Australian Immigration Daily News

Sponsorship applications for Subclass 870 visa opened on 17 April 2019 and the first round of sponsorships have been approved. Visa applications Subclass 870 visas will commence as scheduled on 1 July 2019.

In anticipation of the new programme due to commence within a matter of weeks, below is some vital information which Migration Agents as well as potential applicants may find useful.

The introduction of the temporary sponsored parent visa finally passed the Senate and as a result introduced Migration Amendment (Family Violence and other Measures) Bill 2016 (the Bill) through Parliament.  Applications to sponsor a parent for a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa are open from 17 April 2019. 

Employers who wish to nominate a foreign employee for ENS Subclass 186 visa (permanent residence) will be required to evidence that there is a genuine need for an employee to occupy certain position on a permanent and ongoing basis.

This criterion is applicable to Temporary Residence Transition Stream as well as Direct Entry Stream respectively. The appears to be a level of misunderstanding regarding this requirement, particularly, that such evidence needs to come in a form of Labour Market Testing (similar to the process of sponsoring a TSS employee).  The purpose of this article is to clarify this requirement and provide suggestions in terms of evidence could be provided by an employer for the Department to consider.

Temporary Residence Transition Stream (TRTS):

Invitation date: 24 May 2019

Number of Invitations Issued: 323

Matrix score range:

• All Matrix submitted with 135 to 70 points
• 65 point matrix submitted on or before 30 April 2019

Source: http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/canberra-matrix-invitation-round/

We will all be familiar with clients who at the last moment are too sick to attend a hearing either at Court ar at the AAT.

The appropriate course is to ask the client to provide a medical certificate seeking to be excused.

However, we must make sure that the relevant certificate is in proper form and says that the client is too unwell to attend or to give evidence in the proceedings.

1.      MORLA

Home Affairs announced important changes to Minister of Religion Labour Agreement (MORLA).  The purpose of the changes is to facilitate sponsorship of additional occupation Religious Assistant (ANZSCO 451816). The new initiative broadens MORLA to sponsorship options outside tthe only occupation available under the agreement - Minister of Religion.

All questions in the MORLA request form should be answered as they currently are for applicants requesting a MORLA.