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Visitor visas will be simplified and a new short stay activity visa will be rolled out this month. The new visitor visa framework builds on the Better Regulation Ministerial Partnership commitment to cut the total number of visa subclasses by up to 50 per cent by 2015. “The Gillard Government is determined to cut red [...]
He’s only been in charge for a month however new Australian immigration minister Brendan O’Connor, has announced changes to the Australian 457 Visa program following evidence that one of the country’s main temporary work visas is being abused by Australian companies to undercut Australian workers and has announced a crackdown. The federal government accused some employers [...]
Australia is the only country in the world that has a pre-migration skills assessment scheme with the aim being to help you find out if you have the necessary skills and qualifications to work in your nominated occupation once you arrive in Australia. The skills assessment scheme has achieved encouraging results for skilled migrants in [...]
The Australian Department of Immigration has recently published some top tips to help you submit your Expression Of Interest (EOI) In Skillselect There’s some good stuff in here so we’ll share these tips below: 1. Make sure you express an interest in the right visa for your circumstances. Skilled visa options are available on the [...]
Do you have a spare $5 Million burning a hole in your pocket? If so then why not consider using it to help you migrate to Australia?! As we reported back in August, the significant investor visa, is being introduced as a key component of the Government’s business innovation and investment program, and requires visa [...]
As we reported back in September, the Australian Imigration department was planning to grant longer term tourist visas for parents of Australian migrants. Last Saturday (24th November) the changes went live. Chris Bowden, minister for Australian Immigration and citizenship said: The ‘more generous tourist visas will enable regular extended family visits for those patiently waiting [...]
The Australian Department of Immigration has announced a number of changes to the Temporary Work Visa with a number of visa sub classes being removed and a number being updated. All changes will be effective the 24th November 2012. From 24 November 2012 the following visa subclasses will no longer be open to new applicants: [...]
Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls has announced that the state will relax Australia visa requirements in order to attract more migrant workers to the area. Other than Western Australia, the state of Queensland has benefited from the resources and mining boom more than all other states. However, Australia visa requirements are determined at state level, not [...]
The unemployment rate in the state of Victoria has risen in the past year but almost 14,000 457 visa holders have still managed to find work in a variety of occupations. The latest Australian immigration data shows almost 900 construction workers and teachers have each found work in Victoria as well as over 300 doctors, [...]
There are so many great things associated with life down under, however for some new residents of Australia, the distance from their families is often one of the few downsides of migrating to the other side of the world. This is going to change though, with a press release announcing today that the Gillard Government [...]
Back in May we announced that the Australian Immigration Department were to release a new Visa for people with stacks of cash ($5 Million AUD+) to invest in Australia. They creatively titled it the Significant Investor Visa. Today, the minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, released the full conditions for this new visa class. [...]
According to the press release from the Australian Immigraion department, doctors, dentists, nurses and engineers have dominated the first round of skilled migrants invited to formally apply for visas under the government’s new online SkillSelect service. Accountants, ICT analysts and programmers were also strongly represented in the 100 invitations in the first round, which drew the [...]
According to a recent press release from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, the Australian Government will begin negotiations with Greece about establishing a reciprocal work and holiday visa arrangement. Mr Bowen said Australia and Greece shared a strong and rich relationship based on firm community ties. ‘A work and holiday arrangement recognises [...]
Hi guys, you may have noticed due to the lack of updates that everything’s quite quiet on the Australian Immigration front at the moment. Unless anyone is interested in the hundreds of illegal immigrants arriving by boat then there’s really not been that much to write about! One snippet of quite important news that we’ve [...]
According to an article published on the news international website today, the federal government is in talks to bring more overseas workers to Australia on holiday visas to address labour shortages in the tourism industry. Federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson says using visitors with Australian working holiday visa’s is one strategy the government is pursuing [...]
Australia Work Visa is one of the more common search terms used by visitors to getting down under HQ. With this in mind and in an effort to provide a slightly more succinct answer for those seeking information on the Australian Work Visa, we thought we’d pull together this article If you want to apply [...]
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