On Wednesday 29 September, the Department of Home Affairs updated their information on the current parent visa scheme framework. Home Affairs confirmed that the following numbers of visas are available under contributory and non-contributory parent visa scheme: In the 2018–19 Migration Programme year: 1 500 places...
Subclass 407 visa aims to promote international goodwill by allowing Australian organisations to sponsor persons to travel to Australia to participate in occupational training activities, including classroom-based professional development activities. Whilst the visa is not designed to fill labour shortages and is, therefore, not an...
Foreign students gaming Australia’s immigration system by switching visa.....
Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said yesterday there had been much greater scrutiny of applications. The number of temporary foreign residents on bridging visas has soared by 45 percent in the past nine months as the Department of Home Affairs strengthens checks on applicants,...
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to strengthen rules requiring new migrants to fill skills shortages in regional areas, as new figures confirm one in every 10 foreign worker moves from the country to a city within 18 months. The Home Affairs data released yesterday has...
Ko Haapu was deported back to New Zealand for being a Rebels bikie in Perth The former soldier in Afghanistan has a neck tattoo which is very anti-police Shaun Wynyard was expelled from Australia for bashing his wife as he took ice Both men are among the...
A New Zealand pastor who allegedly disrupted Islamic worship at two Brisbane mosques has been deported from Australia. A source confirmed to Fairfax Media that Ipswich-based Pastor Logan Robertson - who is facing charges of being a public nuisance after allegedly disturbing worship at Kuraby...
A TOWNSVILLE man who got thrown into a detention centre after flying back from his honeymoon will become a citizen after a tribunal overruled a decision by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Adam Carey, a 49-year-old New Zealand citizen convicted of drug trafficking...
Chelsea Yu, 31, is an international student, studying Masters of Social Work at Monash University. She was accepted to become a ‘Homesharer’, to live with an elderly homeowner and provide companionship and non-medical care. She has lived with Diana Kahn, 95, for three months. "I...
Most Australian migrants who speak another language with their family have no trouble with the English language, official data reveals. Last month, Multicultural Affairs Minister Alan Tudge said the government would consider suggestions that basic conversational English should be a requirement for permanent residency. It...
