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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Vidiyala v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1973
A recent decision of the Full Federal Court (sitting as a single judge)by His Honour Perry J, on an appeal from the Court below (the FCC) made some interesting observations about what the Court does in review which may be of interest to practitioners....
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Although it may be this time of year but I am getting a lot of enquiries about processing times for RRVs.
Apparently 90 percent of the applications are cleared in about 2 months but where the applicant does not meet the residence requirement it is now about 3 months.
My advice.....
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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.
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.
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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.
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