On 24 February 2016 Hungary became the latest country to sign a reciprocal arrangement with Australia, allowing young people from both countries to visit each other’s nations under the Australian Government’s work and holiday arrangements.
The arrangement was signed at Parliament House between the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton and Hungarian Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Dr Attila Laszlo Gruber.
Mr Dutton said this was a great development as it would encourage young people to add Australia...
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
ACT Skilled Occupation List (SOL) Updated
The ACT Occupation list for Subclass 190 sponsored visas has
been updated today.
Changes in skills needs in the ACT has allowed for a
large number of occupations to be opened and 2 have been closed.
The occupations of child
care centre manager and panel
beater have been closed.
Thirty four new occupations have been opened in the communications,
construction, finance, hospitality, and nursing.
Contact Nevett Ford Lawyers Melbourne for further information, advice and assistance...
Monday, 22 February 2016
South Australia to recognise highly performing international graduates
Immigration South Australia (SA) is making it easier for talented international
graduates of South Australian public universities to qualify for state
nomination through the "high performing graduate" category.
Immigration SA offers state nomination to international graduates of South
Australia who meet state
and federal
government requirements for a 190 or 489 General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa...
Sunday, 21 February 2016
An additional pathway to permanent residence for ‘non-protected’ Special Category Visa (SCV) holders
An additional pathway to permanent residence for ‘non-protected’ Special Category Visa (SCV) holders
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Options for permanent residence for 'non-protected' SCV holders
In acknowledgment of our special bilateral relationship, the Australian Government will provide an additional pathway to permanent residence, and therefore citizenship, for New Zealand Special Category visa (SCV) holders who arrived after 26 February 2001, who have lived in Australia for the last five years and shown a commitment and contribution to Australia....
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
NEW Short-Term Mobility Visa
Starting July
2016, a new visa program will be implemented by Australian Immigration, called
the Short-Term Mobility Visa, which is supposed to make it easier for
skilled migrants to come and work in Australia. This visa is valid for a 12
month period and allows the nominee multiple entries into Australia to
undertake “specialised work” for short-term appointments.
The Short-Term Mobility visa is part of the Federal Government’s plan to
simplify the visa system and enable Australian businesses a lot more
flexibility in terms of attracting...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Seasonal Worker Programme
The Seasonal Worker Programme has been expanded to include more
sectors of the agricultural and farming industries, in an effort
to address seasonal labour shortages. Seasonal workers can now also be
employed in a broader range of sectors including cattle, sheep, grain and
mixed enterprises, as well as fruit and grape harvesting.
The changes to the programme are expected to provide a
boost to labour forces for Australian farmers, and economic
benefits and skills development for workers from the Pacific Islands...
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The back door to legal offshore detention
The
High Court held valid a law which the dissenting judge acknowledges permits the
Commonwealth to do outside of Australia what it can’t do inside Australia.
Parliament
last year took the most unusual step of passing legislation retrospectively so
as to sidestep the detention limitations set out in an earlier decided case of
Lim. But for this, it would have been unlikely that the Government would have
been successful in the challenge.
The
High Court noted that it is lawful for Australia to make laws in respect of the
removal...
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Business Skills Visa 888 for Entrepreneurs – How much your ownership interest in the main business must be
The 888 (Business Innovation Stream) visa is a
permanent visa available for those who hold an 188 (Business Innovation Stream)
visa to apply after they have successfully owned and managed on daily basis the
main business in Australia for at least two years and met a range of
requirements pertaining to the primary visa applicant’s management role in the main
business, financial performance of the main business and net assets owned by
the primary visa applicant (or with spouse jointly) in Australia.
The Migration
Act 1958 and Migration Regulations
1994...
Sunday, 7 February 2016
SIV (Significant Investor Visa)
Under the complying investment framework for the SIV program,
SIV applicants are required to invest at least $5 million over four years in
complying investments which must now include:
At least $500,000 in eligible Australian venture capital
or growth private equity fund(s) investing in start-up and small private
companies (“VCPE”). This is subject to review and the Government may increase
this to $1 million for new applications depending on how the market responds;
At least $1.5 million in an eligible managed fund(s) or
Listed Investment...
PIV (Premium Investor Visa)
The Premium Investor Visa was introduced on 1 July 2015.
The PIV is a separate visa program that targets talented entrepreneurs
and innovators with a minimum $15 million to invest at the invitation of the Australian
Government.
The PIV focuses on attracting a small number of highly talented and
entrepreneurial individuals to Australia who can contribute those skills and
talents into areas which deliver a long term economic benefit to the country.
The Premium Investor Visa is available at the invitation of the
Australian Government...
High Court finds offshore processing of asylum seekers is constitutionally valid
The High Court of Australia has found that the Australian
Government’s offshore processing of asylum seekers is constitutionally valid.
The case has been brought by the Human Rights Law Centre which has worked with
the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support
and Advocacy Network.
The case sought, amongst other things, a declaration that the
Commonwealth's conduct in enforcing the plaintiff’s offshore detention or the
Commonwealth’s entry into contracts in connection with this detention be ruled
unlawful,...
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Love & marriage… do not have to go together with the horse and carriage
The Federal Court aptly referenced Frank Sinatra’s hit on “love
& marriage” in deciding whether romantic love is a requirement for
a partner visa.
This case involved a couple who were undoubtedly in a
relationship of sorts, but admittedly not “in love”. The Federal Court in
rejecting an appeal from the Federal Circuit Court, unanimously held that the
absence of romantic love was not necessarily fatal in determining a
partner visa application. The Court held that romantic love is not a
determinative factor and cannot...
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