Australian Immigration Daily News

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