Industry Updates

'There will be a systems outage from 9pm Friday 1 March to 12 noon Saturday 2 March 2019 (AEDT) unless noted otherwise'

From 1 March 2019: TSS and OSAP applicants will pay their skills assessment application fees directly through the TRA Online Portal; new fees apply

21 Feb 2019 round: 430 invitations; new requirement: 'Summary of Working Hours'

Extended timeframe to respond to a NOICC; that revocation decisions be expedited; that Directions 65 and 63 be more flexible for NZ citizens and distinguish between serious and non-serious crimes; 'that victims of crime, or their families, are provided with an opportunity to make a written or oral statement as part of the appeals process' to the AAT

Systems maintenance from 9am to 3pm Sunday 24 February 2019 (AEDT)

Some of the recommendations: a split of the profession into restricted and unrestricted RMA practising certificate holders; that new migration agents 'be required to complete a period of supervised practice'; 'establish ... the Immigration Assistance Complaints Commissioner' as a second layer of government regulation

'This is your chance to have your say on the Victorian Occupation List' for visa subclasses 190 and 489

'From this week, the number of places available to Chileans under the Work and Holiday Maker program will increase from 2,000 to 3,400 annual visa places'

'A new electronic application form will be introduced for the Maritime Crew visa on 2 March 2019'

The latest AAT Bulletin contains references to several citizenship & migration review decisions