Liana Allan, the Convenor of Migration Alliance, attended a small ceremony and morning tea today at 10am, at the AAT. The celebration was held at the Sydney AAT which is located at Level 6, 83 Clarence Street, Sydney to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The event marks the 40th anniversary since the opening of the Tribunal and the 1st anniversary of the Tribunal’s amalgamation with the Migration Review Tribunal, the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

This event was an opportunity to reflect on the unique contribution of the AAT in Australia’s justice system and to acknowledge those who have been integral in the successful implementation of the amalgamation to date. Sir Gerard Brennan KBE QC, the AAT’s first President was in attendance and gave a speech. There was also an opportunity to tour the Tribunal’s new Sydney Registry.

This is the case of a 457 nomination application for the position of Real Estate Agent at an Australian Real Estate Agency.

The Registered Migration Agent representing the company has repeatedly been asked by the case officer to provide 'genuineness' evidence for the position.

The first issue here is that the evidence being requested has already been provided by the Registered Migration Agent.

What is worse though, is the lack of professionalism shown in the request letter from the DIBP case officer.

The letter literally doesn't make sense in parts.  

Recently in the media you may have been aware that many of the banks are changing their policies around lending to overseas citizens without Australian Residency and temporary Australian Residents with foreign-currency income. A number of lenders will no longer accept overseas income when considering overall debt servicing. In addition, a large number of lenders will now only consider rental income on the proposed security property as a means of servicing the debt – this will result in much lower LVRs than had previously been considered. One of the benefits of migration agents establishing a relationship with Nexus Partners is the ability to access a broad range of on panel solutions for their clients – particularly in areas where some lenders are refining policies or withdrawing from particular market segments.

As of today, June 22 2016, NAB announced will no longer accept any new applications from Foreign Applicants submitted through the Introducer Program. This includes any applications from  AUS/NZ Citizen and Permanent Resident expatriates, temporary visa holders, and Foreign Nationals.  These changes are in line with Policy changes made by other major banks recently in Non-Resident Lending.

Contact Nexus Partners directly as they can help with alternate funding solutions for non-resident lending.

Australian agencies, professional bodies, universities and other organisations rely on TOEFL iBT^® scores to give them consistent, objective results about test takers’ English-language abilities. But how do they do that, with test takers from all over the world?

The structure of the test

First, a brief review of the test structure. The TOEFL iBT test has 4 sections—Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. The test is taken on computer at secure test centres, where test takers use headphones for the listening passages and a microphone for the spoken responses.

Accounting professionals who wish to achieve a positive migration assessment will need to meet the English proficiency requirements set by the professional accounting bodies for the general skills assessment.

There are 3 professional accounting bodies in Australia that assess qualifications and experience for applicants: 

• CPA Australia
• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
• Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) 

All 3 organisations accept TOEFL iBT® scores to meet the requirements for their general skills assessment.