Australian Immigration Daily News

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has constructed statistics on the personal income of permanent migrants.

The Personal Income Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset (PITMID) was created by linking administrative data on permanent migrants to Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Personal Income Tax records.

The permanent migrant data was compiled by the Australian Government from various departmental systems and a number of external sources, including the Department of Home Affairs and Department of Human Services (Medicare Australia).

Beni v Minister for Immigration and Anor [2018] FCCA 756

On 18 December 2018 the Full Federal Court in the case of Beni found that the decision in Brown No2 was incorrectly decided and that there was no provision for an extension of time in the filing of applications at the AAT in migration matters generally from a first instance decision of DOHA. 

Below is the latest AAT Bulletin for 21 January 2019.  It contains the latest Citizenship and Migration Review decisions.

It is recommended that this bulletin and its contents be read online.

Source: http://www.aat.gov.au/AAT/media/AAT/Files/AAT%20Bulletins/03-19.pdf

The following information has been placed on the Live In Melbourne website:

Victorian nomination for select business and investor visas is currently paused – with the intention to resume accepting nomination applications in February 2019.

The current pause on applications for Visa Nomination is temporary to manage demand and to maintain high service levels.

The swooping changes to employer sponsored programmes including the abolition of the 457 visa and introduction of TSS visa as well as tightening of the ENS requirements is forcing employers to look for further options to bring or retain international talent. 

As same would be aware, companies are able to enter into a labour agreement with the government which is a formal arrangement negotiated between an Australian employer and the Australian Government. Applying for a visa under a labour agreement is the only migration pathway for employers seeking to recruit overseas workers for semi-skilled positions, or skilled positions where concessions to mainstream visa requirements are sought.

This includes positions which are currently not listed on Short Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) or Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL).  Where standard immigration pathways are an option, they should be used in preference to a labour agreement – this includes the standard TSS Framework as well as the Employer Nomination Scheme, or the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme.