The 2014-15 Budget released related to migration. DIBP and Customs become Australian Border Force from 1/7/2015 From 1 July 2015, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian…
From 22 March 2014, the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) are amended to give effect to recommendations 3 and 4 of the Review of the Student Visa Assessment Level Framework 2013 (AL Framework Review) which recommend that the assessment…
The Abbott government has quietly reopened a visa loophole that will allow employers to hire an unlimited number of foreign workers under a temporary working visa, in a move that…
In late 2013, the department conducted an evaluation of occupational ceilings to assess how they have operated to date and to consider changes to ensure they are performing their intended…
AUSTRALIA’S skilled migration program has been called into question with the revelation that cooks received more visas than any other group last year. Hairdressers also made the top five in…
FOREIGNERS in fake relationships with Australians have been stripped of their visas as the migration system is swamped with people trying to get residence here through marriage. More than 1000…