Australian Visa Options

Australian Visa Options

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Business Visas

Business Visas Business Visas There are a number of visas available for business people and investors looking to establish or manage a new or existing business, or invest in Australia. Business visas are available to people who have a proven successful business career, and have a genuine and realistic commitment to help drive the Australian […]

About Australia

Sponsored Workers For information about visiting Australia, take a look at the official Australian Tourism website. Here you will find information about popular places to visit, and things to do when you get there: https://www.australia.com/en Visit Australia For facts about Australia’s government and economy, trade and business, education, healthcare and other useful information, download the […]

Ten year visa ban if guilty of identity fraud

5/3/14 Amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), which will take effect from 22 March 2014, seek to prevent identity fraud in Australia’s visa and citizenship programs, by expanding the application of Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4020 – so that a relevant visa is not granted unless the Minister is satisfied of the identity of the […]

BUPA new DIBP provider of health assessment and other services

3/3/14 The Department has announced Bupa as the successful tender applicant for provision of comprehensive health services from 25 May 2014 to 24 May 2017. Bupa will replace Medibank Health Solutions in providing: visa medical examinations and assessments onshore; provision of Fitness to Travel, Fitness to Depart and Carer visa assessments; and Health Status Assessments. […]

Eligible passports – SmartGate automatic entry extended to Singaporean passport holders

19/2/14 Access to SmartGate automatic border processing has been extended to Singaporean passport holders adding to the eligibility of Australian, New Zealand, Swiss, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and US citizens aged 16 years and older, who are holders of an ePassport of that nationality, at Australian international airports. Read more about […]

ACT Closes Applications for 190 from Overseas Applicants

2/4/15 Overseas applications for ACT State sponsored 190 applications will recommence on 1 July 2015.

ACT Occupations List update

18/2/14 The 2014 ACT Occupations List has been updated and comes into effect on 24 February 2014.  Applications for ACT nomination submitted before 24/02/14 will be assessed against the old August 2013 Occupation List. Occupations verified before 24/02/14 will still have 30 days to lodge the application for ACT nomination. Employability in the ACT is the main focus […]

Appointment service to lodge applications in person no longer available

12/2/14 The only appointments DIBP have in place are for post lodgement biometrics for onshore protection applicants and for Citizenship testing. As many applications are now able to be lodged online, this is the Department’s preferred lodgement channel. Mailing applications or couriering directly to the processing centre is also another option. The Department also no longer […]

A course swap could mean a student visa is cancelled. Be aware of visa condition 8516 for streamlined student visa holders.

30/1/14 Under the streamlined student visa processing arrangements eligible student visa applicants from participating universities are assessed for a visa outside the Assessment Level (AL) Framework and are not subject to the evidentiary requirements of schedule 5A of the Migration Regulations. Visa condition 8516 requires that ‘The holder must continue to be a person who […]