Australian Immigration Daily News

Conservative Party leader Cory Bernardi has been calling for the government to clean up the visa system to stop these kind of rip-off rorts.

A practice called "student recycling" has emerged as one of the rorts used by unscrupulous education visa agents and registered training organisations in the troubled vocational education sector.

Conservative Party leader Cory Bernardi has been calling for the government to clean up the visa system to stop these kind of rip-off rorts.

This visa allows overseas nationals to establish a new or develop an existing business in Australia. The visa comprises of two streams:

• Significant Business History stream: for high-calibre business owners or part-owners who want to do business in Australia
• Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream: for people who have sourced venture capital funding from a member of the Australian Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).

Before an intending migrant can apply for a subclass 132 visa, an applicant must receive an invitation to apply in the Significant Business History stream or the Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream.

An invitation is sent to the intending migrant if they have been successful in meeting the initial threshold criteria required in the SkillSelect Expression of Interest (EoI) for the Business Talent visa. Intending migrants will receive their invitation to apply for a Business Talent Visa via SkillSelect

Northern Inland NSW updated requirements relating to subclass 489 – regional visas.  Updates include minimum pass mark in order to obtain a subclass 489 visa, removal of certain occupations from the regional list as well as criteria for obtaining a release letter (applicable to existing 489 visa holders)

To apply to Regional Development Australia Northern Inland for Skilled Regional Sponsorship the applicant is expected to make a commitment as well as to make a genuine effort to satisfy 489 visa conditions in the region – full-time equivalent employment for at least 12 months and living in the regional area for at least 2 years.

The applicant is expected to make genuine attempts to find work in Northern Inland NSW. If an applicant has applied from within Australia, NSW Government expects the applicant to relocate to the region within 3 months of receiving the Visa Grant Notice.

The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018 (the Bill) amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Migration Act) to provide grounds for non-citizens who commit serious offences, and who pose a risk to the safety of the Australian community, to be appropriately considered for visa refusal or cancellation.

Specifically, the provisions of the Bill:

 amend the character test in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 to provide grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where the non-citizen has been convicted of a serious crime.

The Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal will be hosting a series of Community Liaison events throughout November and December 2018.

The meetings are an opportunity for the MRD and its stakeholders to address matters that arise from the conduct of reviews or relate to the MRD’s operations in general. We will also provide you with update on the MRD’s caseload as well as legislative and corporate developments.

A representative from the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) will also be in attendance to provide an update and answer any questions regarding the IAA.