Australian Immigration Daily News

At Bupa we understand that the end of financial year can be a stressful time for Migration Agents.  Everyone reacts to stress differently however, there are things you can do to help you cope with stress, and lower your risk of developing stress-related health problems. Here are 5 quick tips on how to manage stress and maintain wellbeing during this busy time of year.

1) Maintain balance
It’s important not to let stress and anxiety consume you.  Balance between activities and not over-committing to work related activities provides an opportunity for relaxation and ‘down time’.   

Educational Testing Service (ETS), creator of the TOEFL iBT® test, welcomes the revised English-language registration standards announced by the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA).

From 1 July 2015, regulated health practitioners in Australia will be able to use their TOEFL® test scores to demonstrate English-language proficiency required for initial registration.

The professions covered by AHPRA under the revised English language requirements are:

The following message has been sent to Migration Alliance by the MRT-RRT for immediate publication:

The Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal amalgamate with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) from 1 July 2015, becoming the Migration and Refugee Division of the AAT.

Due to planned maintenance and required systems changes, access to both our website and the online lodgement facility will be unavailable from 11.00pm on 30 June to 8.00am on 1 July 2015 (AEST).

This is to inform you that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) will launch a new website on 1 July. The new site will be located athttp://www.border.gov.au and replaces current sites immi.gov.au and customs.gov.au.

At the same time the Department’s email domain will change, from 1 July emails from DIBP staff will be sent from the @border.gov.au domain.

On or after 1 July, please update any affected hyperlinks on your website. Please also update your contact details for the Department, noting the new website address and email domain. 

At Bupa we understand that June is one of the busiest months of the year for Migration Agents. So, to help make things easier we provide our customers with an instant Health Insurance Visa Letter for Overseas Visitor Cover and Overseas Student Health Cover.

Anyone that joins online or through the Bupa Migration Portal https://migrationalliance.bupa.com.au/ will receive their Health Insurance Visa Letter for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) instantly by email. This helps to ensure that their proof of enrolment has been received instantly and offers them peace of mind that life in Australia is one step closer to a reality.

If you would like to find out more about the instant Health Insurance Visa Letter or, if you have any questions relating to any of our products, please do not hesitate to contact your Bupa representative.