Australian Immigration Daily News

One of our latest cases regarding the topic of licensing, registration and membership involved an individual who was in the process of applying for his Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream under the ENS (subclass 186 scheme).

The applicant duly fulfilled his obligatory two (2) years of employment with the employer and was eligible for the ENS TRT permanent residence visa. However the process was not as straightforward as it should have been.

The applicant was sponsored by a telecommunications company under the subclass 457 visa in 2013 under the nominated occupation of a Construction Project Manager (ANZSCO 133111). However in actual fact, the applicant should have chosen the ICT Project Manager position (ANZSCO 135112) as it would have suited the applicant better and on top of the fact the an ICT Manager is not required to show registration, licensing or membership.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Expert Finance Group. We wish everyone a wonderful break from all the stresses of life and hope to have some delightful relations in the new year!

The United Nations has named the countries with the gold standard, for quality of life in its United Nations Human Development Index report.

Out of the 188 countries ranked by the annual study, Norway and Australia, have once again emerged as the gold standards for measuring quality of life.

Taking into account life-expectancy, education and standard of living, Australia has maintained its spot as the best in the world for three years now, after Norway. Australia, with a population almost five times the top ranked European city, was ahead on life-expectancy and education but lost points for income levels and the comparatively lower level of participation by women in the workforce.

An appeal to the Full Federal Court has resulted in the judgement that the Tribunal has jurisdiction to review an sc457 application whilst reviews are pending for the nomination. The court accepted that “it is sufficient at the time of the making of the application for review of the visa decision there is pending an application for review in respect of an adverse nomination decision.”

In its judgement released on 16 December 2015, in the appealed case of Ahmad v DIBP*, the court considered the meaning of the words “sponsored by an approved sponsor” in s 338(2)(d)(i) of the Migration Regulations.

The court found that at the time Mr Ahmad was refused an sc457 visa, he was “sponsored by an approved sponsor” in that his approved sponsor had nominated him in its nomination application; although that nomination application had been refused, his sponsor had applied to review that decision and the decision was pending.

To all our members and friends

Today as the final 'hurrah' for 2015, Christopher Levingston represented Migration Alliance Inc at the public hearing with the Productivity Commission.  The hearing was on Migrant intake into Australia.

Sydney-Schedule-Thursday-17-December-2015-amended-2.pdf