The failed coup in Turkey will
carry significant consequences for Turkish visa applicants.
On one side, Turkish citizens
in Australia who claim to be opponents of the government will now have a chance
to lodge protection visa applications on the basis that they will face
persecution if they return to Turkey. Similarly, Turkish citizens seeking
Condition 8503 waivers and Schedule 3 waivers (in respect of onshore partner
visa applications) will be able to rely on the uncertain political situation in
Turkey to have greater chances...
Monday, 18 July 2016
Thursday, 14 July 2016
457 Visa Holders Have Work Rights Too
Employers of 457 Visa holders must comply with both
Australian workplace and immigration laws, and any workers who are unfairly
dismissed or treated improperly have the right to enforce their rights.
A case brought to the Fair Work Commission by Mrs Maricar Virata, a citizen of the
Philippines who had been working in Australia on a 457 Visa, is a clear
reminder to all employers of their obligations when considering terminating
employees on these visas.
Mrs Virata was employed to be the manager of the Halls Gap
Motel. Her salary was $55,000...
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Brexit impacts for Australians/Brits
The result of the recent referendum in Britain has opened a fundamental crack in the Western world.has opened
a fundamental crack in the Western world. However this does not impact much on
Australians with British passports. Living and working in Britain will be as
easy as it was before Brexit for those with UK passports and ancestry visas —
nothing will change. Additionally, those wanting to travel to Europe on holiday
will still be able to because Aussies and Brits are able to visit much of
continental Europe without visas in the first...
Sunday, 3 July 2016
Working Holiday Visa - Definitions of "Specified Work"
The Minister for Immigration, Peter
Dutton has specified (by way of Legislative Instrument, 5 May 2016) what ‘specified work’
will satisfy the Working Holiday visa ‘regional work’ requirements,
as follows:-
(i) plant and animal
cultivation:
A. the harvesting and/or packing
of fruit and vegetable crops;
B. pruning and trimming vines
and trees;
C. general maintenance crop
work;
D. cultivating or propagating
plants, fungi or their products or parts;
E. immediate processing of plant
products;
F. maintaining animals for the
purposes...
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