The DIBP would like to improve its visa processing times by increasing the number of assessment-ready (decision-ready) visa applications.  These are often called DRCs or complete applications with required supporting documents included in the initial application.

The DIBP would like to provide recommendations and tools that will be of benefit to clients, RMAs and DIBP's visa processing sections.  

Migration Agents are in a unique position to have their say and explain that 'decision ready applications' (DRCs) need to be given priority going forward.

We ask all Migration Alliance members to complete the survey.  Responses are anonymous and take about 7 mins.

Cutoff date for responses: 11 February 2015.

Please start the survey below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RMAARA

Migration Alliance Inc does not support or endorse Praveen Goyal in offering CPD for Migration Alliance members at a reduced rate.  Emails coming from Praveen Goyal's business, ME Alliance Pty Ltd and offering our members discounted CPD are not from Migration Alliance Inc.    

Who and what is ME Alliance Pty Ltd?

ME Alliance Pty Ltd is a private company made up of 12 ordinary shares. All 12 shares are 100% owned by Mr Praveen Goyal, born in Taraori, India. 

The Chinese reportedly made over 100 million overseas trips last year spending a record $208 billion. Chinese investors now are looking to tap into this growth by buying up hotels and leisure properties hoping that that like the Japanese before, their tourists will choose to dine and play at Chinese-owned properties, reports The Australian.

International tourist arrivals rose by 4.7 per cent to 1.14 billion in 2014, according to the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation. "Over the past years, tourism has proven to be a surprisingly strong and resilient economic activity," secretary general of the UN body, Taleb Rifai, said in a statement.

Outbound Chinese tourism is one of the key drivers of global tourism with Chinese tourists spending a record $US164.8 billion ($AUD 208 billion), according to figures reported by The Australian.

Some 709,000 Chinese tourists to Australia spent about $5.3 billion in Australia last year. Tourism Australia says recent forecasts indicate the spend could rise to $13 billion annually by 2020. Some tourist spots like Sovereign Hill in Victoria report that 80% of their visitors are from China.

Chasing the Chinese tourism dollar are some of China’s biggest investors who have been snapping up brands, property and other assets across the globe to serve as a magnet for China’s booming outbound tourist market, reports The Australian.

ClicksIT Recruitment  annual recruitment survey has found that although Australia’s  information technology sector is expected to expand slightly this year allowing companies to increase staffing levels, employers are saying that they will be looking to hire local staff and reduce their reliance on sc457 workers.

In what the industry sees as a surprising shift in employer’s attitude, IT companies are expected to be turning to temporary workers to fill their staffing needs this year according to a report on itwire.com.

The survey found that IT companies are forecasting profit rises of between 11% and 20% as organisations have put in place plans to increase their IT budgets and IT professionals staffing levels.

“This growth is due to an increase in projects that focus on digital transformation, cloud uptake and refreshing core systems” Ben Wood, the Managing Director of Clicks IT Recruitment told itwire.com.

“The IT role most in demand is business analyst, which traditionally is among the first skill hired at the start of a project, indicating a strong pipeline of project work,” noted Mr Woods.

To all RMA partners

Migration Alliance is very pleased to announce a new partnership with Blackwood Financial Services, a boutique mortgage & commercial finance brokerage company with a strong focus on Migrants and Expatriates.

Blackwood’s Migrant Banking section is headed by Tony Loeckenhoff. As the former Head of NAB’s Global Migrant Banking division, Tony is one of Australia’s best known Migrant bankers. By bringing his big 4 experience to the table, you can be confident of getting the best solution available.