A new Notice of Data Matching Programme between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was gazatted on 21st October 2015. The purpose of the programme is to ensure that taxpayers are correctly…
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Yearly Archives: 2015
Issuing of Visa Labels to Cease
From 1 September 2015, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection will stop issuing visa labels to Australian visa holders. Visa holders will no longer be able to request a visa label even if they are prepared to pay for the…
Work and Holiday Visa arrangement with China
A Work and Holiday arrangement for young people in China was announced at the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement last month. Up to 5000 visa places will be available annually for qualified Chinese nationals aged between 18 to…
Skilled Occupation List Updated
The Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash and the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, announced today that Panelbeaters and Cabinet Makers will be added to the Skilled Occupation List…
Work and Holiday Visa – Australia and Slovenia Signed Agreement
Australia and Slovenia have signed a reciprocal agreement enabling young people to work and holiday in each other’s countries. The arrangement will allow people aged 18 to 30 years to travel to each other’s country for one year and undertake…
High Income Threshold Instrument Disallowed
On 16 June 2015, the Senate disallowed the Legislative Instrument IMMI 15/050 which came into effect on 18 April 2015, reducing the high income salary threshold from $250,000 to $180,000. As a result, the previous instrument IMMI 13/028 is now…
Visa Application Charges To Rise
The Government will increase the Visa Application Charges (VACs) for a number of visa categories from 1 July 2015. The proposed increases will apply to applications submitted on or after 1 July 2015. There will be: A 2.3 per cent…
Work and Holiday Visa – Australia and Slovak Republic signed agreement
The Government has signed a new Work and Holiday arrangement with Slovak Republic. The Work and Holiday visa requires applicants to have the support of their government, hold tertiary qualifications or studying for one and to speak functional English. The…
Joint operation to identify relationship fraud
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Department of Human Services (DHS-Centrelink) are working together to target welfare recipients who are fraudulently claiming social security payments or committing migration fraud. DIBP will release more than 5000 individual records…
Volunteer work not acceptable for 2nd Working Holiday visa
Volunteer work activities will not be counted as eligible work to qualify for a second Working Holiday visa, the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Michaela Cash announced on 1 May 2015. The change is an attempt to…
English Test Validity Change
From 18 April 2015, the validity of English tests for points tested visas will be from time of invitation and not time of application. The Migration Regulations have been amended to allow English test scores to be accepted for points…
Notification time for Employer Extended
As of 18 April 2015, the period of time for approved sponsors of Subclass 457 visa holders to notify the Immigration Department of certain events and change in circumstances (like cessation of employment, change of work duties, etc) would increase from 10…
Work and Holiday Visa – Australia and Vietnam signed visa MOU
The Government has signed a new Work and Holiday arrangement with Vietnam today. The Work and Holiday visa requires applicants to have the support of their government, hold tertiary qualifications or studying for one and to speak functional English. The…
457 Visa Program Changes 2015
The Assistant Minister for Immigration, Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash announced today the government’s response to the recommendations of the Independent review into the integrity of the subclass 457 program. The review was commissioned in 2014 with the task of…
Australian Border Force will commence on 1 July 2015
On 25 February 2015, the legislation to establish Australian Border Force (ABF) was introduced to the Australian Parliament by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Hon. Peter Dutton MP. In May 2014, the Government announced the integration of…
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