Australian Immigration Daily News

The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved place and manner for Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visa applications.  The postal address and address for courier delivery were amended to addresses in Queensland, and the fax number was removed, and replaced with an email address. 

The Department’s name has also been updated from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to the Department of Home Affairs to reflect the new name of the Department.

Source: Medical-Treatment-LIN18090----Instrument.pdf (Instrument)

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Australia’s peak professional association for Registered Migration Agents, Migration Alliance, congratulates the Hon Scott Morrison on his appointment as Australia's thirtieth Prime Minister.

Founder of Migration Alliance, Liana Allan says, “Scott Morrison’s background as Australia's Minister for Immigration, and having spearheaded the Australian Border Force will best position the Government to see the potential of Australian immigration for this country. I believe that as Australia's next Prime Minister, Morrison will be a friend to Australian migration agencies and and improve on the notion that Australia is a number one global country of choice of migrants."

"Migration Alliance wants to work with the government on a vision for Australian immigration, and want policies that encourage migration agent business confidence and of course investment in the promotion of Australia as a key destination for new migrants."

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT!

CANBERRA – 31 AUGUST 2018

On 29 June 2018 the ACT Government partially closed its permanent visa program to people living in Canberra who did not have one of the limited numbers of occupations on the ACT Occupation List.

There is no doubt that Australia has seen a massive year in many aspects relating to immigration.

Swooping changes last April resulted in the Government announcing the abolition of the Subclass 457 visa, a visa programme which allowed businesses to bring skilled workers for the past 24 years. The same month saw the Government halt processing of citizenship applications in hope of passing legislation to existing toughen eligibility criteria including stricter English language as well as residency requirements.

This year, a more restrictive TSS visa was introduced in March.  Further changes included increasing the pool pass mark for General Skilled Migration as well as removal of 230 occupations from the previous skilled occupation list.  Finally, this year Australian population has surpassed the 25 million.  This is a significant milestone for a country which is still fairly young, yet very modern and advanced in many aspects.