Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance considers that it is essential that we respond to a media release that was issued yesterday, 7 March 2016, by our sister organization, the Migration Institute of Australia.

That media release declares in bold type that “Migration laws must not impinge on people’s traditional rights and freedoms”.

The release quotes the National President of the MIA, Angela Julian-Armitage, as calling on the Federal Government to immediately “establish an independent review of Australia’s migration laws immediately to make sure they are not impinging on people’s traditional rights and freedoms as recognized by common law”.

Australia is one of the most popular study destinations for students all across the world. And for good reason, too, since Australian universities rank quite high among International universities and the Australian Education system is recognized internationally.

High Quality Education

 There are 43 universities in Australia, many of them being in the top 50 worldwide rankings. Australian cities are also ranked among the best cities for education which means a degree from an Australian institute is going to look really good on your educational portfolio.

Australia welcomes skilled professionals from all over the world to come and work in the country, and is the dream destination of thousands of people. The Skilled Independent Visa allows people to migrate to Australia to get employment.

In this post, we are going to discuss what you need to do to migrate to Australia through the Skilled Independent Visa route (subclass 189).

The Skilled Independent Visa (subclass 189)

From 1 July, 2015 Significant Investor Visa (SIV) applicants are required to invest 40% of their complying investment into Venture Capital (VC) and small public company shares, and the balance of the $5M into Australian managed funds or listed investment companies.  

There has been much media attention, particularly in relation to a slowdown in applications versus the SIV1 investment regime. Whilst there have been 149 expressions of interest to date, only 6 visas have been granted under the new SIV 2 framework.

We are interested in gaining your feedback on how the SIV program is going, particularly in relation to any insights from potential applicants, and any challenges or opportunities you are experiencing.

The AAT has asked Migration Alliance to distribute the following message:

AAT registry services have moved to Level 6 at 83 Clarence Street, Sydney

Registry services at our 83 Clarence Street office are now available from Level 6.