Australian Immigration Daily News

Time; it’s something we could all do with a little bit more of, especially when you run your own migration business. One of the biggest skills you gain as a small business owner is the ability to wear many hats at once.

One minute you are using your expertise as a Registered Migration Agent to secure your clients a visa, the next you might be creating a marketing strategy for your business, handling payroll, balancing your books or even coaching your employees.

And as a registered Migration agent there’s no room for error. Clients depend on you to help them with major life events and decisions, and its up to you to deliver. So, it makes sense to use apps and programs that will help you stay organized, keep track of tasks, and reduce the possibility of error across your business. Apps can streamline the process of booking client appointments and taking payments. They allow you to share and store documents across your business, create to-do lists, delegate tasks, communicate with employees and clients, and more.

The report is below:

Monthly-Update---Onshore-Protection-Subclass-866-Visa-processing-Jan-2020.pdf

The National Security Committee of Cabinet has today agreed to extend the entry restrictions on foreign nationals who have recently been in mainland China for a further week from 15 February 2020 to protect Australians from the risk of coronavirus.

As always, our priority is to keep Australians safe. This decision is underpinned by medical advice and recommendations from the Commonwealth's Chief Medical Officer and chief medical officers from each state and territory, on the steps necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The Chief Medical Officer confirmed that our arrangements to protect Australians from coronavirus are working and there are no confirmed cases among Australian citizens and residents who have returned to Australia since the introduction of the border measures on 1 February 2020.

Yesterday's Bill received from the House of Representatives:

Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019 Second Reading Speech

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997 (the Charge Act). The bill will ensure that a migration agent who originally applied for and had their registration as a non-commercial agent approved, but who at any point through that registration period gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a noncommercial basis, becomes liable to pay a pro-rata adjusted charge.

Source:  Benchmark