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The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, today announced the outcomes of a review of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL ). Current Skilled Occupation List (SOL) will be replaced in the second half of 2010, with a new list of targeted occupations determined by the independent body, ‘Skills Australia’. The new skilled occupation list will target professionals with university degrees who are sponsored by employers and discourage self-nominating migrants such as cooks, hairdressers and accountants.

As the new SOL will be a comprehensive, targeted list, the current Critical Skills List will be revoke It will be replaced by a new Skilled Occupations List of high-value professions and trades drawn up by Skills Australia.
The revocation of the current MODL will not affect those who at the date of announcement:

• hold a Skilled—Graduate (subclass 485) visa, or have a pending subclass 485 visa application and are yet to apply for a permanent or provisional General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa, or

• have a pending GSM visa application

• In simple language its not going to effect the current onshore PR applicants on the process, TR visa holders and those TR application in process who applied for TR before 8 th Feb. 2010,they can still apply for the permanent residency but should apply PR before 31 dec 2012 .

• Those who will apply TR after 8th Feb. 2010 must have their occupation on the new Skilled occupation list(SOL) to be announced on 30 April 2010 to apply for a permanent residency. Read more…

Nepali student in Sydney has been attacked in northern beaches Of Sydney. Bepin Shrestha, a 30-year-old Nepalese national, was on his way to work at Dee Why Fresh Markets in Oaks Ave in the early hours of Sunday when he was attacked and savagely bashed, leaving him with brain and facial injuries.

Mr Shrestha remained in an induced coma at Royal North Shore Hospital last night.
Divas Baniya said Mr Shrestha was a quietly spoken, diligent worker who was focused on the accounting studies that brought him to Australia a little over a year ago. Mr Baniya said Mr Shrestha, who had been living at Mosman, was planning on moving in to share his Dee Why unit within a few weeks. Read more…

The UK Border Agency announces that, with effect from Monday 1 February, it will temporarily stop accepting student visa applications under Tier 4 of the Points Based System at the visa application centre in Kathmandu. This is a temporary suspension and the UK Border Agency will begin accepting Tier 4 visa applications again as soon as possible. Customers who are making applications in other visa categories are unaffected by this announcement.

The UK Border Agency has taken this decision in response to an unexpectedly high number of student visa applications at this time of year in parts of South Asia, and will therefore stop accepting any new applications under the Tier 4 student route in affected areas, including Nepal and North India. Read more…

Mukti Gupteshwar Mandir also known as minto Hindu Temple in Nepalese community in Australia is one of the popular but few hindu temples in Sydney .Mukti-Gupteshwar Mandir is the first and so far the only man-made cave mandir dedicated to the Lord Shiva, the 13th Jyotirlingam, Mukti-Gupteshwar Mahadev.

Along with the Mahadev, there are scale model replicas of 12 other Jyotirlinga, 108 human made lingas represent the Rudra names of the Lord Shiva and 1008 fannings Lord Shiva representing his Sahastra namas. Each figuring represents a small mandir of Lord Shiva and therefore there are total of 1128 small mandirs inside the Mukti-Gupteshwar mandir which is very unque to its kind.
Architect’s impression of the Mandir complex before construction

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Aussienepali.com family wishes all the people around the globe a very very happy new year 2010
Fill your life with Happiness & Bright Cheer,
Bring to u Joy and Prosperity for the whole Year,
And it’s my New Year wish 4u Dear.
Wishing u a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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TENS of thousands of overseas students studying expensive courses in Australia in the hope of securing permanent residency could be sent home empty-handed under changes being considered by the Federal Government.

The Herald has obtained a document prepared by the Immigration Department recommending changes ”in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa”.

This means immigrants who have met the demands of the current system and would be automatically accepted could be arbitrarily refused. Read more…

Nirvana Events Presented “One Love One World” Exclusive Fashion Show in Association with Best and Less Travel at Home ,Darling Harbour,Sydney.The event that took place on 31st July 2009 ,was a GRAND SUCESS !

Mudmee,Miss Abigail and Ganapathi showcased their work. Anup Bhandari the host for the show opened  with  theme speech “One Love One World” urging for an united human race .Then Niraj Shakya warmed the crowd with  the theme song One Love One World and Imagine with positive message of universal love. NinedoubleSeven’s Suraj Shrestha performed his award winning song ‘Nepali Bhayera Hera”  dedicating it  to peace in Nepal and the World.

 Extended  ramp for the gorgeous models was set on the terrace through Sydney’s best bar  surrounded by colorful lights of Darling Harbour. Out door stage was covered with kaliedoscope of lights under the star lite night. The models ,dancers and performers truly were the crown jewel .Moksha Dance group artists dazzled like “kohinoor” in their costumes performing the  sequence ‘Mujhe Rang De”. Read more…

Party Kathmandu is going to present “BATTLE OF BANDS 2009″ for the first time in Australia. After grand success of Miss Nepal Australia 2008 Nomination nigh and Miss Nepal Australia 2008 still to come now it’s “Battle of bands” in 2009. Audition date of the compettion has already been released by the organizers where 8 bands are competting to prove them  as the best nepalese band  in australia.

This battle field will provide a big platform for the local Nepalese talent residing here in Australia. It will prove a great opportunity for the talented local bands who always wanted to perform in the stage.

Its an opportunity for talent,passion,dream,devotion,music and performance in 2009 so all the bands in Australia get prepared for the great battle in 2009 .

Audition Date -5/07/2009 SUNDAY
Main Event: 26/07/2009 Sunday Read more…

Are u planning to buy land, house or apartment in Nepal but have no idea how you can? whatever now  your dreaming of buying house in Nepal  will come true. You really want to buy the house but don’t have enough money no worries   just pay the amount on easy instalment.

First Kathmandu Pvt ltd in association with Guna colony organized by Newa Enterprise Sydney and supported by Nirvana events is organizing Nepal property Expo on 20-21 June  at Sydney show Ground, home complex,sydney,Australia. This will not only be an opportunity to buy a flat, apartment in Nepal but also you can meet your popular nepali singer Ramkrishna Dhakal. Read more…