Australias economy is a tower of strength after two respected international reports confirmed it continued to lead the developed world.
The first from the International Monetary Fund added its weight to mounting evidence that Australia was powering …

The Australian Immigration and Citizenship department have started issuing letters to visa applicants who have applied for Australian Residency under certain visa classes.
The letter confirms that priority will be given to applicants who are applying …

The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) has warned the government that work on infrastructure projects will be difficult to accomplish following the decision to put restrictions on the skilled migration program.
While the MIA welcomed the …

There is less than one month to go before the changes to the Australian skilled migration will come into effect, as outlined in last month’s release of the 2009-10 Budget.
As of the 1 July, the …

Following last week’s changes to the Australian skilled migration program, occupations have been removed from the temporary business Australian visa (subclass 457) program in line with the current needs of the Australian economy.
The temporary business …

An interesting and useful revision for those applying under one of the skilled Migration programs.
The Rudd Government will revise the migration program for the second half of 2008-09 so that skilled migrants who have a …

OK, October is finally here so time to post this months update. There appears to be progress in quite a few of the visa classes. Unfortunately Sub classes such as the 136 seem to be …

This months update is a little longer as application processing is now undertaken between two centres based in Brisbane and Adelaide.
Although splitting the processing across two processing centres should ultimately reduce the amount of time …

OK Guys, it’s August already so please find below details of the Australian Immigration processing lead time for as of August 2008.
To discuss this time line then check out this thread in our forum. Also …

Guys, latest Australian Visa Processing time line for June 2008.
Any comments or questions please post them in this thread on our forums.
RECEIPTING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPLICATIONS
The ASPC is currently receipting new applications within service standards.
Once …

Well, we’re into April so let’s look at the current Australian Visa Processing timelines for April 2008.
To discuss this post, please use the appropriate thread in our forums here
PROCESSING AND ALLOCATION INFORMATION – For …

Quite interesting to see that the ASPC are now promoting the front loading of Meds and Police Checks as part of the visa application process stating that Offshore Applicants can now initiate Health and Character …

Well, we’re into 2008 so let’s look at the current Processing timelines for January.
To discuss this post, please use the appropriate thread in our forums here
The Australia Immigration Department put into operation major reforms …

Hi folks, please find below the latest time lines from the ASPC. Any comments or questions please post in the appropriate thread made in our forums here
PROCESSING AND ALLOCATION INFORMATION – For the week of …

Hi folks, please find below the latest time lines from the ASPC. Any comments or questions please post in the appropriate thread made in our forums here
As of November 2007 the ASPC admin section is …

Latest time lines from the ASPC. Any comments or questions then please post them in the thread posted in our forums here
As of 2 October 2007 the ASPC admin section is processing as follows:
Onshore Applications: …