Character Grounds: Serious Crimes Against Women is Heightened in the New Ministerial Direction No. 79
A new direction – Direction No. 79 has been introduced in relation to visa refusal and cancellation under s 501 and revocation of mandatory visa cancellation under s 501CA of the Migration Act 1958.
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News Update: Migration Amendment (Chest X‑Ray Requirements) Regulations 2019
Health requirement is required while applicants apply for permanent visas and some temporary visas.
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News Update: Migration Amendment (Working Holiday Maker) Regulations 2019
The Migration Amendment (Working Holiday Maker) Regulations 2019 (‘the Regulations’) amend the Migrations Regulations 1994 (the Principal Regulations).
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Check your emails – Check your ImmiAccounts!!!
It was surprising to learn how visa applicants’ lives can be adversely affected to learn that their visas were refused and that they are out of time to make an application for merits review.
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NEWS UPDATE: People Who is On the Manus Island or Nauru Could Be Granted Medical Treatment Visa by Transferring to Australia
The Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 (‘the bill’), which deals with the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families requiring medical treatment, the Bill has passed through on 13 February and awaits Royal Assent.
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Regional Visas – Migrants Will Face Deportation if They Move to Other Areas
The Australian Government has put in significant investment of $19.4 million at regional areas to support the new population plan by moving migrants to settle in regional areas.
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How Should the Minister Give a Person a Document in Relation to Migration Matter?
Section 494A of the Migration Act 1958 provides that if the Minister is required to give a person a document and neither the Migration Act nor the Migration Regulations specify the method by which the Minister is required to give that document, the Minister can give the document by any method he or she considers appropriate.
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Iranian Visa Processing Shut Down
The Australian government has temporarily shut down its visa processing operations in Iran after it received warning that some migration agents were corruptly obtaining visa through a contact in the Australian embassy in Tehran.
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VETASSESS Announcement in Relation to General Professional Occupations
VETASSESS announced that from 14 February 2019, not only will the general professional occupations be assessed by month and year, but also by days to calculate employment dates. VETASSESS may also be able to consider closely related employment outside the last 10 years, provided it is continuous employment with the same employer within the last 10 years.
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Tackling Public Interest Criteria 4020
PIC 4020 enables the Department to refuse a visa if an applicant provides a bogus document or information that is false or misleading in relation to their application, and the visa applicant may not be granted with any other visas for another three or ten years.
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News Update: Business Nominations Reopens – Western Australia
The nomination applications for Business Talent visas in Western Australia was suspended on 08 January 2019. The nomination applications for Business Innovation and Investment provisional visas in Western Australia was suspended on 10 January 2019.
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The Importance of Providing Identity Document in Visa Application
If you fail to provide identity documents as part of your visa application, it can implicate disastrous consequences on you.
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Upcoming Changes to the Character Test
Changes to the Character tests create stricter and more specific definitions to catch more people who will not meet the character test.
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New Countries Exempt From LMT
Vietnam is the latest country that has been added to the list of countries that Australia has free trade obligations with.
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Can You Be Held Liable For A Fraud Carried Out By Your Migration Agent?
Public Interest Criterion 4020 (“PIC 4020”) imposes harsher penalties on visa applicants who “provides or causes to have provided” information that is false or misleading to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).
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Designation Area Migration Agreements
Sponsor low skilled workers to Australia under DAMA II
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Special South Australian Visa (SISA Visa)
Under the Subclass 408 Temporary Activity Visa, there is a special stream called the Australian Government Endorsed Events.
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NSW Nomination for Business & Investor Visas Reopened
All subclass 188 and subclass 132 requiring NSW state nomination are re-opened
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Data Matching between the Department and Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
The Department of Home Affairs will exchange data with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
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