03 Jun Batemans Bay man facing deporation launches appeal in Federal Court
Batemans Bay man facing deportation launches appeal in Federal Court 19 February 2019 Batemans Bay man David Degning in happier days...
06 May Hundreds of foreign criminals are being handed back their cancelled visas
Hundreds of foreigners who had their visas cancelled after committing serious crimes are being spared deportation by national security officials, with...
02 May A Labor government will replace the new sponsored parent visa
Shadow Immigration Minister Shayne Neumann has told SBS Punjabi that Labor would “very soon” announce its policy on parent visa to replace the government’s temporary sponsored parent visa...
18 Mar Working Holiday Maker Scheme under attack from the ACTU
I have just read the statement put out by the Australian Chamber-Tourism and was quite frankly, appalled to learn that the Unions would be applying strong pressure on a possible Labor Government to wind back the Working Holiday Maker Scheme....
18 Mar Marry-your-sister visa racket exposed
Police in the Indian state of Punjab are investigating a brother-sister duo, believed to be currently living in Australia, who are accused of forgery and marrying each other in order to get Australian visas. The Conservative Party has long called for urgent reform of the visa...
13 Mar 457 & 482: data matching between Department & ATO
‘The Department… will exchange data with the [ATO] to identify whether business sponsors are complying with their… obligations … and whether [subclass 457 and 482] visa holders are complying with their visa conditions’ A Gazette (Notice of a Data Matching Program to Enhance Compliance in...
13 Mar Social security: waiting period for subclass 309 and 820 visa holders
‘The Amendment Determination only clarifies… that a person who becomes the holder of [a visa subclass 309 or 820] is subject to the [newly arrived resident’s waiting period]’ of 104 weeks The Social Security Amendment (Class of Visas – Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period for...
13 Feb New Designated Area Migration Agreements announced for Victoria and NT
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...
31 Jan Agents ‘boasting of corruptly obtaining visas’
‘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...
19 Jan Three arrested and $3.7m in assets seized in Melbourne
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...
