Breaking Australian immigration news brought to you by Migration Alliance and associated bloggers.
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.
Personal Insurance for 457 Visa Holders
The Migration Alliance is pleased to announce it has recently entered into a Partnership with Make A Difference Insurance for the provision of personal insurance services to 457 Visa Holders.
Make A Difference Insurance is a family owned brokerage specializing in the following types of personal insurance:
...
MARCH 2014 – COMMUNITY LIAISON UPDATE
Dear Community Liaison network members
I am pleased to provide the community liaison update for March 2014.
...
Migration Alliance is proud to invite you to an exclusive Business Lunch hosted by Craig Laundy MP, Federal Member for Reid, with special guest, The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.
This is a unique opportunity for migration agent voices to be heard on key points affecting the migration profession.
Migration Alliance board will be in attendance at this meeting beating the drum hard on the following issues:
The MRT-RRT have requested that Migration Alliance provide this news to members:
Amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 commenced on 12 March 2014. The amendments are applicable to Australian government agencies and to many private sector organisations and involve the introduction of new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Further information about the changes can be found on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.
To comply with the privacy reforms the tribunals have released an updated Privacy Policy and new versions (Design date 03/14) of M1, M2 and R1 ‘Application for review’ forms. Previous versions of the ‘Application for review’ forms released in July 2013 (Design date 07/13) will not be accepted by the tribunals after 30 June 2014. Printouts of applications generated by the tribunals’ online application system are not affected and remain valid.
In a recent management committee meeting Migration Alliance moved motions to accept two incoming board members. To view the new Migration Alliance Committee please click here.
Gary Christensen - Treasurer (photo inset)
Gary is a Registered Migration Agent. Gary holds a Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law & Practice from the Australian National University, and is currently completing a Masters of Migration Law and Practice (Griffith University) and is working towards a Bachelor of Laws. Prior to obtaining registration, Gary worked as a legal support officer for Hardy Lawyers, a legal practice in Newcastle NSW specialising in Australian Immigration Law.
Login / Join
