EA: increased fees from 1 September 2019
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Canberra 31 May 2019 invitation round
442 invitations issued. The next invitation round will be held on or before 11 June 2019.
Engineers Australia: planned outage
'Planned outage. Engineers Australia wishes to advise that access to myPortal will be unavailable from 5:00pm AEST Friday 31st May 2019 to 9:00am AEST Monday 3rd June 2019 for system maintenance.'
David Coleman MP appointed Minister for Immigration
The Hon David Coleman MP has been appointed Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
TRA enquiry line closed till Monday 10am
'The Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) enquiry line is currently closed due to technical issues. Normal Services will resume at 10:00 am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Monday 3 June 2019.'
FOI: Capstone Exam pass rate
131 candidates sat the Capstone Exam between July 2018 and February 2019. Pass rate: 12.97%. Fail rate: 87.03%.
ImmiAccount: payments unavailable on Saturday
'The Department will be performing scheduled system maintenance that will affect payment functionality in ImmiAccount' between 2pm and 11:59pm on Saturday 1 June 2019
Obligation to notify of change of circumstance
When does the obligation to notify the Department of change of circumstance cease? Many people believe the obligation goes on for the entire duration of the visa, whatever the visa is, which is wrong.
AAT Bulletin Issue # 21 – 27 May 2019
The latest AAT Bulletin contains references to several citizenship & migration review decisions
Practitioner reprimanded for rewriting file notes
The practitioner's submission included the following passage: I 'made the misguided decision to rewrite the file notes on plain paper as I firmly believed it was inappropriate to hand in any file notes on Blake Dawson and [sic] Waldron letterhead'. As there was no suggestion that the rewriting involved dishonesty, the Tribunal made a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct.