Migration

As part of its efforts to clean up the significant visa backlog the Department of Home Affairs has announced that certain temporary visa applicants in Australia will not be required to undertake medical examinations and chest x-rays, based on their nationality,...

In the financial year 2021-22 (up to 31 May 2022) approx. 56,517 review applications were lodged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Out of these approximately 19,809 review applications were for migration (visa application) decisions and approximately...

The Hon Clare O'Neil, Minister for Home Affairs and the Hon Andrew Giles, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, made important announcements during the skilled migration session on Day 2 of the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra on 2...

Since the Labor party’s re-elected status in May of this year, there has been a noticeable shift in language and intention for improving existing migration policies when compared to Australia’s political party predecessor. As reported on in our previous...

There is news in the media that the Federal Government is planning to increase the migration cap from the current 160,000 places to 200,000 for the current year. The decision on the exact numbers is likely to be taken in the federals government’s jobs and skills...

The new Labour government has announced a Jobs Summit in September. One of the objectives of the summit will be to determine what role the future of migration has in helping to develop Australia’s economic future into the 2020s and 2030s. This will involve important...

With Australia’s vaccination numbers being one of the highest in the world, the Australian government continues to slowly relax COVIDSafe restrictions. Since complete border closure in 2020, to COVIDSafe border control measures in the beginning of this year, this new...

With the Financial Year 2021-22 coming to an end, we are now looking to the planning figures for migration for the year 2022-23 to understand what lies ahead of us in the coming year. While the total planning levels for 2022-23 have remained the same as for the year...

Photo by Aditya Joshi on Unsplash With a new government sworn in, immigration professionals, businesses and migrants are looking to see how the new government will shape the immigration policy as it relates to skilled workers, family migration and asylum seekers. In...

Photo by Chichi Onyekanne on Unsplash Overseas students who have studied a degree, diploma or trade qualification in Australia may be eligible for a Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) Visa in the Graduate Work stream. The current requirements for this visa are as...

(Photo sourced from the Prime Minister's Facebook page) On 23 May 2022, leader of the Australian Labor Party Mr. Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia. While you were either ecstatic or displeased by the result, or more likely somewhere...

Working holiday makers (WHM) who hold a subclass 417 or 462 are required to undertake specified work in specified areas of Australia to be eligible for a second and third WHM visa. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has added more specified areas and work to qualify...

The pandemic continues to affect onshore temporary visa-holders and their ability to meet visa criteria for subsequent applications. As a result of this, alongside national labour shortages, the Government extended the COVID-19 Pandemic (Subclass 408) Visa to those...

The success of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme encouraged the government to provide a new addition called the Australian Agriculture Visa Program (AAV). This is a new visa stream that will be offered under the existing Temporary Work (International...