News Update: Minister to Provide Documents Through ImmiAccount from 1 September 2019
Schedule 2 of the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 (the new Act) sets out the method by which the documents can be made available to a Visa Applicant.
News Update: New Sponsored Parent visa (Subclass 870) Will be Open from 1 July 2019
This much-awaited Sponsored Parent visa allows families to reunite and the parents of Australians to spend longer period of time of 5 years with their children and grandchildren in Australia.
Migration Agent Suspended for Using VEVO Without Consent
Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) suspended a Registered Migration Agent (RMA) for accessing personal and immigration information of a person who is not their client through the Department of Home Affairs’ Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) system without consent.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
