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South Australia Now Open for Offshore Applications
Offshore Applications Offshore applicants with an existing Expression of Interest (EOI) in SkillSelect may be invited to apply directly for state nomination in the current financial year. These …
Contributory Parent Visa (Subclass 143) and Sponsor Income Requirements
There is a range of options when it comes to parent visas, but many of them are extremely slow. The Department even goes so far as to publicly state that new Parent visas and Aged Parent visas can …
Changes to Australia Business Visas – 188 Innovation, 188 Investor, 188 SIV and 188 Entrepreneur
Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke made a statement on Wednesday 19 May on how the Business and Innovation and Investor Program will be changing in 2021. New rules commence on 01 July 2021 and …
Skilled Visa Allocations, Student Visas & Border Openings? Australian Budget 2022
Allocations are to remain at the same levels as the prior year, 160,000 places, however it is unclear if the Government will reach actually these figures. The Budget document states the Humanitarian …
Back to School - When Will International Students Return to Australia?
Melbourne University by Geoff Penaluna, CC BY 2.0 What Is the Plan? In November 2020, the federal government invited all states and territories to submit plans for the return of students. South …
Can Indigenous Australians be deported?
The Facts The applicants in this scenario were Daniel Love (Love) and Brendan Thoms (Thoms), both men were born overseas and had one Aboriginal Australian parent and both identified as Aboriginal …
The Traps of Holding Dual Australian Citizenship processed by the Australian Government Prior to 2002
Every year, hundreds of people who apply to renew their Australian passport or apply for citizenship by descent for their overseas-born children are notified by the Department of Home Affairs that …Partner Visas are Number 1 for Christmas!
Why are Partner Visas Number one for Christmas? Every year I notice that in the weeks leading up to Christmas there is a dramatic rise in the number of visa enquiries about Partner Visas. There may be …457 visas still popular with small firms in WA
An interesting article by Myriam Robin about 457s in WA: …Immigration SA changes effecting State Nominations for subclass 190 and 489 - New Occupations, Occupations nearing ceilings...
Immigration SA has released the following information: “New professions added to the State Nominated Occupation List From 2 September 2013, the following occupations have been added to the State …