Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance has been asked to distribute this message to our readers:

Academics from UNSW, UTS and the University of Sydney are conducting an anonymous online survey on the work experiences of temporary migrants in Australia.  They will use the data to identify ways to better protect the legal rights of international students, working holiday-makers and other temporary migrants at work. 

If you’ve worked in Australia on a temporary visa please take 5 minutes to do the survey now and make your voice heard on this important issue.

Quiz! 

Assume the following scenario: 

Your client is in Australia on a student visa. 

In a digital world where you can now do everything from reading books and listening to music, to ordering your morning coffee and doing your weekly grocery shop online, life has been made easier with more and more information at your fingertips. Yet, it also means that your personal and business information has never been easier to access.

A 2015 report released by the Australian Government shows that 33% of Australian businesses have experienced a cybercrime, with the average cost of a cyber crime attack to a business amounting to $276,323.* However, avoiding the internet all together isn’t a viable option for many businesses, as the internet is now so intertwined into our everyday lives that avoiding it all together can be a guaranteed way to stunt business growth or even cause business failure.

So just how do you make sure your business stays safe from both hacks and breaches, but also from information thievery? We look at 7 tips to protect your information and avoid being targeted by cyber criminals.

Suppose that you have a client whose application for a Subclass 820 Partner (Temporary) visa is refused in the first instance by the Department on the basis that the Department refuses to “waive” Schedule 3 criteria. 

Suppose further that an application for merits review against the refusal of this visa application is taken to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.  And suppose that the Tribunal decides that the Schedule 3 criteria should have been waived, the application for the Subclass 820 visa is remitted to the Department and then granted. 

At that point, is it time to relax, pop the champagne corks and assume that since the Department has made a determination when reviewing the Subclass 820 visa application that your client is in a genuine spousal relationship, that the ultimate grant of a Subclass 801 Partner (Residence) visa is a sure thing?  

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has adopted new regulations which will give the Department authority to refuse applications for sponsorship of temporary partner visa applications in circumstances where the proposed sponsor has been convicted of an offence involving family violence, or of other “relevant offences”. 

The new regulations have been introduced through the Migration Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2016 and are scheduled to come into force on 18 November 2016. 

Here is a link to the Explanatory Statement.