Australian Immigration Daily News

Bupa have launched a great campaign for new members running throughout July and August promoting health cover solutions for overseas visitors applying for a temporary working or holiday visa in Australia. The campaign also targets Australian expats highlighting Bupa’s unique position as Australia’s only healthcare provider offering solutions for inpats, expats and travellers. 

All of Bupa’s Working Overseas Visitors Cover product options include:

• Instant health insurance visa letter
• 100% Australian Government Visa compliant
• 100% ambulance cover by our recognised providers
• Access to public and private hospitals
• Repatriation cover
• Access to private doctors and specialists

If you would like more information on this campaign please contact your Bupa representative.

TAFE NSW has released a 457 visa contributions report on Training Benchmark A and Training Benchmark B.  To read the full report click on the link below:

457_Visa_report---sydney-tafe.pdf

By Liana Allan (MARN 0104178) and Kristie Morgan (MARN 1068715)

Regional employers are crying out for workers in regional areas.  Regional Victoria is experiencing a lack of local talent in the following areas:

1. Hospitality - chefs and cooks

Jeff Harvie (MARN 0959797) runs Down Under Visa in Manila, Philippines. They do nothing but partner visas and tourist visas for Australian Filipino couples, and have got very good at it over the years.

Jeff wife Mila is Filipina, and they went through the migration process themselves many years ago. Down Under Visa is run as a family business, with Jeff’s son Jeremy as their office manager too. They have lived and worked full time in Manila for the last 5 years, which means they are always there to tend to the needs of the local applicants in the emotion-charged world of partner visas. This is a vocation for them, and they really care about the well-being and final outcome for their many clients.

Despite having a team of 7, every visa application is personally supervised by Jeff. No fly-in, fly-out RMA service here. No local staff making decisions or giving advice. And support is given online through a personal client portal providing support 24/7, backed up by fast email support, so no one is ever too far from their office. Their website is full of video and written testimonials from happy clients which back all of this up.

The following information has been received from the DIBP:

Dear agent

Further to the email you received on 3 July 2015, the following new instruments: IMMI 15/108, Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Occupations, a Person or Body, a Country or Countries 2015, and IMMI 15/109, Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Class of Persons 2015 have been issued and are in effect as of 1 July 2015.