Australian Immigration Daily News

Update: 14/11/2013 - Christopher Levingston informs me this decision has been appealed!

The Federal Circuit Court's Judge Cameron handed down a judgement on the 24 Sept 2013 which will be of great interest to migration agents.  The case can be viewed on Austlii "Kim v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2013] FCCA 1433".  Interestingly this case is about  the finding that there was a defective notification of a migration decision against the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and his Department.

The Federal Circuit Court found in favour of the applicant.  It found that where an applicant provides two addresses for notification in their visa application, any communication from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (“DIBP”) must be sent to both addresses and not just one.   

URGENT NOTICE RE MY IDENTITY

Migration Agents may receive an email from a person pretending to be me from an email address which is not mine.  The email looks like it is from Liana Allan.  The fake email being used to pass off as me is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  So far I can verify that an email has been sent out from a person masquerading as me to other migration agents offering to auction the databases for websites I am involved with:

1/ Migration Alliance

Migration Alliance members will be interested to learn that the 'tow-backs' has had a policy setback.

Opposition Minister Hon Richard Marles MP says it is a 'debacle'. This morning on Sky News National with Peter Van Onselen, Marles has said, 'Tow-backs are not happening. This isn't rocket science,  foreign relations isn't rocket science'.  

Marles goes on to say that there seems to be no cooperation with Indonesia.  'It was inevitably going to fail which is what we saw yesterday.  Turning back the boats was always a furphy'.

The following information is available on ComLaw re IELTS for repeat registration from 1 Jan 2014:

http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013L01858

I will be meeting with Senator Cash at 10am to discuss this, amongst other things.

After speaking to many Migration Alliance members over the past few months, it’s become clear that some of your clients are unprepared when they engage your services for business-related visa applications.

§     They are not sure what type of business they should start in Australia.