This was the message from the Taiwanese foreign ministry to Taiwanese nationals after noting the increase in the arrests of young people from Taiwan by the Australian police.

In a single police raid last week in Brisbane, 27 Taiwanese were arrested, 25 of them were visiting the country under working holiday visas, one holding a transit visa and another a tourist visa, according to Bob Chen, Deputy Director General of the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry.

It is alleged that the Taiwanese nationals were brought to Australia on false pretences, and then held and told to work to pay back those who paid for their passage to Australia.

Mr Chen said this is not the first time that Taiwanese citizens have been arrested in Australia over alleged involvement in fraud schemes this year. A previous case was reported this August when more than a dozen Taiwanese were arrested on similar charges in Queensland.

Migration Alliance will be holding a Christmas Party in MELBOURNE on Wednesday 2nd December.

Venue:  Kri Kri

Address:  37 - 41 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Date:  Wednesday 2nd December

From early December 2015, changes will be made to visa requirements for the subclass 457 visa. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection announced that those applying for the Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa (Subclass 457) will be required to fulfill a number of new obligations in order to be granted the right to work in the country for an approved business for up to four years.  It is anticipated that this change will shed light on some otherwise confusing aspects of the visa process for new immigrants applying to the program.

Under these new regulations, holders of the 457 visa must obtain compulsory licensing or registration within 90 days of arriving in Australia or within the same time frame if they are already in the country when their visa is granted. Holders of the 457 visa must also commence work within 90 days of arriving in Australia or within 90 days of being granted a visa if already in Australia at the time the application was made.

For the requirements on ComLaw see here: https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01808

Facts:

1. The migration agent submits a 457 business nomination and is the authorised person.

2. The 457 business sponsorship is already approved and the migration agent is the authorised person.

Should a doctor who has been convicted of sexually abusing a 19 year old female patient while working in the public health service have his Australian visa cancelled on character grounds? 

That question was presented to the Full Court in the case of Durani v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2014) that was decided in July of last year.

One might hazard to guess that if such a criminal history – which, by the way, resulted in a sentence of imprisonment of 2 years and 4 months – were viewed in isolation, apart from any other circumstance of the case - that there is literally no one who would not wholeheartedly agree that a person who has committed such an offence richly deserves to have his entitlement to remain in Australia cancelled.