Australian Immigration Daily News

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. 

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.