Australian Immigration Daily News

The Bulletin regularly includes a sample of decisions recently published in the AAT’s Migration & Refugee Division and Social Services & Child Support Division.

It occasionally includes information on legislative changes that affect the AAT.

Source: AAT-Bulletin-17-Dec-2018.pdf

A 32-year-old Indian national has been arrested for serious offences under the Migration Act 1958 after allegedly applying for a protection visa using a false identity and fraudulent identity documents.

ABF investigators will allege that after being refused a protection visa using a different name in 2015, the man obtained a false identity and subsequently attempted to apply for a protection visa in Australia using that identity.

Source: Man-arrested-for-alleged-migration-fraud.pdf

IELTS is often a necessary step towards study or migration in Australia and to give your clients the edge, IDP IELTS is pleased to announce a new IELTS referral program. All registered migration and education agents in Australia are welcome to join the program, designed to cater to both small and large agencies.

The flexible five tier program covers all new test bookings at IDP owned test centres across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. Commission is payable from the first test booking onward. You and your clients will also receive annual support benefits from access to the IELTS online booking system for your clients, to free access to paid-for practice materials and support tools.

We will also reward your support of IDP IELTS with quarterly and annual benefits for our top referral program performers.

Compared with 100 years ago, Australians today are older, have fewer children, are more likely to live in urban areas, and are more likely to be born overseas in countries other than the United Kingdom.

Stimulated by the gold rushes of the 19th century, Australia's population had reached nearly four million by Federation in 1901. For the first part of the 20th century, natural increase was the main contributor to population growth, as better living conditions saw births outnumber deaths.

Following the end of World War II in 1945, the total fertility rate grew and Australia actively embarked on an immigration program to boost the population.

Three people were arrested in Melbourne by the Australian Federal Police for alleged migration offences as part of an ongoing Australian Border Force investigation

The AFP- led (AFP) Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) also seized more than $3.7 million in assets rel ated to the investigation.

Two men and one woman appeared in court today charged under the Migration Act 1958 with facilitating employment of unlawful non-citizens and lawful non-citizens with no work rights.