Australian Immigration Daily News

The Department of Home Affairs (including its independent operational arm, the Australian Border Force, referred to in this notice together as ‘the Department’) will exchange data with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to identify whether business sponsors are complying with their sponsorship obligations (eg, paying visa holders correctly) and whether temporary skilled visa holders are complying with their visa conditions (eg, to work only for an approved employer, and to work only in the approved occupation). Where non-compliance is identified further compliance action may be taken (eg consideration given to cancellation of a visa or the approval of a sponsor).

In this data exchange program the Department is the source and primary user agency whilst the ATO is the matching agency. The Department will provide to the ATO

• biographical details, including name, address and date of birth of clients who are, or were in the three most recently completed financial years, holders of Temporary Work (Skilled) (subclass 457) or Temporary Skills Shortage (subclass 482) primary visas; and
• details of the these clients’ business sponsors

These details will be electronically matched against ATO data holdings. Where there is a match, the ATO will return income and employment data for the relevant individual(s) to the Department. Data will be exchanged on a periodic basis. It is estimated that the total number of records shared will be around 680,000 which represents around 280,000 individuals.

The AAT Bulletin shows recent Migration decisions on page 5.  

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.

Source: http://www.aat.gov.au/AAT/media/AAT/Files/AAT%20Bulletins/01-19.pdf

The following notice is on the Western Australian Business Migration website:

Please note, applications for Western Australian State nomination for 132 Business Talent visas are closed until further notice. 

We value your interest in our program and encourage you to check this website regularly for updates. We hope to reopen the program shortly.

About 500 criminals who committed violent offences are among those stripped of their visas, including 13 for murder, seven for manslaughter, 125 for assault and 56 for armed robbery.

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said the Government is committed to protecting our communities and keeping Australians safe.

“There’s no place in our country for people who come here and harm Australians,” Mr Dutton said

“We welcome people from all round the world, but those few who think they can live in Australia and be involved in criminal actions need to know they won’t be staying long.”

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs David Coleman said the Government was sending a strong message to non-citizen law breakers.

Source: violent-and-sexual-offenders-stripped-of-Australian-visas.pdf

Migration Agent, Joey Barnard has taken Mark Northam's position as the Vice-Convenor of Migration Alliance, accepted unanimously by the committee.  

Joey comes to the role with vast experience and education, holding a Master of Migration Law & Practice (MMLP); BCouns, GCA(CW), DipProp, GCML&P, Cert IV (Celeb), Associate Degree (General Studies – psychology) and is also a Juris Doctor student.

Joey is also the Administrator of the profession's most loved Facebook Group, "Support Network for MARA Agents".