Australian Immigration Daily News

A news article this morning reports the results of a joint ABC/Fairfax Media investigation into alleged widespread "rorting" of Australia's migration programs. It is "must reading": for RMAs and others who are interested in migration issues, and can be found at this link: 

http://www.theage.com.au/national/corruption-and-crime-syndicates-threaten-australias-border-security-20160622-gpp72z.html

The article reports that Joseph Petyanski, who jointly headed the Department's investigation office between 2007 and 2013, has claimed that the Department "ignored tens of thousands of cases of rorting perpetrated by migration agents and dodgy employers who game the student and work visas systems to allow foreigners to pay for entry" to Australia. 

Is it possible to overcome the refusal of a visa on character grounds? 

What if the visa applicant has been caught by the police while “crop-sitting” – being paid to live in a house and to water and feed marijuana plants that are being grown there? 

In such a circumstance, are the client’s prospects of obtaining a further visa to remain in Australia doomed to failure? 

Recently in the media you may have been aware that many of the banks are changing their policies around lending to overseas citizens without Australian Residency and temporary Australian Residents with foreign-currency income. A number of lenders will no longer accept overseas income when considering overall debt servicing. In addition, a large number of lenders will now only consider rental income on the proposed security property as a means of servicing the debt – this will result in much lower LVRs than had previously been considered. One of the benefits of migration agents establishing a relationship with Nexus Partners is the ability to access a broad range of on panel solutions for their clients – particularly in areas where some lenders are refining policies or withdrawing from particular market segments.

As of today, June 22 2016, NAB announced will no longer accept any new applications from Foreign Applicants submitted through the Introducer Program. This includes any applications from  AUS/NZ Citizen and Permanent Resident expatriates, temporary visa holders, and Foreign Nationals.  These changes are in line with Policy changes made by other major banks recently in Non-Resident Lending.

Contact Nexus Partners directly as they can help with alternate funding solutions for non-resident lending.

Australian agencies, professional bodies, universities and other organisations rely on TOEFL iBT^® scores to give them consistent, objective results about test takers’ English-language abilities. But how do they do that, with test takers from all over the world?

The structure of the test

First, a brief review of the test structure. The TOEFL iBT test has 4 sections—Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. The test is taken on computer at secure test centres, where test takers use headphones for the listening passages and a microphone for the spoken responses.

Is it possible to overcome the obstacles to getting a Visitor Visa that are presented by the “genuine temporary entrant” criterion? 

These particular types of cases can be very frustrating, both for the visa applicant and for the RMA who is assisting her/him. 

So often, the client’s instructions make it clear that their true intention is only to make a temporary visit to Australia to spend time with a family member.  Yet, all too often, the Department simply does not accept that is the case, and refuses the application.