The Department of Home Affairs recently announced changes to Australia’s Skilled Occupation Lists. A summary of the proposed changes can be found on the Department’s website – summary of 17 January 2018 changes to the lists… Read More »Skilled Visa News 2018. Horse breeders, Real Estate Representatives: Yes, Hair and Beauty Managers: No.
According to the New World Wealth’s 2018 Global Wealth Migration review, Australia is attracting more High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) as migrants as any other country. The report is based on migrants with net… Read More »Significant Investor Visa Update January 2018: More of the world’s wealthy are moving to Australia than any other country
The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 was passed through Federal Parliament on the 7 December 2017 which changed the definition of Marriage under the Marriage Act 1961 from a union of ‘a man and a woman’ to… Read More »Going to the Chapel? Changes to partner visas in the wake of the marriage equality law.
The Department of Home Affairs has kindly informed AR LAW Services of the following updates on the Australian visa program: A six-monthly review cycle of the occupation lists was established by the Australian Government in… Read More »SKILLED VISA NEWS – what you really need to know
As noted by the MIA: Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe PSM today released a report into the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s processing of applications for Australian citizenship by conferral. The report looks at delays… Read More »News on Australian Citizenship: Ombudsman report
As noted by the MIA the Government has today in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook announced major changes to access to Social Security for migrants from 1 July 2018, aimed at saving $1.2 billion over four years… Read More »Mid Year Economic & Fiscal Outlook: Impacts for migrants
SBS has reported the proposed changes to PIC 4020 which were introduced by the Migration Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 4) Regulations 2017 have been disallowed by the Senate. As reported the changes would have enabled… Read More »PIC 4020 Proposed Change Disallowed by Senate
The subclass 485 Temporary Graduate Visa is for students who are completing their studies in Australia. Once upon a time the SC485 had only one stream. Any student completing two years of studies (92 weeks) that will… Read More »News for recent graduates – what you need to know
As we all know the present time is very volatile – things are changing rapidly in the world’s economy and politics: this is no more apparent than in the immigration space. That is why AR… Read More »Lump Sum/Fix professional fees: Certainty in these times of Change – For Peace of Mind
There is an old English saying – “more than one way to skin a cat” which means, if you look hard enough you will often find an alternative way to solve a problem. This saying… Read More »Cat skinning made easy. Citizenship grant for the daughter of Refugee applicant
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