Australian Immigration Daily News

A 32-year-old Indian national has been arrested for serious offences under the Migration Act 1958 after allegedly applying for a protection visa using a false identity and fraudulent identity documents.

ABF investigators will allege that after being refused a protection visa using a different name in 2015, the man obtained a false identity and subsequently attempted to apply for a protection visa in Australia using that identity.

Source: Man-arrested-for-alleged-migration-fraud.pdf

IELTS is often a necessary step towards study or migration in Australia and to give your clients the edge, IDP IELTS is pleased to announce a new IELTS referral program. All registered migration and education agents in Australia are welcome to join the program, designed to cater to both small and large agencies.

The flexible five tier program covers all new test bookings at IDP owned test centres across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. Commission is payable from the first test booking onward. You and your clients will also receive annual support benefits from access to the IELTS online booking system for your clients, to free access to paid-for practice materials and support tools.

We will also reward your support of IDP IELTS with quarterly and annual benefits for our top referral program performers.

The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Payment of Fees) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations) amend the Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016 (the Citizenship Regulation) to allow citizenship application fees, and refunds of citizenship application fees where appropriate, to be paid in foreign currencies and in foreign countries.

The purpose of these amendments is to facilitate the lawful collection of citizenship application fees in specified foreign currencies and foreign countries at updated exchange rates.

The Regulations will commence on 1 January 2019.

Section 12 - Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

The Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (the Act) provides for the Minister (or Ministers) administering the Act to be the legal guardian of a non-citizen child under 18 who enters Australia with the intention of becoming a permanent resident but who is not under the care of a parent, an intending adoptive parent, or other adult relative.

In addition, the Minister may direct that a non-citizen child entering Australia in the charge of, or under the care of, a relative other than a parent is to be a ward of the Minister, if the relative consents and the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary in the child’s interests.

With 27 years of positive economic growth, Australia has demonstrated a remarkable capacity to sustain steady increases in material living standards and absorb economic shocks. During the global financial crisis, comparatively limited exposure, but also good economic management, saw output growth hold up well.

Also, the economy's adjustment in the wake of the commodity super-cycle has been reasonably smooth. This good macroeconomic performance has strengthened the country's standing in terms of GDP per capita.

Furthermore, scores are favourable on many other indicators of well-being. Australia scores particularly well in health status, ranking first among OECD countries with life expectancy of 82.5 years compared with an OECD average of 80.1 years and a high score in self-reported health.