Australian Immigration Daily News

On 6 December the MIA sent to its members the following:

Pockets of the resources industry are expected to grow and continue to source overseas labour.

23/12/2013

A NEW REPORT from Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) indicates that while a plunge in jobs is expected in the resources construction industry,  there are however new jobs expected to emerge in other pockets of the resources industry outside of resources construction.

AWPA says that jobs in the oil and gas industry is likely to jump by nearly two thirds from just under 39,000 workers in 2013 to 61,212 in 2018. It also predicts employment in mining production to rise by about 7 per cent from 236,690 workers in 2013 to 254,260 in 2018 as the export phase of the resources boom takes over.

“About 60 per cent of our population growth, roughly, is now coming from overseas, where as about 40 per cent is from the birth of young Australians,” says Assistant director of demography at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Neil Scott in a recent interview with SBS.

The complexion of the Australian population is starting to change with diminishing birth-rates as well as diminishing rates of migration from Australia’s traditional European sources.

The ABS statistics indicate that the rate of increase in migrants from New Zealand, China, India and South Africa are increasing rapidly.

“People born in the United Kingdom remained the largest group of migrants with over 1.2 million calling Australia home, followed by those from New Zealand (608,800), China (427,600) and India (369,700),” said a statement from the ABS

I am wondering if anyone or any registered migration agent has an opinion on the value of "overseas referrals".

Any cases referred to New Delhi mission returned with "adverse information"?

Are clients really providing so many false documents? Or is the relaibilty of the "referral " system low? 

Just  received decision in the case of  person who was acused of providing a false bachelor degree from a University in India on the grounds of "overseas referral ". 

We provided further letters from the University supporting my client's claim but the officer refused the application due to a lack of skills  that had been evidenced and compared to AQF standard with AEI database. 

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