Australian Immigration Daily News

Article by RMA Michael Jeremy

Partner visas make up approximately 25% of the permanent visas granted in Australia, each year. In the last migration program year this was about 48,000 places.

For Australia, that would be a sizeable inland town.

Migration Alliance members would have likely received an email advertisement from 'Officio' advertising the following:

"If your MARA registration expires soon get LEGENDcom free"

An earlier promotion from Officio first came to the industry's attention last year.  It is our understanding that Officio is buying a limited LEGENDcom subscription on behalf of agents who sign up with them as a sweetener or “loss leader”.  It is our understanding that Officio are backing themselves that migration agents, having signed on, will want to keep using their product into the future. 

The following message is now visible on the DIBP's website:

COMPLETING A 186/187 APPLICATION: This is to advise that now it is possible to draft an entire 186/187 application, and save it, without having to first submit the nomination form. Up until 20th November 2015 clients/agents were required to supply a valid nomination TRN in order to proceed past page four of the 186/187 application form.

Below is a screen shot of that image:

The following information has just been received from the ACT Government:

Greeting from Canberra 

The 23 February 2016 update of the ACT Occupation List has now been published on http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/migrating/article/act-occupation-list/.