Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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...
6 November 2015
Student Visa grants for Chinese, Brazilian and Malaysian students increase in 2014-15
In a previous post on September 16, which can be found here, I discussed the upcoming changes to the Australian Student Visa Framework, as well as the incr...
12 October 2015
Have you received a Notice of Intention to Consider Cancellation (NOICC) from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection?
If so, our team of qualified migration lawyers and agents may be able to help with submissions to the Department in relation to the Notice of Intention to ...
29 September 2015
Conditions of a Visa and Cancellation
Are you the current holder of an Australian visa? Did you know that your visa may have certain conditions attached to it, and that failure to comply with t...
24 September 2015
Appeals against decisions of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Have you had a visa application refusal?
Are you unsure what avenues of appeal or appeals are available? If you lodge an application with the Department o...
27 August 2015
Recent Updates at the Department of Immigration
On July 1 2015 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was officially disestablished, and together with the pre-existing Department, the new Austr...
18 December 2014
URGENT – PARTNER VISA APPLICATION FEE INCREASE!
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have announced that as of the 1st January 2015, the partner visa application fee will be increas...
24 October 2014
NEWS ALERT – Family Visas Now Back Available!
This is a further update regarding a previous post about Family Visas and the announcement from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection that as...
22 October 2014
Attention Investors – New Premium Investor Visa Announced
On 14 October 2014, the Australian Government released the findings of a review into the Business Innovation and Investment Programme, which covers the Bus...
18 September 2014
Are you a New Zealand citizen interested in Australian citizenship?
If you are a New Zealand citizen in Australia on a Special Category Visa (Subclass 444), you may be able to apply for citizenship.
Have you been in Austra...
