Immigrating to a new country is a daunting and often scary process. Unfortunately, a few rotten eggs are making... Read More
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has shed more light on what it considers as ‘acceptable expenditure’ to meet training benchmarks. It has also given an update on what ‘expenditure periods’ will be applied when assessing benchmark compliance. Retrospective application of training benchmark changes For those wondering if training benchmark changes will apply […]Read More
The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) is a permanent residence visa that enables Australian employers to sponsor skilled migrant workers to take up employment in positions where there are skills shortages. Usually, the employer has to prove their inability to fill the positions locally. The workers can be from abroad or residents living and working […]Read More
Australia is set to abolish its temporary work visa program, known as the 457 visa, and replace it with a new programme that requires the applicant to have better English-language and job skills. The decision to abolish the popular work visa which enables over 95,000 foreigners to live and work in Australia is seen as […]Read More
As many visa applicants may be aware, the Turnbull Government announced significant changes to the skilled migration policy in April. The changes affect the 457 visa program which is used by employers to sponsor foreign workers to work in Australia and in the process help to fill the skill gap existing in the country. It […]Read More
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has rejected visa of Mr Ananth SM, a young Indian engineer who received a prestigious scholarship from University of Melbourne, as they feared his research might result in making weapons of mass destruction. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has rejected visa of Mr Ananth SM, a young Indian engineer who […]Read More
The convenience store giant, 7-Eleven, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. First, there was an employment and wage scandal, and now there are allegations that the store was selling Australian visas in a sponsoring scam. Close upon the heels of reports of exploitation at global convenience store 7-Eleven, there are […]Read More
If you have a business and you’re employing overseas workers, you must actively contribute to training Australian employees too, and if you aren’t, it’s likely that you will hear from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Until July 2013, businesses needed to show their active participation over a 12-month period in providing specific training […]Read More
From November of 2014, people applying for Temporary Graduate, Skilled, Work and Holiday, and Former Resident visas will have a wider choice of English language tests that will be accepted by Australia’s Department of Immigration. Currently, the two barometers of English ability that the immigration office uses are the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) […]Read More
Over the last one year, the number of Chinese and Indian Immigration to Australia has been on the rise, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics. During 2012 and 2013, around 237,000 people immigrated to Australia. Indian community is growing fast in Australia. In this news report, we will look at the statistics that show the […]Read More
