News
20 June 2017
New citizenship bill introduced into parliament
A new Bill was introduced into Parliament for its first reading on 17 June 2017 which proposes significant changes to the current Citizenship Act 2007.
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8 June 2017
New Pathway for New Zealander’s to obtain Permanent Residency and Citizenship in Australia
From 1 July 2017, there is a new pathway for New Zealand citizens living in Australia to gain permanent residency status and the Australia Citizenship.
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17 May 2017
New Training Benchmarks for sponsored temporary and permanent visas announced in 2017 Federal Budget
Training Benchmarks will be phased out and a new Skilling Australians Fund will be established which will raise revenue of $1.2 billion over the forward es...
15 May 2017
Summary of Australian 457 visa issues
On 18 April 2017, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia and the Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection join...
20 April 2017
Australia’s new citizenship requirements
In a sweeping review of Australia’s citizenship requirements Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced today (20 April 2017) that there will be a greater...
19 April 2017
457 visa to be abolished by Government
On 18 April 2017, the Turnbull government announced the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) will be abolished and replaced with a new Tempora...
12 April 2017
Regional Migration encouragement from Australian Government
The Australian Government is contemplating actions to encourage more overseas migrants to live and work in regional cities. The aim of relocating overseas ...
7 April 2017
Framework changes for Temporary Activity visa in Australia
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have announced new framework changes, that are focused on the temporary activity visa.
The fo...
6 March 2017
International Students and Work Visas
If you are an international student wanting to apply for a visa to work in Australia (work visa), you may have to pass the points test.
The points test ...
2 March 2017
Government crack down on 457 skilled visa workers
The Australian Federal Government is cracking down on the number of 457 skilled worker visas handed out to McDonald's, Hungry Jack’s and other fast-food ...
