by nevettford | Oct 26, 2017 | Migration
On 20 April 2017, the Australian Government announced a series of changes to the Australian citizenship requirements. After the legislation necessary to implement these changes was introduced into Parliament it became clear that the government would not receive...
by nevettford | Jun 28, 2017 | Migration
The Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) has indicated that upcoming changes to the partner visa program will include requiring sponsors to lodge and be approved for sponsorship before their partners can lodge a partner visa application and...
by nevettford | Jun 27, 2017 | Migration
An Additional Pathway to Australian Permanent Residence for ‘Non-Protected’ Special Category Visa (SCV) Holders (Subclass 444) The Australian Government (Department of Immigration & Border Protection) will provide an additional pathway to Australian Permanent...
by nevettford | Jun 27, 2017 | Migration
Finally recognising the need to reduce the ever-increasing delays in processing times, the onshore Partner Visa management section of the DIBP recently decided to depart from the usual chronological method of assessing applicants by month of lodgement and favour...
