Australian Law
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Have you had your Australian Visa refused or cancelled? The festive season can include negative surprises. Immigration Lawyer Chris Johnston and our team of Registered Migration Agents can help lodge your appeal in time!
A visa application can be refused for a number of reasons. In our previous article we discussed the tougher and stricter stance taken by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) in …
New South Wales leads the charge for the new Entrepreneur Visa
The state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced its state nomination criteria for the Entrepreneur visa. This makes NSW the first state or territory to start accepting applications for nomination …
U-turn on Backpacker Tax will be a boost for the Australian Work and Holiday visas
Temporary workers on the Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) and Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) were originally expected to start paying a 32.5% tax on all wages starting on 1 July 2016 …
More details on new Australian Student Visa classes – Student Visa Subclass 500 and Student Visa Guardian 590
Read our earlier article about the new Student Visa structure here. The new student 500 and student guardian 590 will commence from 1 July 2016 Features to include: Three features we can comment on: …
Australian Student Visas to be Reduced to TWO Subclasses in July 2016!
From 1 July 2016 the Australian student visa programme will be amended to having just two visa subclasses (currently there are EIGHT subclasses). The two visa subclasses will be Subclass 500 (Student) …
Priority Processing now available for Visitor Visa Applicants from China
On 15 March 2016, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) introduced new provisions that allow priority processing of visitor visa applications for Chinese nationals. This program …