Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Newsletter 763 has been released and makes excellent reading:

Migration_Newsletter_763.pdf

Migration Newsletter 762 has been released and makes excellent reading.

Migration_Newsletter_762.pdf

Two Sydney women, one a 30 year old Australian citizen and the other a 32 year old Chinese national with permanent residency, have been sentenced to conditional good behaviour bonds after pleading guilty to multiple offences against the Migration Act.

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers commenced an investigation into the pair in October 2018 after it was reported they were unlawfully providing immigration advice and assistance to large numbers of mainly Chinese nationals.

Investigations revealed that although neither of the women were registered migration agents they had advertised migration assistance and charged a fee whilst not being registered, and provided immigration assistance to at least three travellers who were found to be in possession of fraudulently obtained identity documents.

This consultation process seeks views on whether:

 there are opportunities to streamline the Business Innovation and Investment program (BIIP) to maximise the value the program generates;

 increased investment thresholds and different investment types could provide better economic benefits to Australia compared to the current settings used for the Investor visa (IV) and Significant Investor visa (SIV).

These regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 relating to the Subclass 600 Visitor visa in the Frequent Traveller stream relating to a visa condition and the Subclass 870 Temporary Sponsored Parent visa relating to a visa condition and to merits review.
Item was registered on 18/12/2019
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01653