OK everyone, are you ready for today’s public opinion poll? 

Be careful how you answer! Your responses will be recorded and reported to the Department (just kidding of course!) 

How many of you will be sorry to see the current Schedule 5 risk assessment framework for student visas repealed on 1 July? 

In a recent case an unrepresented applicant was found to have been denied procedural fairness by his Honour Judge street at the FCC.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2016/68.html

An invitation has been issued to MA member RMAs in Victoria, as follows:

"The Victorian Student Centre has scheduled an information session for migration practitioners in Victoria, on the Simplified Student Visa Framework (SSVF) which takes effect on 1 July 2016. I seek your assistance in advising members of your organisation of this event. 

Details of the event are: 

Is there anything that you can do to help a client to challenge the cancellation of his/her student visa? 

What if the client’s Confirmation of Enrolment (COE) has been cancelled? 

And what if the cancellation of the COE has caused the client to breach Condition 8202 of the visa, which requires that a student visa holder be enrolled in a registered course? 

The Australian Embassy in Brazil’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AustraliaNoBrasil/) recently posted news about the new Australian Skilled Occupations List for 2017.  They placed on the same post, a web-link to a site called “BrazilAustralia”.

The owners of this site are not registered migration agents.

The wording is in Portuguese and is targeting the Brazilian market.

Below are some remarks from the website with Google translator’s help: