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Expansion of SHEV 'regional Australia' postcodes, update on processing the IMA legacy caseload and launch of a new IMA webpage
The following information has been sent to Migration Alliance by the DIBP:
Dear colleague or stakeholder
I am writing to tell you that the Tasmanian Government has nominated all postcodes in Tasmania to be part of ‘regional Australia’ for the purpose of the Safe Haven Enterprise visa (SHEV). I am also pleased to announce a new website for illegal maritime arrivals (IMAs) and to provide a brief update on processing. I trust this information will be helpful to you in your work.
Expansion of SHEV ‘regional Australia’ post codes
All postcodes in Tasmania are now considered ‘regional Australia’ as part of the SHEV arrangements. Tasmania joins New South Wales as the other participating state where work and/or study by SHEV holders will count towards meeting the SHEV pathway requirements.
Once invited to apply for a protection visa, IMAs may choose to apply for a SHEV, whether or not the state or territory they are currently living in, or want to live in, has become part of ‘regional Australia’ under SHEV. When lodging an application, people need to indicate that they intend, at some point during the visa grant period of five years, to work and/or study in a designated regional area if granted a SHEV. Further information about SHEVs is available on the website at www.border.gov.au/ima.
Processing the IMA legacy caseload and first outcomes under the Fast Track Assessment process
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has now decided a number of visa applications from people who arrived after 13 August 2012 and who had their protection claims assessed under the Fast Track Assessment Process.
We are currently inviting people who arrived from 13 August 2012 to 13 November 2012 to apply for a protection visa. Next to be invited to apply will be people who arrived from 14 to 28 November 2012. We anticipate sending invites to this group later this year. The webpage, Applying for a protection visa, will be updated when a new date range of people is invited to apply.
A small number of people may not yet have received an invitation to apply because we have been unable to contact them. Contact details can be updated by calling 1300 728 662 with their name, date of birth, boat identification number, home address and contact phone number.
New IMA website launched
The new IMA website was recently launched. We have heard your feedback and implemented a new structure, with a better flow and more accessible information. The new design makes it easier for people to find out information about living in the community and the protection visa application and assessment process. Please check the website www.border.gov.au/ima to see these changes.
Questions?
For further information please see our website at www.border.gov.au/ima and www.border.gov.au/paig or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Assistant Secretary
Onshore Protection Branch | Refugee and Humanitarian Visa Management Division
Visa and Citizenship Services Group
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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SBS Report On IELTS Scam
A news story that appeared on last night's "SBS News" and that has been republished oinline today reported that there are "dodgy operators" who are offering to "sell" fake IELTS test certificates. The story indicated that the price that is being asked for the false test reports may range from $5,000 to as high as $12,000.
The story says that these fake certificates are being advertised on several websites.
It also quotes one unidentified migration agent as saying that the company that she works for "offers a middleman service for those willing to pay". This agent is also quoted in the story as saying: " If the client wants to work and migrate to Australia, we offer them the fake IELTS".
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Court Confirms IELTS Test Must Be Taken Before Application For Skilled Migration Is Lodged
When does an applicant for a visa that requires “competent English” have to take an IELTS test?
The wording of Regulation 1.15C(1)(bb) says that the test must be “conducted in the 3 years immediately before the day on which the application was made”.
Does this regulation mean what it “seems to say” – that the IELTS test must be taken “before” the application was lodged?
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Immigration department bombarded with Freedom of Information requests
More applicants are starting to scrutinise DIBPs decision-making process given the dramatic spike in FOI requests to the department of immigration (DIBP) over the last year according to statistics from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
DIBP received 18,851 FOI applications over the year - an increase of almost 7,000 from the previous year. This is equivalent to 51 FOI applications a day and four times more than the agency with the next highest number of requests, the Department of Human Services, reports The Canberra Times.
The surge in requests comes as the FOI laws have been labelled "pernicious" by Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd and at a time when the Coalition government is seeking to disband the OAIC.
This year, Mr Lloyd said the laws had gone further than intended and were being used to pursue information about newsworthy issues of the day rather than personal information.
However, according to the OAIC, most requests to the top three agencies were from members of the public seeking access to documents containing their own personal information.
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