Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance held it's AGM today at 2:18pm AEST at Level 1, 73 York Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.

During the AGM today, the board nominated and elected the following positions.

Convenor: Michael Arch (American-Australian)

The Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Alex Hawke, has issued a media release which states that the Turnbull Government intends to introduce a new "temporary sponsored parent visa" in 2017.

According to the media release, the new visa will allow "Australians" (presumably the typical formula of citizens, permanent residents and eligible New Zealand citizens?) to sponsor their parents to stay in Australia for up to 5 years.

To which one can only say: "About time!" and "Hallelujah!!!!"

There was a very disturbing story over the weekend in the Sydney Morning Herald concerning the alleged misconduct of a high-profile Sydney migration lawyer who recently died, Mr David Bitel. 

The story was reported by Nick O’Malley and ran under the headline: “Death of lawyer David Bitel denies justice for rape victims”.  

According to the story, Mr Bitel was, at one time, the president of the Refugee Council of Australia, chairman of the Australian Refugee Foundation and the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and the lead partner at the well—known Sydney law firm Parish Patience Immigration Lawyers. 

The AAT have asked Migration Alliance to distribute the following information:

From Monday 24 October 2016, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s Adelaide offices will provide services from a single location at level 2, 1 King William Street, Adelaide.

The AAT’s Adelaide offices at 45 Grenfell Street and 91 Grenfell Street will close at 5.00pm on Friday, 21 October 2016.

Can love conquer all? 

Or does the law sometimes have the power to conquer love? 

What if you have a client who has been in Australia on a Working Holiday (Subclass 417) visa – is there any way that you can help them get a Visitor visa (Subclass 600) to enable him to stay in Australia beyond the expiration of the Working Holiday visa so that he can stay in Australia with the partner of his dreams until the end of her own Working Holiday visa?