News
New Significant Investor visa
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has recently announced changes to the Business Skills Visa Program to include the following: A new Significant Investment visa… Read More
The new Business Innovation and Investment program
The DIAC has recently announced a new business innovation and investment program – you can view our previous… Read More
New investor visa to be introduced
On 25 May 2012, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship announced the delivery of the ‘Significant Investor Visa’. This new visa is intended to make… Read More
Optional Skills Assesment service
Trade Recognition Australia (“TRA”) has advised that skills assessment to access occupation licensing will be accessible by potential migrants before they arrive in Australia. Successful… Read More
Expansion of Skills Assessment services
Trades Recognition Australia (“TRA”) has advised that it has expanded its registered training organisation (“RTO”) skills assessment services to include the licensed occupations Electrical Linesworker… Read More
New Decision Ready applications introduced
The DIAC has introduced a new ‘Decision Ready’ initiative for offshore ENS (Subclass 121) and RSMS (Subclass 119) visa applications. For these specific visa types,… Read More
A new version of TradeSET
TradeSET is an online tool that assists overseas trained trades people to determine whether or not their skills and training match those required to work… Read More
DIAC Pricing Changes Update
The DIAC has recently announced that visa pricing changes are set to take place on 1 July 2012 and 1 July 2013. DIAC is adopting… Read More
MRT/RRT correspondence policy
The Migration and Refugee Review Tribunals (“MRT-RRT”) are changing their policy of sending a copy of correspondence to an applicant in detention, who has nominated… Read More
Citizenship in 90 days?
A permanent resident may be granted citizenship after completing 90 days service in the Australian Defence Force (“ADF”) or six months in the Reserves. These… Read More