Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Agent, Joey Barnard has taken Mark Northam's position as the Vice-Convenor of Migration Alliance, accepted unanimously by the committee.  

Joey comes to the role with vast experience and education, holding a Master of Migration Law & Practice (MMLP); BCouns, GCA(CW), DipProp, GCML&P, Cert IV (Celeb), Associate Degree (General Studies – psychology) and is also a Juris Doctor student.

Joey is also the Administrator of the profession's most loved Facebook Group, "Support Network for MARA Agents".

The following notice is on the Live in Victoria website:

Victoria is temporarily not accepting nomination applications for select business and investor visa programs.

Your interest in our program is highly valued and we encourage you to visit our website regularly for program updates. 

This instrument operates to determine international trade obligations of Australia for the purposes of paragraph 140GBA(1)(c) of the Act. 

Paragraph 140GBA(1)(c) provides that the labour market testing condition in section 140GBA only applies to a nomination by an approved sponsor if it would not be inconsistent with any international trade obligation of Australia to require the sponsor to satisfy conditions relating to labour market testing, as defined in subsection 140GBA(7). 

Subsection 140GBA(2) allows the Minister to determine, by legislative instrument, an obligation of Australia under international law that relates to international trade. An obligation determined by the Minister by legislative instrument includes obligations that may arise under any agreement between Australia and another country (or other countries).

This instrument sets the exchange rates for currencies by country.  The start date is 1 January 2019.

The instrument operates to specify, under paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations, in relation to the payment of a fee, as defined in subregulation 5.36(4) of the Regulations (other than a visa application charge (VAC) payment to which subsection 5.36(3A) of the Regulations applies), the places and corresponding currencies in which those fee payments must be made.

The purpose of the instrument is to undertake one of the biannual updates of the places and corresponding currencies in which payment of a fee may be made.

Source: Migration-LIN-19001-Payment-of-Visa-Application-Charges-and-Fees-in-Foreign-Currencies-Instrument-2019.pdf

NSW has temporarily closed applications for nomination for certain visas under the federal government’s Business Innovation and Investment Program pending the release of additional places by the Department of Home Affairs.

Applications now closed

Applications for nominations for the following visas are now closed:
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Business Innovation stream
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Investor stream
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Significant Investor stream
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Entrepreneur stream
Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) – Significant Business History stream
Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132 – Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream