Australian Immigration Daily News

The Migration Alliance RMA conference has kicked off in Perth successfully today.  So far, key note speakers have been Bruno Delfante from the WA State Government who is speaking on State Sponsored Migration. 

Bupa are providing massages for Registered Migration Agents today at the conference to keep them all relaxed and happy during the event.  Below is a picture of the Bupa massage team.

Migration Alliance and Bupa invite you to take part in our Online Health Assessment!

The Online Health Assessment (OHA) will help give you a snapshot of your current health status based on the information you provide. This includes your ‘real’ health age and suggestions for managing your health risks and making positive changes to help improve your overall health and wellness.

The survey takes around 10-15 minutes so it’s simple, quick and most importantly, completely confidential.^ All Migration Alliance Agents are invited to complete the survey – you don’t need to be a Bupa member to participate. Upon completion of the survey, you’ll be able to view your results in a personalised report.

Click here to take the OHA today, and take the first step to finding a healthier you!

^No personal information collected from the completed assessments will be disclosed to Migration Alliance. However, de-identified information from the completed assessments will be aggregated into a report to provide a report about the general health of your organisation to assist in the development of health and wellness programs, as well as for reporting aggregated industry and national findings.. To view our privacy statement click here. Authorised by permit number NSW LTPM/12/00527. Bupa Wellness Pty Ltd ABN 67 145 612 951

 

Richard Johnson, Assistant Secretary and Delegate for the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship has announced a change to the Medical Treatment visa address and fax number by Legislative Instrument.

The Instrument is to specifes, for Medical Treatment (Subclass 602), that for the purpose of submitting these visa applications made onshore (inside) Australia, the addresses for posted applications and applications delivered by courier or transmitted by fax have changed.

An additional fax number has been added as per below details.

Migration Agents are starting to have a serious concerns in relation to Vevo.
 
As Migration Alliance RMAs would know, with visa labels now non-existent, our reliance on Vevo is paramount in determining the current status of a visa holder.
 
An email this morning from an RMA to the Migration Alliance This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. email says,

'I feel that this is not as reliable and cant be trusted to determine the true status of any given visa holder.
 
For example, recently upon checking the visa status of one of my applicants, the Vevo records showed that he was the current holder of a 119 visa and this visa was "in effect" and he was offshore.
However, I knew this to be incorrect due to the applicant did not arrive onshore before his deadline date on his original visa approval.

So I emailed DIAC to request a true status and they confirmed that the applicant is not able to arrive onshore with this visa.

Migration agents are encouraged to take two surveys which we believe will assist us in our efforts to represent you at our DIAC and Office of the MARA meetings:

1. Survey on the Migration Agents Gateway:

The migration agents gateway is supposed to be a gateway just for migration agents.  The issue agents have is that it is not private or locked, but open to the public.  This means it is actually a public gateway.  Agents have been complaining about the length of time it takes to get a response from the gateway, the message that shows on the gateway before agents post a query (opressive and insulting) which asks RMAs to agree to a host of things before asking a question, and the answers from DIAC being incomplete or not answering the question.  In my next quarterly meeting with DIAC I am going to take the results of the survey below and sit down with DIAC and try to create a better solution.