Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa Arrangement with
China
Starting from 21 September
2016, the Australian Government reached an agreement with People’s Republic of
China to expand eligibility for the Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) to
Chinese Nationals. This enables young, educated Chinese citizens to be able to
travel to Australia for work, study or holidaying purposes.
This new addition to the SC
462 Visa programme follows the recent enacted China-Australia Free Trade
Agreement (ChAFTA), and is aimed at building on the growing...
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Visa Cancellations and Delays
As a result of a concerted and ongoing campaign by the
Department of Immigration to cancel visas of persons it believes to be serious
criminal offenders, there is now a very large backlog of persons in immigration
detention awaiting news of their ultimate fate.
Once a visa is cancelled by the Department there is in
most cases a right to seek a revocation of that decision, and because of the
large numbers of cancellations that have been made there is a correspondingly
large number of revocations being sought with...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Kiribati First to Pilot Australia’s Microstate Visa Program
The new program grants a 2-year work visa, restricted to jobs in northern Australia’s agriculture or tourism industries.
December saw the first arrivals in Australia of participants from Kiribati in a new “Microstate Visa.” The program is aimed to the citizens of Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati, and carries a different set of regulations to the Seasonal Workers Program available to nine Pacific Island countries, and Timor-Leste. The visa is currently in its pilot stage and will allow 250 people from each of the three countries, over a five year...
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