Australian Immigration Daily News

Citizenship and Migration decisions can be found on Page 3 of the latest AAT Bulletin dated 4 February 2019.

http://www.aat.gov.au/AAT/media/AAT/Files/AAT%20Bulletins/5-19.pdf

It is recommended that the Bulletin be read on-line. This has the advantage of allowing the reader to use hyperlinks to access the full text of cases and other internet sites mentioned in the Bulletin.

Skilled and Business Migration Update  - February 2019

The Skilled and Business Migration Program is pleased to launch its first bilingual site liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au, now featuring comprehensive new content in Mandarin.

The Live in Melbourne website is the gateway for skilled, investor and business migrants to apply for Victorian visa nomination, and get information on living, working and doing business in Melbourne – one of the world’s most liveable cities.

China is Australia’s fastest growing and highest spending inbound tourism market, with 2.5 million Chinese tourists on tours per year.

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs David Coleman said making it as easy as possible to facilitate travel between China and Australia was a critical factor to the ongoing success of the Approved Destination Status (ADS).

“Streamlined and quicker visa processing times are a major drawcard of the ADS and have been replicated in other parts of the visa system,” Minister Coleman said.

The following information has just been received by RDA Orana, NSW:

For the month of January, Health and Mining lead the charge for jobs being advertised in the Orana region.

There were 54 Health and Social Welfare roles; including General nursing, mental health nursing, support workers and a number of positions for doctors and specialists. Most of these roles are for the centres of Dubbo and Mudgee, with a number of nursing positions being advertised in the smaller towns in the region.

This week marks ten years of since I entered the immigration profession and naturally many things have changed since 2009.  Introduction of immi account, abolition of subclass 457 visa, introduction of several new visa subclasses to cater for the ever-changing landscape we know as Australian Immigration.  Considering this anniversary, it got me wondering, if I had to pick just one major change in immigration landscape, what that would be, my answer, Department's approach to PIC 4020.

What is PIC 4020

In summary, Public interest criterion (PIC) 4020 is intended to significantly increase the level of integrity in visa applications by providing a strong disincentive to those considering giving, or causing to be given, a bogus document or information that is false or misleading in a material particular. It also requires applicants to satisfy the delegate as to their identity.