Australian Immigration Daily News

Ain’t the Internet wonderful?

Without the glories of the World Wide Web, which of course was “invented” by former US Vice-President Al Gore (or so he was said to have claimed (we all know that it was actually invented by Donald Trump – if he says so it must be true!)) we wouldn’t have wonderful philosophical questions to ponder, such as: “When is an email received?”. 

Or even better, what does the phrase “at the end of the day”, as used in section 494C(5) of the Migration Act actually mean?

Have you ever had a case where the Department has refused to approve an employer nomination for a Subclass 186 visa under the Employer Nomination Scheme?

In particular, have you had a matter where the nomination was refused because the Department was not satisfied that the sponsoring employer would be able to provide employment to the prospective employee on a full time basis for a period of at least 2 years? 

This requirement applies to nominations under both the Temporary Residence Transition stream and the Direct Entry stream.

You’ve worked hard to build your business, so it makes sense to protect it. Below are the top 5 reasons migration agents should hold and maintain Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance.

#1         Protect against claims of negligence, malpractice and professional misconduct

Registered Migration Agents are happy with the new Registration Cards and Certificates.

RMAs who have recently received their Registration Cards are RMA, Jolanta Vasquez with her card (above), and RMA and JP, Deepak Chettri with his card (below).

To order your RMA Registration Card or Practising Certificate, please click here. 

Just in from a RMA member of Migration Alliance:

"I've had a few run ins with DIBP of 4005 health criteria. There are two things that irk me about it and I think it might be open for a challenge, so I thought I'd let you know and if you think there's a case to be made by sharing with other agents in the blog.

PIC 4005 in defining the "period" for consideration states in (2):