The Australian Government has implemented new visa arrangements to increase the safety and security of Australians. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have posted the new arrangements on their site, stating that the arrangements are for all travellers from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) affected countries in Africa. DIBP also states that this is […]

Migration Alliance reports that Accountants may be removed from the skills list early next year, stating that the CPA Australia and Chartered Accountant ANZ dropped their support for the Accountants because of the difficulty in finding jobs that the international graduates are having. The peak industry are preparing reports of that to the Department of […]

According to DIBP, 22 October 2014, Australia and Israel has announced that a Work and Holiday Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. This means that Israel and Australia now have a reciprocal arrangement for Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462) for the 2 countries. According to DIBP, this would allow 500 young adults from Israel […]

Earlier this year, June 2014, the DIBP closed the Non-Contributory Parent and Other Visas to new applications, processing only applications that were made before June 2, 2014. On September 25, 2014, DIBP released the news of re-opening the Non-contributory Parent and Other Visas starting September 25, 2014 in line with the Migration Amendment (Repeal of […]

DIBP announced on September 25, 2014 that an arrangement for youth mobility was signed between Australia and Portugal, establishing a reciprocal Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462) arrangement between Australia and Portugal. According to DIBP, this would allow 200 young adults from Portugal and another 200 young adults from Australia to be able to travel […]

June 2, 2014, DIBP closed new application for Non-Contributory and Other Family Visas. People were disappointed and saddened about the news and there were no new categories to replace the closed visas. But as of yesterday, September 25, 2014, DIBP re-opened the following visas to new applications: Parent visa (subclass 103) Aged Parent visa (subclass […]

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection published their review of the Subclass 457 Programme recently this September 2014 and it contains the results of the review that the department has done to the integrity of the said programme. The program has allowed overseas workers to work in Australia for 18 years and has filled up a […]

  DIBP released Australia’s Migration Programme for 2014-15. Australia’s Migration Programme is providing a total of 190,000 places for immigration. This includes the following: 128,550 places are allocated for skilled migrants, including employer sponsored, general skilled and business categories. 60,885 places are allocated for family migrants sponsored by immediate family members. 565 places are allocated […]

DIBP released their 2nd Quarterly Report on the 30th of June 2014. It basically includes different kinds of statistics of the Subclass 457 visa. It's a 58 page PDF file that they have linked in their website for the public. You can click here to view it. We have extracted the "Number of primary applications granted in […]

According to Migration Alliance, Australia and Spain are set to sign an agreement regarding the working holiday visa program. This agreement will have each country to allow people that are in the age of 18 to 31, to be able to live, work, and study for 1 year in each other's countries. Migration Alliance also stated that […]