Iranian Visa Processing Shut Down
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.
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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.
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Tackling Public Interest Criteria 4020
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.
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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.
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The Importance of Providing Identity Document in Visa Application
If you fail to provide identity documents as part of your visa application, it can implicate disastrous consequences on you.
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Upcoming Changes to the Character Test
Changes to the Character tests create stricter and more specific definitions to catch more people who will not meet the character test.
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New Countries Exempt From LMT
Vietnam is the latest country that has been added to the list of countries that Australia has free trade obligations with.
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Can You Be Held Liable For A Fraud Carried Out By Your Migration Agent?
Public Interest Criterion 4020 (“PIC 4020”) imposes harsher penalties on visa applicants who “provides or causes to have provided” information that is false or misleading to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).
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Designation Area Migration Agreements
Sponsor low skilled workers to Australia under DAMA II
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Special South Australian Visa (SISA Visa)
Under the Subclass 408 Temporary Activity Visa, there is a special stream called the Australian Government Endorsed Events.
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NSW Nomination for Business & Investor Visas Reopened
All subclass 188 and subclass 132 requiring NSW state nomination are re-opened
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Data Matching between the Department and Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
The Department of Home Affairs will exchange data with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
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Citizenship Processing Times to Speed Up
More resources are being placed in processing citizenship applications resulting in faster processing times.
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Western Australia Closes Subclass 132 Visa
WA’s Small Business Development Corporation announced on it’s website that it closed state nomination for 132 Business Talent visas until further notice.
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What is the New Character Requirements?
This new Bill is being referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee which will provide their view as a report on 18 January 2019.
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Victoria Has Temporarily Closed Subclass 188 Nominations.
Victoria State government has temporarily closed applications for nomination of certain business and investor visas.
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Are You a Registered Migration Agent? Need Help With OMARA?
How to minimize OMARA complaints and defend an OMARA complaint?
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How Long Is Assurance of Support period?
Is the Assurance of Support period 2 years or 4 years? Which visas are affected by the change of AOS period?
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How to Get a Visitor Visa Approved After The Partner Visa is Lodged?
Lodging a Partner Visa introduces complications to a Visitor Visa because PIC 4011 and GTE criteria cannot be met.
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