Australian Immigration Daily News

There have been updates for addresses for overseas network locations for the purpose of biometrics:

The new locations are as follows:

Kingdom of Bahrain
Manama
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
23rd Floor, West Tower
Bahrain Financial Harbour
Manama
Kingdom of Bahrain

France
Paris
WorldBridge Services
18 rue des Prony
92600 Asnières Sur Seine
Paris
France

Bangladesh
Dhaka
VFS Bangladesh Pvt, Ltd
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
ZN Tower, 1st Floor, Plot # 2
Road 8, Block SW(1), Gulshan Avenue
Dhaka 1212
Bangladesh
 
Ghana
Accra
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
House No. 2
Lenshie Crescent
North Labone
Accra
Ghana

Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Australian Embassy
No. 16B National Assembly Street
Sangkat Tonle Bassac
Khan Chamkamon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia

Jordan
Amman
WorldBridge Services
5, Dr. Mohamed Al Bashir Street
Shmeisani, Amman
Jordan

Egypt
Cairo
Australian Biometrics Collection Centre
3 Abou El Feda Street
1st Floor, HSBC Building
Zamalek
Cairo
Egypt
   
Kenya
Nairobi
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Geomaps Centre
Matumbato Road
Upper Hill Nairobi
00100 Kenya

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Saay New Building
Bole Road
3rd Floor, House No 676/05
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
   

Kuwait
Kuwait City
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
4B 1st Floor, Al Banwan Building
Al Qibla Area, Ali Al Salem Street
Opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kuwait

Lebanon
Beirut
WorldBridge Visa Application Center
Tabaris Center 1063
9th Floor Tabaris Square
Achrafieh, Beirut
Lebanon
   
Pakistan
Islamabad
Australian Visa Application Centre
14-B, Sadiq Plaza
G-9 Markaz
Islamabad
Pakistan

Malaysia
Jalan Ampang
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Suite 19.06
19 Floor, Wisma MCA
163 Jalan Ampang
50450, Malaysia
   
Pakistan
Karachi
Australian Visa Application Centre
43/1/D, Razi Road
PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal
Karachi
Pakistan

Nigeria
Abuja
Australian Visa Application Centre
No 38 Lobito Crescent
Wuse-2
Abuja
Nigeria
   
Pakistan
Lahore
Australian Visa Application Centre
20, Ex American Centre Building
Opp. Ganga Ram Hospital
Queens Road
Lahore
Pakistan

Nigeria
Lagos
Australian Visa Application Centre
No 16 Billings Way
Oregun Industrial Area, Ikeja
Lagos
Nigeria
   
Qatar
Doha
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Sherif Building, 5th Floor
Opposite Toyota Towers
Doha
Qatar

Sultanate of Oman
Muscat
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Villa no 32, Way No 4034
Al Diyafah Street
Opposite Indian School
Al Ghubbrah North
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
   
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Dove Plaza (Hyper panda)
Omm Al Hamam Street
Omm Al Hamam
Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Pakistan
Islamabad
Australian High Commission
Corner of Constitution Avenue and Ispahani Road
Diplomatic Enclave No 1
Sector G-5/4
Islamabad
Pakistan
   
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Al Khobar
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Office no 8
3rd Floor Gulf Centre, Prince Turki Street
Cornish Road
Al Khobar
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
4th Floor, Aldrees Centre
King Abdullah Road
Jeddah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
   
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Shining Tower
Level 25
King Khalid Bin Abdel Aziz 26th Street
Adjacent to Khalidyah Mall
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Sri Lanka
Colombo
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Level 5, Access Towers
278 Union Place
Colombo 2, Sri Lanka

On 21 August 2013 the DIAC released information on it's website about a new Australian visa application centre in Guangzhou.  For more information on this please see this link:http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/new-visa-processing.htm

I don't think that the PNG solution is really a solution if it is not deterring the boats.  Yes another boat carrying about 105 people on board has capsized just north Christmas Island today.

The boat is apparently in Australian waters and Australian authorities are currently on the scene.  Somehow a person on board the boat managed to send a request for help to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority sometime this morning.

Today at about 12:20pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, the HMAS Parramatta arrived on the scene and reported that the vessel carrying asylum seekers had capsized.  A resue mission is now underway with Customs Dash 8 aircraft being used to move the people from the scene.   A boat from the Australian navy has also been sent in and then a merchant boat is about to arrive to assist.  Then to top it off a P3 Orion aircraft will be arriving to assist this afternoon.

The latest boat to sink in Australian waters comes as the Labor Government faces a legal challenge to its recently announced 'PNG Solution' which in my opinion will end up just like the 'Malaysia NO SOLUTION'.

It seems the boats do not stop coming and that the crisis of the boats has not stopped with Labor's next plan. 

It is my view that people want to escape places of terror and war and they will do anything to get away from persecution, even if it means they will be resettled in PNG.   At least they will be safer than where they came from.

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Scott Staniforth will be presenting at the Migration Alliance Perth Conference which starts on 6th September 2013.  Scott will be speaking from 2:00pm to 3:30pm on Friday 6th September 2013.  Legal Training Australia is the CPD provider running the conference and is the proud supporter of Migration Alliance.  For more information on how to book into this Perth event and to obtain 10 points of Migration CPD please click here.

Be quick to secure your seat at this event as seats will sell out.

For more infomation and a biography see: Scott-Staniforth-Biography.pdf.

Changes for SNOL in South Australia have been made to their occupations list.  The latest version of the SNOL for South Australia is located on their website here and is dated 19/08/2013:

https://www.migration.sa.gov.au/SNOL_Data

Changes such as special conditions and off-listing criteria apply to certain occupations especially ICT occupations.