Character Requirements
5 articles
Can I Appeal if My Australian Visa is Refused or Cancelled for Character Reasons?
Picture this: you’ve been living in Australia for the last 10 years with your wife and child. You had a criminal history in your home country, but you moved away to get a fresh start and put …
PIC 4020 - Why application records and information accuracy are important to avoid future visa complications and application refusals
Here is the part 4020 as which apply up until 18 November 2017. (1) There is no evidence before the Minister that the applicant has given, or caused to be given, to the Minister, an officer, the …
Commonwealth Ombudsman investigates Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) about its visa cancellation powers! Numerous issues identified in published report!
Also noted in the section 501 report was the following statistic: “After the passage of this legislation (section 501(3A) on 11 December 2014) the number of visas cancelled under s 501 increased from …
The dark side of Australia's appeal as a world class education destination
News streams were flooded with the arrest of 3 individuals running a student visa and employment scam in Melbourne, Victoria. The individuals owned and managed a college, St Stephens Institute in …
Increase in Australian Visa Cancellations for Character Reasons such as Criminal Convictions
A total of 203 visas have been cancelled by the Minister of Immigration, Peter Dutton in the past 3 months. Previously there were only a total of 372 cancellations over the period between July 2011 …