The Federal Liberal and Nationals Government is making temporary changes to visa arrangements to help farmers access the workforce they need to secure Australia’s food and produce supply during COVID-19.… read more →
Temporary Skilled visa holders There are around 139,000 temporary skilled visa holders, on either a 2 year or 4 year visa. They were provided the visa to fill a skills… read more →
International students There are 565,000 international students in Australia, mainly studying in the higher education or vocational education sector. They are an important contributor to our tertiary sector and economy,… read more →
New Zealanders on 444 visas New Zealanders and Australians have reciprocal arrangements whereby we can each stay and work in each other’s country. There are more than 672,000 New Zealanders… read more →
Coronavirus and Temporary Visa holders The Government is making a number of changes to temporary visa holder arrangements during the coronavirus crisis in order to protect the health and livelihoods… read more →
As reported by the AGE: Police identify 11 alleged victims in case of migration agent accused of rape. Police have identified 11 additonal victims of a Melbourne migration agent accused… read more →
As readers of this post will know I have long argued that immigration lawyers given their superior legal skills and training should not be “lumped in” with migration agents. And… read more →
As reported by the AGE, Job advertisements allegedly used to lure rape victims… An ambulance call about an unconscious woman in a CBD office tower sparked the police investigation into… read more →
Your may have heard that a student whose student visa has expired and who remains in Australia after their student visa expires has a 28-day “grace period” during which they… read more →
In a recent case the Federal Court was asked if the Appellant, a subclass 485 visa applicant, had to satisfy cl 485.222 to Schedule 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), which… read more →