“‘This is our home’: Sydney family facing deportation…’
"'This is our home': Sydney family facing deportation makes plea to stay'.
COVID-19: travel ban expanded to Italy
The government has just announced that it will expand the travel ban to Italy as of 6PM tonight, 11 March 2020.
Agents ‘boasting of corruptly obtaining visas’
'The Government has shut down its visa processing operations in Iran after it was warned some migration agents were boasting of corruptly obtaining visas'
COVID-19: travel ban expanded to Korea
"These actions are based on advice that the volume of reported COVID-19 cases in the Republic of Korea, and the scale of travel to Australia from the Republic of Korea, means that they present a high risk of further transmission of COVID-19 in Australia".
More work & holiday visas available to Singaporeans
'From 1 July 2019, the number of Work and Holiday visas available to Singaporean citizens aged 18-30 will increase from 500 to 2,500 per year'
Coalition to freeze refugee intake if it wins election
'Australia's refugee intake will be frozen at current levels for three years under a coalition government'
Operation Battenrun: ‘organised migration fraud’
'ABF’s Commander of Field Operations ... said the activity was part of Operation Battenrun, an ongoing ABF operation targeting those facilitating illegal foreign work and organised migration fraud'
Priority processing for regional areas
'Regional employers and skilled migrants wanting to live and work in regional areas will be given access to priority processing on visa applications'
Interview: Minister in the hot seat
'What happens if the Senate passes this amendment that would allow asylum seekers and refugees to be brought to Australia [for medical reasons]?'
‘An Australian passport is NOT evidence of a person’s citizenship’
'An Australian passport is not evidence of a person’s citizenship,” said the department, which noted passports were issued to non-citizens prior to a law change in 2005'





















