Introducing a five year temporary sponsored visa for parents On Friday 5 May 2017, the Government confirmed that, subject to the passage of relevant legislation, the temporary sponsored parent visa will be introduced during the 2017-18 Migration Programme year. Purpose Read More
There was recently a change to the English language requirements for applicants for subclass 186 and 187 visas visa Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream, making Competent English almost a must to obtain permanent residence under skilled migration programs. Applications for Read More
On 18 April 2017, the Government announced that the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa) will be abolished and replaced with the completely new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa in March 2018. The TSS visa programme will be comprised of Read More
The Australian government announced a package of reforms to permanent skilled migration programme which would be commenced on 19 Apr 2017 and be completed by Mar 2018. Here are the changes from 19 Apr 2017 which will impact all new Read More
The Australian government introduced the new Temporary Activity Visa Framework on 19 November 2016, reducing the number of temporary activity visa subclasses from seven to four, including: Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) (Subclass 400) visa International Relations (Subclass 403) visa Read More
The Australian government granted a total of 189,770 permanent migration visas in 2015-16. The major source countries in the migration programme were India (21.2 per cent), China (15.3 per cent) and the United Kingdom (10.0 per cent). Within the managed migration programme Read More
From 1 July 2016 DIBP will introduce a simplified international student visa framework (SSVF). There will be two only student visa subclasses: Subclass 500 (Student) and Subclass 590 (Student Guardian). Key changes under the SSVF are: a reduction in the number Read More
It has been determined that the imposition of Labour Market Testing would ultimately be inconsistent with Australia’s international trade obligations arising under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), hence, Labour Market Testing is not required for the following occupations when Read More
For the 2014–15 programme year, 205,383 permanent migration visas were granted—a decrease of 1.2 per cent on the 207,947 delivered in the previous year. This comprised 189,097 places under Australia’s Migration Programme, 13,756 under the Humanitarian Programme and an additional 2530 places to Read More
For anyone who wants to apply for an offshore Australia partner visa after 1st July 2015, a nasty surprise awaits. The Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) has decided to introduce a new partner visa fee structure, applicable to Read More
