Australian Immigration Daily News

Mid-year update to the Immigration SA occupation lists

Immigration SA has conducted a mid-year review of its occupation lists - the State Nominated Occupation List (SNOL) and the Supplementary Skilled List (SSL), with some limited changes as a result (Note: the lists undergo greater change at each new program year). 

Changes will take effect on the afternoon of 11 February 2019. Four occupations have been changed to 489 provisional visa only for offshore applicants and this change is effective immediately.

Occupations added to the SNOL for the remainder of the 2018-19 program year

Whilst becoming a permanent resident allows you or your client to remain in Australia indefinitely, travel facility (i.e. ability to travel in and out of Australia) is generally limited to five years.

The purpose of resident return visa (RRV) arrangement is to allow certain people who are or have been permanent residents or citizens of Australia to travel internationally and return to Australia as permanent residents.

To support this, RRV arrangements:

Police in the Indian state of Punjab are investigating a brother-sister duo, believed to be currently living in Australia, who are accused of forgery and marrying each other in order to get Australian visas.

The Conservative Party has long called for urgent reform of the visa system with rorts and scams abounding. SBS reports, the pair’s cousin complained to the police earlier this month that they had forged a bank account, a passport and other documents in her name and used them for getting an Australian spouse visa.

Source: Marry-your-sister-visa-racket-exposed.pdf

The following decision illustrates the principles underpinning the characterisation of what is unreasonable if the AAT refuses an adjournment application.

http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2019/2019fca0040

BKQ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 40

A recent decision of the federal court will be of interest to practitioners dealing with PIC 4020.

http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2019/2019fca0052

Fati v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 52