Australian Immigration Daily News

As members would be aware Migration Alliance made a submission to government with a raft of policy suggestions for international students, working holiday makers, 444 visa holders and other temporary-sponsored visa holders.  The roll out shows that our suggestions have been adopted in part or in whole:

Migration Alliance member, and RMA, Dan Engles has done a neat summary of the changes:

The Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs has issued a statement today addressing the concerns surrounding temporary visa holders.

This instrument specifies that an application for a Subclass 102 (Adoption) visa and a Subclass 802 (Child) visa under paragraph 1108A(3)(f) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations or paragraph 1108(3)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, cannot be a valid application if the applicant is claiming to have been adopted in the specified overseas country(ies) at the specified particular time(s). It also specifies the form, manner and place for making a valid application.
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https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L01389

For students and other visitors from overseas, having a child in Australia can be confusing and expensive. Although the country’s health care system is among the best in the world, it can be complicated to understand.

Migration agents can smooth the way for intended parents, helping them comprehend the costs involved, what is covered by health insurance and what options are available to them.

In this article, we’ll go over all these aspects so you can provide clear advice to your clients, helping them to move ahead confidently when planning to have a baby.

Migration Alliance has received communication from the Director of the Office of the MARA today, as follows:

Please note as of C.O.B today the OMARA will temporarily cease its telephone enquiry service. The following content below will be updated on the OMARA website today.

Telephone enquiries

The purpose of the instrument is to update the information previously contained in LIN 18/068 to ensure all officers, agencies and their employees who require access to movement records for various purposes are authorised to do so. Accordingly, changes have been made to the legislation specified under subregulation 3.10A(1) and the agencies, employees and purposes specified under subregulation 3.10A(2).

Source: LIN20033.pdf and LIN20033-Explanatory-Statement.pdf