Australian Immigration Daily News

Time; it’s something we could all do with a little bit more of, especially when you run your own migration business. One of the biggest skills you gain as a small business owner is the ability to wear many hats at once.

One minute you are using your expertise as a Registered Migration Agent to secure your clients a visa, the next you might be creating a marketing strategy for your business, handling payroll, balancing your books or even coaching your employees.

And as a registered Migration agent there’s no room for error. Clients depend on you to help them with major life events and decisions, and its up to you to deliver. So, it makes sense to use apps and programs that will help you stay organized, keep track of tasks, and reduce the possibility of error across your business. Apps can streamline the process of booking client appointments and taking payments. They allow you to share and store documents across your business, create to-do lists, delegate tasks, communicate with employees and clients, and more.

We have now reached a full blown, break the glass, emergency when it comes to last minute visa applications!!

Late yesterday, we received judgment in Cabrera v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 129 (17 February 2020).

Essentially, this decision affirms the decision of the Federal Circuit Court in this same case, discussed in the article I posted late yesterday afternoon:

Have you ever filed a visa application at the last minute?

Like the day before a client's previous substantive visa is due to expire?

Maybe it's a better question to ask: "How many times have you filed an application at the last minute?"

The report is below:

Monthly-Update---Onshore-Protection-Subclass-866-Visa-processing-Jan-2020.pdf

The National Security Committee of Cabinet has today agreed to extend the entry restrictions on foreign nationals who have recently been in mainland China for a further week from 15 February 2020 to protect Australians from the risk of coronavirus.

As always, our priority is to keep Australians safe. This decision is underpinned by medical advice and recommendations from the Commonwealth's Chief Medical Officer and chief medical officers from each state and territory, on the steps necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The Chief Medical Officer confirmed that our arrangements to protect Australians from coronavirus are working and there are no confirmed cases among Australian citizens and residents who have returned to Australia since the introduction of the border measures on 1 February 2020.