News
28 November 2017
New health clarification for visas to ensure adequate health insurance
18 November 2017 sees the introduction of a new visa condition that will be attached to most temporary visas – Condition 8602. This Condition will requir...
22 November 2017
Good news for subclass 457 visa holders wishing to apply for Permanent Residence
Visa Australia are happy to advise that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have confirmed transitional arrangements for those 457 v...
2 November 2017
New training benchmarks for visas
On 18 October 2017 a Bill (Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017) was introduced before Parliament which provides a detailed framework fo...
24 October 2017
Australian citizenship amendments
On 20 April 2017, the Australian Government announced the strengthening of requirements for Australian citizenship. On 18 October 2017, the Government prop...
12 October 2017
Updated NSW Skilled Occupations List
Are you a skilled worker that wants to live and work within Australia as a permanent resident on a visa subclass 190? Read more as New South Wales (NSW) ha...
23 August 2017
Can I get Australian citizenship with a criminal record?
The Australian government in recent times is taking a much harder line when it comes to granting citizenship to a person who has a criminal record.
It i...
17 August 2017
Options for overstaying your Australian visa
Recent figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) indicate more than 64,000 people are in Australia illegally after overstayin...
25 July 2017
Tasmania introduces new visa category for overseas applicants
Australia is fast becoming one of the hottest destinations for immigrants to migrate to. The popularity of Australia is increasing yearly as the annual int...
17 July 2017
Migrants are not taking Australian’s jobs
A great article in the Australian newspaper today dispels the myth that skilled migrants are taking Australian jobs.
One of Australia’s leading demogr...
3 July 2017
WA State Government slashes jobs on skilled migration list
The State Government has released an updated version of the Western Australian (WA) skilled migration list, slashing it to just 18 eligible occupations.
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