Australian Immigration Daily News

I received an annoying email today from IARC, an organisation which has largely been living off the purse-strings of the Australian government for as long as I can remember. 

The email was nothing short of a political sob-story, a media propoganda piece about IARC's poor legal centre.  The email suggests that IARC is losing IAAAS funding ( some of the approximately $17.3 million in 2010-11) to help non-Australian "irregular maritime arrivals" apply for Australian visas.

According to figures from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship this was around double the $8.8 million shelled out the year before that.

At Bupa we realise that June is one of the busiest months of the year for Migration Agents. So, to help make things easier for our customers Bupa offers an instant Health Insurance Visa Letter for Overseas Visitor Cover and Overseas Student Health Cover. 

Anyone that joins online at Bupa or through the Bupa Migration Portal https://migrationalliance.bupa.com.au/ will receive their Health Insurance Visa Letter for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) instantly by email.  At Bupa we understand that Migration Agents and their customers require a prompt supply of their letter to ensure their visa application is completed. This automatic response helps to ensure our customers that their proof of enrolment has been received instantly and offers them peace of mind. 

If you would like to find out more about the instant Health Insurance Visa Letter or, if you have any questions relating to any of our products, please do not hesitate to contact your Bupa representative.

Last Friday 13th June 2014 Migration Alliance representatives attended the DIBP NSW Client Reference Group meeting held at the Gateway Building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Steve Ingram, the CEO of the Office of the MARA provided a positive presentation regarding the migration advice profession.

Interestingly the profession is trending upwards and there are now approximately 5200 RMAs in the profession.  This is up from 4899 last year.  Mr Ingram said that the upwards trend had been continuing for some time now.

Just in from the MRT-RRT:

June 2014 – COMMUNITY LIAISON UPDATE

Dear Community Liaison Network members

The following are a list of persons in the National Office for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.  In cases where a generic email address is provided, if a person's name is available then their email is likely to be their first name then their last name with a full stop between the names, then followed by immi.gov.au.  As an example this would look like This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

All information provided is already available to the public.

Deputy Secretary, Business Services Group