Australian Immigration Daily News

Are you thinking of applying for a visa for employment, residence or study in another country where the language spoken is different from your own language? Are you confused by the visa requirements and worried about whether you are doing the right thing and whether your application could be rejected because you have made a mistake?

For worry free migration applications the best suggestion is to use a migration agent. These professionals know their own immigration rules inside out and understand what you need to provide to support a visa application. Using a registered and approved migration agent means you can relax and let all the responsibility for presenting your visa application with the agent rather than spend hours trying to do it yourself.

One of the advantages of using a migration agent is that they can provide you with a reasonable idea whether your visa application is likely to be successful. Most immigration authorities these days demand that you pay a fee for a visa application. This is usually not returnable, so if your application is refused for some reason, then you not only have wasted your time, but you also lose your money. A migration agent will prevent these sorts of errors from occurring.

A Federal Court decision overruling the Immigration Minister’s decision to cancel a Brisbane man’s visa mid last year, has been overturned by the Full Federal Court last week.

Mas Eden’s visa was cancelled last year by the Minister using the power to cancel a visa under section 501(2) of the Migration Act because of a criminal conviction in 2011.

The Full Court reinforced the Minister’s powers to cancel Mr Eden’s visa finding the primary judge’s decision was affected with jurisdictional error.

Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are currently the fastest growing sector in the Australian Superannuation Industry. With so many Australians making the move, you may wonder what the benefits are, and if it’s a suitable option for you. Superannuation Property recommends weighing up the benefits and risks before establishing an SMSF.

SMSF benefits

The clear benefit of an SMSF is that you are 100% in control of your investment strategy and you may directly monitor and control where and how your super is invested. You have complete choice over asset selection, and this is where many of our clients get excited about investing into property, if it’s suitable for their situation.

Recently, we have been requested by migration agents many times on which occupations and industries experience higher success rate nomination approvals. It is no surprise that many of you have similar concerns – the Immigration Department is dishing out refusals without batting an eyelid!

Despite this ugly phenomenon that the migration industry is currently facing, we decided to look into solutions. Based on our observation, the Building and Construction industry has seen higher nomination approval rates than most other industries.

You can probably figure out that there is a viable opportunity for nominees for positions in building and construction trades due to the demand of manpower and skills to meet the market’s needs.

You probably already know that running a business can be rewarding, challenging, but at times it can also be incredibly stressful. While you are driving your own direction and the upside can be great,   there are a lot of outlays to make and deciding where to direct your limited resources (time and money) can be tricky.  It’s no surprise that it can be tempting to put your money toward areas that are going to generate revenue and put off spending in other areas. But hold on! There are some serious considerations to think when it comes to insurance.

While on the surface insurance can look like an expense it is more of a protection plan – looking after your business' livelihood should the unfortunate occur (and keep in mind that unforeseen could be costly).

The variety of incidents and claims that a small business can come up against vary markedly – you need to consider it’s not just accidents like slips and falls but also through to claims for property loss or damage, disasters and even cyber threats.