Australian Immigration Daily News

This is hot off the press...http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/1997/1997fca0809

As a general rule where an applicant is successful at the FCC or Federal Court and the matter is remitted back to the AAT for reconsideration then the same member should not hear the matter again.

This is a perfectly reasonable conclusion and you should insist on  in every case. 

A new year is upon us all.

The various participants in fora on face book are all clamouring for advice.

If you have a problem, or you want some advice but you don't want everyone to know what the problem is...send me an email. 

The Australian Business and Innovation and Investment programme

With applications for NSW nomination now being open under the Federal Government's Business and Innovation programme, lets take a closer look at this programme.

The purpose of the Australian Business and Innovation and Investment programme is to increase the entrepreneurial talent and diversify business expertise in Australia.

Lewis & Bollard have released their Migration Newsletter 710 which makes interesting reading:

Lewis & Bollard Migration_Newsletter_710.pdf

The AAT Bulletin dated the 14 January 2019 shows recent Citizenship decisions on page 3, and Migration decisions on page 4.  

It is recommended that the Bulletin be read on-line. This has the advantage of allowing the reader to use hyperlinks to access the full text of cases and other internet sites mentioned in the Bulletin.

http://www.aat.gov.au/AAT/media/AAT/Files/AAT%20Bulletins/02-19.pdf