Australian Immigration Daily News

Currently VETASSESS considers paid doctoral research level studies as valid employment for skills assessment purposes.
 
Please be advised that as of 15 December 2018, VETASSESS will not accept paid doctoral studies for skills assessment purposes, consistent with the Department of Home Affairs requirements. 

For skilled employment to be considered ‘remunerated’, applicants must be engaged in the occupation on a paid basis, generally at the award or market rate of the occupation. A person receiving minimal living allowances or scholarships designed to cover study expenses would not be considered to be 'remunerated'.
 
VETASSESS will continue to ensure that impact on its clients is minimised during the transition leading up to the implementation date. Applications received prior to 15 December 2018 will be processed according to the criteria at the time of applying.

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Migration Alliance has recently teamed up with Facebook Group "Support Network for MARA Agents". 

This is a dedicated and purpose-built group just for Australian Registered Migration Agents.

This Facebook group is appealing because it is a closed group.  It has recruited the right people to administrate the posts, and it has clear guidelines about the type of conduct that is appropriate for members.   

Strong leadership of the group is provided by the Founder, RMA, Johanna Barnard.  

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The following persons have been witnesses:

BIGIRIMANA, Ms Melita, Assistant Director, Overseas Students Ombudsman Team, Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

VETASSESS OFFICE CLOSURE

During the festive season, VETASSESS offices will close from Friday 21 December 2018 and will reopen, Wednesday 2 January 2019.

SUBMITTING NEW APPLICATIONS
Please note the revised time frames for submitting new applications prior to this period:

The following Australian Immigration newsletter has been prepared by Lewis Bollard Migration Experts and making interesting reading:

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