Australian Immigration Daily News

 Here is a really practical, common, down to earth and practical question:

If you are acting for an applicant who has had a combined subclass 820/801 partner visa application refused by the Department, how do you complete the electronic appeal form to seek merits review before the AAT?

Is it ok to list the name of the applicant’s sponsor in the part of the AAT application form that calls for the “Details of the person applying for review”?

I now refer my clients to Allianz Global Assistance (AGA) for Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC) and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).  OVHC and OSHC has moved far beyond the old days of quickly making sure a client has evidence of health insurance for their visa application.

OVHC and OSHC now evolved to become all about client experience and real value.  Make the change to AGA and you will instantly notice the difference.  Your clients will love you for it.  The AGA service will reflect well on you as the referring agent, just like it has for me and my team.  

Now for my reasons:

Orana DAMA has been signed

Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana chairman John Walkom & committee are pleased to welcome the Orana DAMA agreement between RDA Orana and the Federal Government.  Full press statement is available on Orana’s official website:

“This is a great win for the Orana region, increasing our semi-skilled and skilled migration to tackle our workforce shortage has been a key priority for RDA Orana over the past year, and this agreement puts the region in a promising position for future growth and development, Mr Walkom said.

Skills assessments come in all forms, shapes and sizes.  There are also a number of reasons we have skills assessment procedures in place.

Firstly, there are different skills assessing authorities for different occupations and each authority applies its own assessment criteria and that may be very different to criteria applied to a visa application.  This may create somewhat of a paradoxical situation whereby a person meets criteria relating to obtaining a positive skills assessment, yet their skills and experience may not meet relevant criteria for grant of the visa.

Here is a practical example, VETASSESS group A occupations in some instances require a relevant degree plus one-year work experience.  What if an applicant only has one year of relevant work experience and the purpose of the application is to meet Direct Entry requirements for a 186 visa?

It has been a big week in the international education space.  I am sure you have seen the reports, but I thought I would share a link to this week’s ABC 4 Corners episode:

https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/cash-cows/11084858 

In addition, today I received an email from Mr Darryl Goodhand, General Manager, International Health at Allianz Partners, which reads as follows: