NSW: nomination applications for business visas reopened

'Applications for NSW nomination for business and investor visas have reopened'

System maintenance: Saturday & Sunday

Some of the Department's websites will be unavailable from 2pm on 16 Feb to 9am on 17 Feb 2019 (AEDT)

Senate’s report on citizenship changes

The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee has tabled a report  recommending that there be no limitation to the amount of times a person can sit the citizenship test and that the English requirement be IELTS 5; Recommendation 1 contains an error

BSMQ Re-opens Skilled Program; change in occupations

'BSMQ has received additional quota for the skilled program and is re- opening the ‘Working in Queensland, ‘Masters’ and ‘PhD’ Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists from Thursday, 18 April 2019'; the lists of occupations have changed

TRA Online Portal Issues

'Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) is currently experiencing  unplanned outages with the TRA Online Portal'

Capstone exam modified

From Immigration Law News: 'The College of Law has announced substantial changes to the Migration Agent Capstone Assessment (MACA) to separate the written and oral parts of the exam and restructure the pass requirements'.

457/186/187 grandfathering provisions: Part 1

If Schedules 1 and 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) no longer contain the provisions for visa class UC, subclass 457, how can that type of visa still be granted?

Where to find the deadline for merits review

It is commonly said that s 347 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) prescribes the deadline for application for merits review of decisions that are reviewable under s 338. Actually, the deadline is found somewhere else.

RMAs on ATO’s radar

The ATO will acquire visa data from the Department of Home Affairs for 2020-21 through to 2022-23.  The data items include...

Some engineering occupations removed in Queensland

Some engineering occupations removed from all the Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists on 24 October 2018.

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