From 1 July 2016, all student visa applications must be made online. Here’s some information to assist with preparing your application. Use the Document Checklist Tool on Department of Immigration website to see what types of documents you will need to provide with your application. Make sure you have access to a scanner as you […]
Skilled Migration Victoria has provided the following information for MIA members: Due to a large volume of skilled visa nomination applications received, applications for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) occupations will not be accepted from 11 November 2016 to 6 March 2017. The closure will be for a period of four months, however further updates will be provided should […]
This amendment includes ‘step child’ in the definition of ‘dependent child’ Sets an upper age limit of 23 years for children or step-children who are dependent, unless they are incapacitated for work. This is to bring consistency to the provisions on who can accompany a visa holder as a family member in line with those on […]
This Schedule permits holders (or former holders) of Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visas to apply for a second Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)visa, if they have carried out work in areas of Australia and of a kind specified by the Minister, for at least three months as the holder of the first Subclass 462 […]
This Schedule reduces the time period that a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled) visa holder can remain in Australia after ceasing employment with their current sponsor from 90 days to 60 days. If 457 holder has not found a new sponsor within 60 days of ceasing that employment, they will be in breach of their visa condition 8107 […]
Protected industrial action will commence today, and will continue intermittently until Friday, 26 June 2015. During this period, airports, client service centres, ports, container examination facilities and visa processes may be affected. The protected industrial action is being undertaken by Community and Public Sector Union members employed with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection […]
Immigration numbers are too high, straining Sydney and Melbourne’s infrastructure and pushing up house prices beyond the reach of average Australians, former NSW Labor premier Bob Carr recently told The Australian. “If you jam more people into Sydney, then they will get spikes in land and housing prices. We are stoking demand,’’ he said.
Thousands of skilled migrants living in Australia want to know why their valid applications for permanent residency have not been touched for several years.Those people at the very bottom of the skilled migration queue are classified as “priority five”.