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22-May-2012
LAFHA (Living Away from Home Allowance) - New Arrangements May 2012

In the 2012-2013 Federal Budget, the Government confirmed that it intends to tighten the living ..

15-May-2012
See Linda McCreath talk about Australian Migration Law From July 2012 (Thursday 17 May 2012)

Huge changes in Australian Migration Law have been implemented over the past 2 years. Even more ..

09-May-2012
ENS /RMS Processing Questions from MIA & Answers from DIAC

The Migration Institute of Australia 'MIA' has sought clarification from the Departmen..

09-May-2012
Label-free student visas for Chinese applicants - from 1 April 2012

Good news for Chinese Student visa holders! On 1 April The Department of Immigration & Citiz..

09-May-2012
NSW Regional Certified Bodies (RCB) Nomination “cut off” dates

The NSW Trade & Investment Centre has added the following towns to its list of “cut of..

09-May-2012
Selected GSM Applications still open until 31/12/12

The Department of Immigration & Citizenship 'DIAC' will permit applications for onshore Gene..

03-Apr-2012
New Visa Subclasses for GSM - 1 July 2012

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) have proposed changes to Australia's Genera..

30-Mar-2012
CHANGES to Student Visa Program from 24 & 26 March 2012 (Knight Review reform - Stage Two)

In December 2010, the Australian Government appointed the Hon Michael Knight AO to conduct the f..

30-Mar-2012
TRA Processing Updates - Skills Assessment & Job Ready Program

Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) have recently made the following announcements to the MIA (ht..

21-Mar-2012
Analysis of the ENS PR Reform - Abacus Visa Newsletter March 2012

Abacus Visa's March 2012 visa newsletter is now available. This issue provide an analysis on ref..

12-Mar-2012
BIG CHANGES on the way for the Employer Sponsored Permanent Visa Program

The Australian Government has recently announced reforms to the Employer Sponsored permanent vis..

08-Mar-2012
Partner/Spouse Visa Processing & Procedual Update

The MIA held a meeting recently with The Department of Immigration & Citizenship's (DIAC) Fi..

07-Mar-2012
Reduced visas validity for Returning Residents (Subclass 155)

The Department of Immigration has made the following announcement regarding visa validity period..

28-Feb-2012
457 Sponsorship Opportunity - ActewAGL Canberra seeks Senior Engineers

ActewAGL is a Canberra based multi-utility company offering electricity, natural gas, water and wast..

28-Feb-2012
Argentina Added to 462 Work and Holiday Visa

From 29th February 2012, Argentina will be added to the list of countries from which passport h..

28-Feb-2012
Change In Policy for ENS/RSMS Engineers in Queensland

For Employer Sponsored permanent residence applicants, registration requirements for engineers ..

17-Feb-2012
Reduction of Assessment Levels for Student Visas

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP announced on 15 February 2012 that..

08-Feb-2012
Curitn Business School approved for contibutions to meet 457 training benchmark

Many companies wishing to sponsor overseas workers on 457 visas struggle to meet the training be..

03-Jan-2012
Visa Application Fee Increase - Effective 1 Jan 2012

From 01 January 2012 the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has increased the Governme..

29-Dec-2011
Australian Federal Police Clearances – Fee Update – effective December 2011

From 1 December 2011 the Australia Federal Police (AFP) has increased from $43.00 to $45.00 the ..