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This notice sets the minimum points score (called a "pool mark") for a specific skilled migration visa category.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Act 1958 - Notice under subsection 96(1) - Specification of Pool Mark in relation to Applications for Skilled - Australian-sponsored (Migrant) (Class BQ) Visas - June 1999.
Migration Regulations 1994
NOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION 96(1)
SPECIFICATION OF POOL MARK IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS FOR
SKILLED – AUSTRALIAN-SPONSORED (MIGRANT) (CLASS BQ) VISAS
I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under subsection 96(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (“the Act”), hereby specify that the pool mark in relation to Skilled – Australian-sponsored (Migrant) (Class BQ) visas for the purposes of the Migration Act and the Migration Regulations is 105 points.
This notice has effect on and from 1 July 1999.
Dated 23 June 1999.
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
[NOTE: (1) Subsection 96(1) of the Act provides that the Minister may, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, specify the pool mark in relation to a class of visas for the purposes of the Act and Regulations.]
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Migration Regulations 1994
NOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION 96(1)
SPECIFICATION OF POOL MARK IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS FOR
SKILLED – AUSTRALIAN-SPONSORED (MIGRANT) (CLASS BQ) VISAS
I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under subsection 96(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (“the Act”), hereby specify that the pool mark in relation to Skilled – Australian-sponsored (Migrant) (Class BQ) visas for the purposes of the Migration Act and the Migration Regulations is 105 points.
This notice has effect on and from 1 July 1999.
Dated 23 June 1999.
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
[NOTE: (1) Subsection 96(1) of the Act provides that the Minister may, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, specify the pool mark in relation to a class of visas for the purposes of the Act and Regulations.]