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Liana Allan is probably Australia's best known migration agent. Liana is the owner of Legal Training Australia Pty Ltd which is a professional development firm training Australian migration agents and owner of Visacorp Pty Ltd migration agency. Liana's main passion is serving the needs of the migration agent community and providing migrants with information that can truly assist them as they seek to create a new life in Australia. Liana plays netball twice a week and enjoys great food and the occasional glass of Shiraz. Liana lives in Sydney, Australia and has two children. Liana is married.
11 – 13 February, 2015, at Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne, Australia
The First International Conference on Migration, Social Disadvantage and Health will be held on 11 – 13 February, 2015 and is being hosted by the Global Health and Society Unit under the leadership of Associate Professor Andre Renzaho, Director, Migration, Social Disadvantage and Health Programs, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.
Migration Alliance is partnering with Monash University and is running the session on 'Immigration policy and its impact on migration: Global and Australian contexts.'
...This is what I got back (as did other RMAs). All are replica replies:
Our references: FA 14/08/00981; ADF2014/30042
Dear Liana Allan
...Some are waiting for VACs - others are waiting for the 2 year requirement (801 partners).
By chance, after the “maintenance” the department has done on or around 23 August I checked such a saved, completed application - and found that INFORMATION HAS BEEN DELETED.
Specifically, I have noticed travel, education and employment entries missing. I have also noticed some fields to an ENS application were also deleted.
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to RMAs at present is as follows:
"We appreciate your patience and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Our developers are still trying to resolve the issue. During this time Please provide your client’s full bio data (name, DOB, and passport number) and My Health Declaration/visa application TRN to enable our further assistance."