Australian Immigration Daily News

As members would be aware Migration Alliance made a submission to government with a raft of policy suggestions for international students, working holiday makers, 444 visa holders and other temporary-sponsored visa holders.  The roll out shows that our suggestions have been adopted in part or in whole:

Migration Alliance member, and RMA, Dan Engles has done a neat summary of the changes:

The Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs has issued a statement today addressing the concerns surrounding temporary visa holders.

This instrument specifies that an application for a Subclass 102 (Adoption) visa and a Subclass 802 (Child) visa under paragraph 1108A(3)(f) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations or paragraph 1108(3)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, cannot be a valid application if the applicant is claiming to have been adopted in the specified overseas country(ies) at the specified particular time(s). It also specifies the form, manner and place for making a valid application.
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https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L01389

For students and other visitors from overseas, having a child in Australia can be confusing and expensive. Although the country’s health care system is among the best in the world, it can be complicated to understand.

Migration agents can smooth the way for intended parents, helping them comprehend the costs involved, what is covered by health insurance and what options are available to them.

In this article, we’ll go over all these aspects so you can provide clear advice to your clients, helping them to move ahead confidently when planning to have a baby.

The leader in Registered Migration Agent CPD training takes the profession wholly online for March, April, and June 2020.

Legal Training Australia (LTA) is well positioned to take the profession online during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

All face-to-face classes have been moved to online classes until at least the end of June 2020.

The Australian Government has today announced a broad new policy approach to the acquisition and delivery of workflow processing capability in the Home Affairs portfolio and other areas across government.

The Government will implement modern, easy to access, digital services for clients in line with its response to the Thodey Review of the Australian Public Service. This approach seeks integrated enterprise ]scale workflow processing capability that could be utilised across the Commonwealth. Key to this is recognising the efficiencies that can be generated from large-scale government investment in technology and the re-use of capability across government.

The Department of Home Affairs will conduct a market consultation process in the coming months seeking industry engagement and insights into the best way to deliver large-scale workflow processing capability for visa and citizenship applications and additionally, for Customs functions and personnel security clearances in the Home Affairs portfolio.