New Work and Holiday Negotiations to Get Underway
New Work and Holiday Negotiations to Get Underway
The DIAC has recently announced that Australia will begin talks with the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Poland, and the Slovak Republic… Read More
Health criterion
The health criterion requires that every person seeking a visa (including dependent children) secure a health assessment demonstrating that they are unlikely to need $21,000… Read More
Proposed changes to Temporary Work Visas
On 1 November 2012, the DIAC announced its proposed changes to Temporary Work Visas. From 24 November 2012, the following visa subclasses will no longer… Read More
What do I do if I overstay or breach my visa?
More than 20,000 travellers overstayed their visas last financial year. You should always depart Australia on or before the expiry date of your visa. Failure… Read More
Australia’s working holiday visa is the most popular visa in the World!
Demand for Australia’s working holiday visa is higher than for any other visa of this kind in the world, with 220,000 visas granted over the… Read More
Visa charges to increase from 1 January 2013
The Australian government will substantially increase charges across a range of visas to take effect from 1 January 2013. Detailing the mid-year economic and fiscal… Read More
DIAC fee for Partner visas to increase by 30%
DIAC have announced that they will increase the DIAC fee for partner visas (from 1 January) by approximately 30%: ONSHORE Partner visas: increase from $3060… Read More
Update on SkillSelect
We have seen many changes in migration rules since we first started helping families migrate to Australia in 2002. New systems always get a… Read More
DIAC figures indicate that there has been a further increase in 457s being granted to Irish citizens
As indicated by the following: Almost 1000 (970 to be precise) 457 visas were issued to Irish citizens in July 2012 alone. This is… Read More
Mike Tyson unlikely to pass character test to be able to tour Australia.
Mike Tyson may be unable to fulfill his speaking tour commitments in Australia due to his criminal record. In 1992, he was sentenced to a… Read More