Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance has been asked to distribute this news to it's members:

The Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal will cease sending statutory letters by registered post from 16 December 2013. From this date, any statutory letter (such as an invitation to attend a hearing, a letter inviting comment on or response to adverse information, or a decision notification letter) that is sent by post will be sent by standard post.

Registered post will continue to be used to return (to addresses in Australia) original, official documents issued by government agencies.

The following email has been sent to the Hon Senator and Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Michaelia Cash MP, this morning.  Thanks to John Findley, a Senior member of Migration Alliance for preparing this piece.  A copy of this can also found on Newsboot.

I decided to share my experience  of communication with Overseas Post  in relation to few cases we are involve in on behalaf of Indian clients.  Has anyone experienced being RMA ignored in communication by case officers? Not being notyfied about occured direct communication ?  I have 5  cases where the RMA has been ignored, contact made by the officers directly to visa applicants or sponsors  . When we brought the matter to feedback unit attention I got an answer saing it was our fault as we provided wrong e-mail adress in 956 form ( interesting as the form 956 is generated by Migration manger we use for all cases).  After insisting on further action to avaid being ignored in the future  I got 3 e-mails with assurance  it will never happen again .... nex day the same issue ocured .  Acording to my knowledge this sort of action is breach of the migration regulations . Anyone has an idea how to fight it ? I hate being informed by my client about progress of the case of documents requested.

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Migration Alliance has been asked to distribute the following information to the profession:

The offices of the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal (the tribunals) will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period. Offices will close from 5:00pm on Tuesday, 24 December 2013 and will reopen from 8:30am on Thursday, 2 January 2014.

Applications for review or any responses to correspondence or any other matters which have a due date or deadline on one of the days on which the offices are closed, can be lodged or provided on Thursday, 2 January 2014 and no later than that date.

Fax facilities will remain operational during the period. Please note that applications for review can be lodged by fax, however the tribunals cannot currently accept applications lodged by email. Please contact the tribunals prior to 24 December 2013 or on 2 January 2014 for further information.

Media Release: http://www.newsboost.com/newsroom/migration-alliance/migration-alliance-wins-english-language-testing-for-registered-agents-to-be-repealed

Media release 2: http://medianet.com.au/releases/release-details?id=790972

MIGRATION ALLIANCE HAS DONE IT!!!  WOOOHOOO!!!!