Changes to the Migration Points System

Changes to the Points SystemWe’ve got news! The points test is undergoing some changes. & additional 5 points will be awarded to those with ‘specialist educational qualifications’

The amendment is as follows:(5A) For Schedule 6D, a person meets the requirements for the award of a specialist educational qualification if the person satisfies the Minister that:(a) The person has met the requirements for the award, by an Australian educational institution, of:(i) a Masters degree by research; or(ii) a Doctoral degree; and(b) the degree included study for at least 2 academic years at the instituion in a field of education specified in an instrument under subregulation (5B)(5B) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a field or fields of education for the purposes of paragraph (5A)(b)The instrument, and therefore exact fields of study have not yet been released, but it is “intended that initially the specified fields  will be science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or information and communication technology”.