one thing in common: we both know that there are more options for living our life than the life that was assigned to us since the moment we were born.

We were born surrounded by several circumstances, such as our country of residence. If we live our life unconsciously, without evaluating and analyzing the direction of our steps, we will most likely live, grow and die in the same country doing the same things. However, if we decide to live consciously, we will realize that we can create and imagine different ways to live our only life. I am certain that you have already made a pause in the journey of your life and evaluated the direction of your steps. You are using this guide for a reason, and most likely this reason is that you are convinced that you can design a better life. You are willing to take risks and you are ready to start walking in a new direction.

Again, why Canada ?

Well, we will answer this question together analyzing some interesting facts about this beautiful country. One of the main reasons to choose Canada as your country of residence is its quality of life. Canada has been rated several years by the United Nations as the #1 place to live in the World, based upon various factors such as standard of living, environment, and other factors. This survey (published in the United Nations´ Human Development Report) measures several factors on life in the country; however income levels are not used as a main source of measurement.

How to Create a CV

The abbreviation CV stands for Curriculum Vitae, which literally means Life List. The purpose of writing a CV is to sell you and your unique skills to get an interview. It refers to what you have done in your career so far and specific information regarding your qualifications. The aim is to provide evidence of your skills, but not to tell your life story.

A good CV will add value to your job searching. The quality of your CV will determine whether or not you get an opportunity to sell yourself at an interview. Remember, your CV is the first impression a prospective employer gets of you, so don't make it the last.

Your CV should be developed as a standard, organized document, but you will need to tailor it to individual jobs. This would normally be based on information in the advertisement, and the job description and person specification requirements.
There are many ways to develop and lay out your CV, but generally speaking, the following areas will be covered:

1. Personal details - your name, address, telephone number, mobile number, email address. Your potential employer needs to know how to get hold of you.

2. Persoanl Profile - a summary paragraph about you, your experience, and your aspirations for your future career.

3. Your work History - this should cover a brief, but precise background about your career to date. This will include the job you have currently and those you have had in the past. Ideally, this will include your job title, the company name, dates of employment and a summary of your job and responsibilities.

4. Formal Qualifications and Professional Developement - this will include a list of your qualifications, and the name of the institutes where these were obtained.

5. Interests and Hobbies - in this section you can summarise what you enjoy doing outside of work, which may set you apart from people with a similar background.

6. References- this will be the last section of your CV, and will normally detail that references can be made available on request.

When you are developing your CV, there are some other vital points you should remember:

* Your CV should ideally be no more than 2 pages long and never be more than 3 pages.

* Your CV should be typed and printed on good white quality paper, and not photocopied.

* Don't use abbreviations in your CV. The person that reads it may not understand the jargon and you risk your CV being rejected.

* Ensure it looks professional, which easy to read type and layout. Ideally the font size should be point 12.

* Don't lie on your CV and you will only be found out. Make yourself look as good as possible but you don't need to lie to do that.

* And lastly, ensure your CV is free from errors. Check and double check the content, spelling, and grammar or ask someone to do this for you.