Two new Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs) have been announced on 10 December 2018. Victoria According to a joint media release: Employers on the Victorian south-west coast have been given a boost, with a new visa agreement between the Commonwealth and Warrnambool City Council set to attract skilled workers to...
‘The Government has shut down its visa processing operations in Iran after it was warned some migration agents were boasting of corruptly obtaining visas’ The ABC News website contains an article that includes the following passages: Australian embassy visa office in Iran shut down amid warning of possible corruption The...
The flow of skilled migrants to the Northern Territory will continue, with the signing of a new five-year bilateral agreement to help employers fill skills shortages. The Federal Government and Northern Territory Government will this week sign a new five-year Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA),...
Three people were arrested in Melbourne by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) this morning for alleged migration offences as part of an ongoing Australian Border Force (ABF) investigation. The AFP-led (AFP) Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) also seized more than $3.7 million in assets related...
The number of places available to Israeli nationals will increase from 500 per year to 2,500...
The giving of a false document to the Department (which is not the case here until...
'The Government will introduce a new Temporary Sponsored Parent visa that will provide parents and grandparents a new pathway to reunite with their families' The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs’ website contains the following: Wednesday, 28 November 2018 Government delivers new Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa despite Labor opposition The Government...
On Wednesday 29 September, the Department of Home Affairs updated their information on the current parent visa scheme framework. Home Affairs confirmed that the following numbers of visas are available under contributory and non-contributory parent visa scheme: In the 2018–19 Migration Programme year: 1 500 places...
Subclass 407 visa aims to promote international goodwill by allowing Australian organisations to sponsor persons to travel to Australia to participate in occupational training activities, including classroom-based professional development activities. Whilst the visa is not designed to fill labour shortages and is, therefore, not an...
Foreign students gaming Australia’s immigration system by switching visa.....
