Australian Immigration Daily News

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The Department of Education and Training will be undertaking a period of routine maintenance on its IT infrastructure between 8 pm Friday 10 May 2019 to midnight Sunday 12 May 2019 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

During this time, TRA IT services including the TRA online portal, TRA website, and email enquiry services will be unavailable.

Thank you to Migration Agents that have attended this week’s CPD on Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) and Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visas.

It was a group effort to work through the legislation which is due to commence on 16^th November 2019 and 16^th November 2022 respectively.

Introduction of three new visas also means that subclass 489 Regional Provisional as well as subclass 187 Regional Sponsored Migration visas will be abolished once the legislation is implemented.

CANBERRA MATRIX - INVITATION ROUND: 8 MAY 2019

Invitation date: 8 May 2019

Number of invitations issued: 225
Matrix score range: 135 points to 65 points submitted up to 31 March 2019

Information about the round, including the matrix score invited, is available HERE

Tomorrow a landmark trial will be held in the High Court of Australia to determine an important threshold question as to whether Aboriginal Australians can be considered an ‘alien’ under the Constitution and, as a result, be deported following a serious criminal conviction.

The special case is being brought on behalf of Aboriginal Australian men, Daniel Love and Brendan Thoms. It will be argued that both men are Australian nationals because they are Aboriginal people who, although born overseas, are not aliens under the Constitution.

Maurice Blackburn Senior Associate Claire Gibbs, who is acting for Mr Love and Mr Thoms, said the case was important in seeking to make clear that it was unacceptable, under the Constitution, for people who were clearly Australians to be subjected to the alien deportation powers.

The vast majority of agents get along well, and co-exist in the profession without problems. 

Part 4 of the Code of Conduct has always interested me.  Why is it there?  Why do we need it?  We are all professional and we all compete in this space without incident.  We know all know what to do, and we all know how to behave. Why do we need to have a section of our Code of Conduct called “Relations Between Agents”?  We are all peaceful.  Right?  WRONG. 

Based on stories told and emails sent to me from RMAs, plus my own experiences over the last 15 years, I think Part 4 of the Code has its place.  This part of the Code of Conduct attempts to deal with agent-to-agent relationships which can become unhealthy, and unprofessional.  It does happen.  When do agent-to-agent relationships become unhealthy?