Extract from AAT Review Bulletin, on how the AAT reviews visa decisions involving people who want to work in Australia or businesses who want to employ migrants
New Ministerial Direction No. 79 - New Direction For Character Requirement For All Applicants Entering or Remaining in Australia
Everyone who wish to enter or remain in Australia must satisfy the character requirement set out by the Department of Home Affairs (i.e. the Immigration).
In some cases, refusal decisions made by the Department can be vacated. Once vacated, it is deemed to have never been made and therefore, the consequences that usually follow a refusal will not apply.
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.
