Australian Immigration Daily News

2019 Orana Mining, Energy & Transport (MET) Industry Forum

ONLY 8 days until the MET Industry Forum & post networking State of the Region Dinner

Thursday, 13 June 2019

The following information has been sent to Migration Alliance by Megan Dixon from Orana in NSW:

We are pleased to announce we have create a special deal for our upcoming MET Industry Forum DAMA Session with the Department of Home Affairs and post networking State of the Region Dinner with keynote speaker Jonathan Pain. 

With over 340 jobs advertised in the Orana Region in the past month alone, skilled and semi-skilled migration is an essential element of tackling our workforce shortage and one of the many reasons why the DAMA will be a significant advantage to businesses in the region. 

Annual Federal Courts and Tribunals Fee Increases from 1 July 2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019G00482

From 1 July 2019:

1. Application fees in the Migration and Refugee Division increase to $1,787.

A huge number of emails and calls have been received regarding the Migration Agents Capstone exam.

This article about the difficulties associated with the Capstone went live on 27 March 2019, and now has 2,710 hits:

https://migrationalliance.com.au/immigration-daily-news/entry/2019-03-the-capstone-complaint-letter-sent-to-the-minister-and-others.html

AGA’s Overseas Visitors Health Cover (OVHC) is health insurance for international visitors wishing to travel or work in Australia.  Allianz provide health insurance for a range of working visas and provide a range of covers split between ‘Workers health cover’ and ‘Visitors health cover’ as follows:

For Workers:
• Budget Working Cover
• Standard Working Cover
• Mid Working Cover
• Top Working Cover

For Visitors:
• Budget Visitors Cover
• Standard Visitors Cover

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that:

He has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Scott Morrison MP as Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service.

He has been pleased to swear in as Executive Councillors: