Australian Immigration Daily News

Law Council President, Pauline Wright, said the jump from $690 to $3,330 will pose a severe threat to access to justice for migrants.

“The Law Council considers it unconscionable for the government to be imposing such an exorbitant rise in the cost of migration applications to the Court,” Ms Wright said.

“This fee rise is objectionable particularly when many refugee applicants and temporary visa holders receive no government support and, in some cases,have no access to work rights during the appeal process.”

There is a myth circulating in the migration profession that migration agents need to do 5 Category B CPD points in a registration year.

This is not the case.

Here is the reality:

Migration Alliance has received the following email update from the NSW government, "Live and Work in NSW":

2020-21 Financial Year Update

The NSW Government’s limited number of interim nomination places for the 2020–21 financial year have been exhausted.

We are currently awaiting confirmation of an additional allocation of places from the Home Affairs for the remainder of the financial year.

According to the latest data available via the SkillSelect Dashboard, there are 710 Expressions of Interest applications pending for the State of South Australia for 132 Significant Business History and 132 Venture Capital Entrepreneur Business Visas.

Whilst the State continues to operate on interim allocations, this is a timely reminder for existing and new 132 visa holders to ensure they adhere to the State’s strict monitoring and compliance rules.

Business migrants seeking nomination for a Business Talent subclass 132 visa must meet both state and Department of Home Affairs requirements. State and Australian Government requirements are different for each stream.

These amendments are inserted by Schedule 1 and Division 3 of Schedule 5 to the Amendment Regulations.

The Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program consists of two visa Subclasses, the Working Holiday (Subclass 417) visa and the Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visa (WHM visas). The key differences between the two visas are that Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa arrangements generally have caps on the number of visas granted annually (except for the United States of America) and may include additional eligibility requirements such as a minimum education level, English language proficiency or letters of support from a partner country Government. Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa arrangements are uncapped with no limit on the annual number of visa grants.

 Source: HA-LA-Measures-2-Reg-2020.pdf and  HA-LA-Measures-2-Reg-2020-Explanatory-Memorandum.pdf