Australian Immigration Daily News

I received a phonecall today from someone I know and trust.  The DIAC is about to restructure as part of  'budget cuts'.  The news is as follows:

A/S is going to be Richard Johnson (former PMC guy).

First Assistant Secretary is going to be Garry Fleming (taking over Kruno Kukoc's role).

Have your Australian migration clients ever asked you to help them with information on how to move their dog to Australia or cat to Australia as part of their migration process?

I have been working as a migration agent for a long time now but have never really considered shipping a dog to Australia services for my migration clients.  Shipping a cat to Australia goes hand-in-hand with migration to Australia because so many clients need to ship a cat or dog to Australia to start their new life in Australia.

I have recently been asked by quite a few migration agents and migrants themselves which dog transport company is the best one to use.  I went about doing some research, first making contact with the main ones.  Pet Carriers International was the first company to respond and the one that I thought would be the best selection if I was going to move my two dogs. 

The-Hon-Scott-Morrison-MP---letter-from-B-Scheelings-RMA.pdf

The above pdf document is a letter which has been sent to Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship by Migration Alliance member and RMA, Mr Scheelings. 

Below is the attached list of IELTS scores sent along with the letter to Scott Morrison MP.

Immigration South Australia have updated their SNOL (Skilled Nominated Occupations List) again, removing 'high demand' from the following occupations, with most now showing 'special conditions apply'.

233111 Chemical Engineer
233211 Civil Engineer
233911 Aeronautical Engineer
233913 Biomedical Engineer
233915 Environmental Engineer
233999 Engineering Professional nec

For more information on this please see the following link:
https://www.migration.sa.gov.au/snol_data

DIAC has updated it's homepage to include the 457 visa changes which occurred since 1 July 2013.  To have a quick look see this link: http://www.immi.gov.au

Nothing spectacular about this but it is now on DIAC homepage.