Australian Immigration Daily News

The CFMEU is contemporary Australia’s foremost anti-migrant organisation. 

As part of the election campaign, the union, some of whose officials have been subject to criminal investigations and penalties for workplace corruption and intimidation, begin a million dollar anti-457 visa campaign.

The campaign includes free-to-air network advertisements, billboards in marginal Labor seats and logistical assistance to Labor members in Corangamite, La Trobe, Deakin in Victoria.  

Migration Alliance is pleased to announce a great new insurance product for 457 and other visa holders offered by our new partner Make a Difference Insurance (MADI).

MADI specialises in personal insurance for 457 and other visa holders and has launched into the Australian immigration marketplace with huge success.

Check out this news item regarding the secret embassies in Sydney's suburbs. 

Anyone keen to turn their home into an embassy?

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw8217s-secret-embassies-uncovered-in-sydney-suburbs/story-fni0cx12-1226699037733

NSW has suspended certain occupations on the subclass 190 and subclass 489 occupations list:

• Software Engineer
• Analyst Programmer
• Developer Programmer
• Biomedical Engineer

To view the updated occupations list for NSW NSW-updated-occ-list-Aug-2013.pdf.

For an update to the South Australia (SA) SNOL please click here (dated 16/08 2013).

I received this email today from the DIAC which I think most Migration Alliance members will find useful:

Dear VEVO User,

We are writing to you to let you know about the changes the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is making to both the Visa Entitlement Verification Online system (VEVO) and the department's web site.

VEVO Account Self-Management

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is making changes to the Visa Entitlement Verification Online system (VEVO) that will give you the ability to manage your account details and settings including resetting your password and retrieving forgotten user IDs and passwords without needing to call the department.

In order for the department to provide you with these services, after 21 August 2013 (Wednesday morning) you will need to undertake a transition process. This will involve checking and confirming the details we have for your VEVO account and choosing and answering six secret questions and answers. These questions and answers will be used to confirm your identity should you need to update your account online in future. Attached is a transition guide that will help you complete the process.

Part of this process is to create a new password that needs to:

 Be at least nine characters long
Contain at least three of the following:
o Uppercase letters
o Lowercase letters
o Numbers
o Special character (eg @, $, *, /)
These steps will only take a few minutes to complete and then you can then proceed to use VEVO as usual.

For more information on VEVO for organisations, visit www.immi.gov.au/vevo

Yours sincerely

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
VEVO-Transition-Guide.pdf