On 21 May 2017, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection has set a deadline for thousands of unauthorized maritime arrivals (UMAs) that they must lodge their Temporary Protection visa (TPV) or Safe Haven Enterprise visa (SHEV) application by 1 October 2017....
A recent research shows there has been a slump in the number of Kiwis becoming Australian citizens since a law change in 2001. Data shows out of 146,000 New Zealand-born migrants who arrived in Australia between 2002 and 2011, only 8.4 per cent of...
The meat processing sector in Australia is not happy with the government’s requirement for foreign workers to have good English and wants it to be dropped from future visa criteria. The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) kept this as a highlight in its submission to...
International students applying for an Australian student visa will now have to demonstrate more financial funds at the time of their application to show that they will be able to sustain themselves during their stay in the country....
Here is some important and informative data from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and they released their Migration Caseload Summary for July-May by visa subclass....
The Australian Government is strengthening the requirements to become an Australian citizen, by: Increasing the general residence requirement, which means an applicant for Australian citizenship will need to demonstrate a minimum of four years permanent residence immediately prior to their application for citizenship; Introducing an...
The senate committee recommended that English language requirements should not be so high. The committee also suggested that Australian permanent residents, who were granted visas before the April 20th, should be allowed to apply for citizenship under old rules...
Visa holders now under more scrutiny by Australian Taxation In a bid to ensure that all Australian visa holders who are employed in the country are paying their taxes right, the Australian Taxation Office will now dig the records of over 20 million immigrants. These details...
Following reports in the media we find that the government of Western Australia had apparently “frozen” the entire Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme in Perth. This “freeze” was apparently made to implement a campaign promise that was made by Mark McGowan, who was elected as Premier of...
On 19 February 2016, to acknowledge the special bilateral relationship between Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Government announced an additional pathway to Australian permanent residence, for many New Zealand citizens who have been living in Australia for at least five years and shown a commitment...
